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Avon Historical Society
Founded in 1974, the Avon Historical Society is a volunteer, nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify, collect, preserve, utilize, publish, display, and promote the history and heritage of Avon.
They work to deliver transparent, fair and inclusive processes and experiences, free from discrimination in any form. They seek to build a culture of inclusion within their members, volunteers, visitor experiences, organization events and their community.
Current Avon Historical Society projects include:
Adaptive reuse of the 1823 Schoolhouse No. 3, 8 East Main St. (Route 44) to reopen as a museum in 2024
Creating a digitized database of the artifact collection
Continuing the partnership with the Avon Free Public Library and Avon Senior Center to provide educational programming on significantly important historical subjects including Avon’s Brian D. Jones Paleo-Indian site of 12,500 years ago
Posting quarterly newsletters on Society activities on the website
Fostering ongoing partnerships with other local organizations
Pictured here: Rotating history-themed exhibits at the Avon Library Local History Room included the Legacies of the Civil War exhibit.
Visit the Avon Historical Society website. / Interact with the Avon Historical Society on Facebook or Instagram. See AHS’s Google Business Profile.
Visit AHS
1865 Pine Grove Schoolhouse, 3 Harris Road
Avon, CT 06001
Open Sundays 2-4 pm June through September
Website & Email
avonhistoricalsociety.org
Phone
(860) 678-7621
