CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT. Come visit in July -- the historic barns and grounds and a guided tour of the downstairs of the c. 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the […]
Usually open 1:00 to 4:00 on the second Sunday of each month except holidays, and also by appointment and for special events. /$5 suggested donation.
Penny will present an illustrated talk about her great-grandparents, Gustavus Farley Jr. and Katharine Cheney Farley. Katharine, the daughter of the youngest of the Cheneys who founded Manchester's silk industry, married a tea merchant from Massachusetts, and in 1880, they traveled to Japan, where her husband based his tea-importing firm. There in Yokohama, the 26-year-old […]
Our Society properties and two others: Cheney Homestead open 11 to 3 at 106 Hartford Road. Old Manchester Museum open 10:00 to 2:00 at 126 Cedar Street. History Center open 11 to 3 at 175 Pine Street. Woodbridge Farmstead open 11:00 to 3:00 at 495 East Middle Turnpike. CT Firemen's Historical Society Museum, 230 Pine […]
The Old Manchester Museum at 126 Cedar Street, is usually open the first Saturday of the month, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. May through December except holidays.
Who were the people who were already settled on the land when Europeans first arrived in Southern New England, and where did they come from? Learn more!
A SPECIAL SUNDAY, with wagon rides for the children and a 1:00 guided tour with Dave Smith, the Historical Society's curator. All welcome throughout the open house, 12:00 to 2:00, to visit the historic barns and grounds. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon […]
Usually open 1:00 to 4:00 on the second Sunday of each month except holidays, and also by appointment and for special events. /$5 suggested donation.
The Historical Society's Genealogy Group usually meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Society members free, non-members $3.00.
All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a self-guided tour of the downstairs of the c. 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities on May 5: • A 10-minute video, "A Conversation with Thelma," wherein Thelma Woodbridge talks about her home and the history of […]
The Old Manchester Museum at 126 Cedar Street, is usually open the first Saturday of the month, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. May through December except holidays.
Who were the people who were already settled on the land when Europeans first arrived in Southern New England, and where did they come from? Learn more!
Manchester Historical
Society
175 Pine Street
Manchester, CT 06040
860-647-9983
