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We've launched 8 PODCASTS so far in our series entitled Avon talks. Avon Talks is a monthly podcast about Avon, CT's history, landmarks, and current events from the Avon Historical Society and Town of Avon. It is hosted by Ethan Guo, an Avon Resident and current undergraduate student at Tufts University. All can be seen at youtube.com/@AvonTalks
Ways to LearnThe Society offers remarkable presentations on a wide range of topics, providing an informal forum of professors and researchers, amateur historians, published authors, and local history enthusiasts to share their fascination with the history of our region. Do you have ideas for a story that is waiting to be told? Then please, share your ideas!
Upcoming Programs“Buy A Brick for The Avon History Museum” opportunity. Funds raised will pay for professionally curated exhibits inside the main floor that will showcase the Town’s history. We received an anonymous donation of $15,000 to jumpstart this fundraising drive, so we are well on our way to our goal for the exhibits. Memorialize a loved one, your family, an ancestor, your business or yourself!
Ways to SupportIn early 2019, a 12,500-year-old (10,000 BC) Paleoindian human occupation site was discovered six feet below ground on a deeply buried Pleistocene levee on the Farmington River in Avon, CT. It is the oldest-dated occupied site in Connecticut. Find out more about the ongoing research via the multi-year series of “Unearthing History" webinars.
DiscoverIf you would like to become more active in the Avon Historical Society there are many ways to become involved. Do you enjoy connecting with people? We are the group to join! We have need for help at public events (when resumed), researching and writing articles for publication, grounds and maintenance at the properties we maintain and other more.
Volunteer OpportunitiesWe offer several levels of membership for our supporters at the individual, family, student, senior citizen and corporate levels. Annual memberships include quarterly newsletters and first notice of upcoming events. Outside monetary or donated items by companies or individuals are given free one year membership and mention on our Community Partners page.
Join Today!In The News
- 20 Jan
Avon Historical Society Turns 50!
Read moreTo begin a year-long celebration of special events, we have installed an exhibit of a select few artifacts from its collection of over 700 in
- 28 Nov
Northwest Community Bank Donation
Read moreLast month The Northwest Community Bank Foundation awarded a $1,000 grant to the Avon Historical Society toward the creation of interpretive history panels in their
- 16 Jul
History of the New Haven Railroad Exhibit Opens
Read more“History of the New Haven Railroad from Steam to Electric” exhibit open from July through August The Avon Historical Society announces the new exhibit in the
- 11 Jul
Avon History Museum Renovations Begin!
Read moreIn partnership with the Town of Avon, The Avon Historical Society, Inc. is happy to announce that renovations of the 200-year-old one-room schoolhouse, located at
Future Events
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Unearthing History: Bioarchaeology in North America
Ethics, Issues and Where the Field Stands in 2024 The partnership of the Avon Historical Society, Avon Free Public Library, and Avon Senior Center is…
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Unearthing History: Foraging in the Paleoindian Period
Foraging in the Paleoindian Period A Macrobotanical Analysis at the Brian D. Jones Site in Avon, CT (tentative title), presented by Katharine Reinhart, Project Archaeologist/Botanical…
Past Events
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Tablescapes 2024
Tablescapes 2024 The Avon Historical Society invites the public to TABLESCAPES, an event showcasing up to 30 creative and original table settings on Friday, March…
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Unearthing History: Native American Archaeology in CT
History of Native American Archaeology in CT The History of Native American Archaeology in Connecticut will be presented by Nicholas Bellantoni, emeritus state archaeologist with…
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Dutch & Indigenous Communities
Dutch-Indigenous Relationships in Eastern New Netherland Enhance your knowledge about Dutch contributions to our Connecticut heritage: few people know that the first documented European to…
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Remembering CT’s Colored Regiments
In honor of Black History Month, you are invited to an event on Sunday, February 4 from 1:00-3:00pm entitled “Remembering Connecticut’s Colored Regiments: Film Screenings…
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Our Hidden Landscapes
Our Hidden Landscapes: Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Southern New England Enhance your knowledge about Dutch contributions to our Connecticut heritage: few people know that…
Our Venues
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The Marion M. Hunter History Room
The Marian Hunter History Room is dedicated to Marian M. Hunter, long-time librarian and historian of Avon. The collection was formed when the Library and…
What our Pine Grove Schoolhouse visitors say about their experience
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This historic landmark is a great piece of Avon’s and Unionville’s history.
Lansing Nye-Madden -
I pass by here every Monday for work …and I must say I enjoy looking at this landmark as I drive by…
Nefty Garcia -
Loved the small tour size (5 people) ! This was one of the main reasons I chose a Museum Pleu Tour.
Teresa Barrett