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Canton Historical Museum
Step back in time to a reconstructed 19th-century general store, post office, barbershop, and blacksmith shop.
The Canton Historical Society was formed in 1970 in an 1865 Collins Company building first used for finish work for horse-drawn metal plows. In 1923, it was converted for use as a community center which continued to the Company closing in 1966. The museum has three floors of exhibits including Collins tools, a blacksmith shop, general store, barbershop, farm tools, and many others. The museum is also home to the Farmington Valley Model Railroad Society which features an HO train diorama of 1900 Collinsville.
Examples of everyday life include clothing, furniture, household, kitchen, and decorative items and a Victorian parlor. There is also a display of children’s toys and games, plus numerous examples of recreation in the days before cars, television, and computers. Trades represented are carpentry, printing, blacksmithing, shoemaking, farming, ice harvesting, and tool-making.
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Canton Historical Museum, 11 Front Street, Canton, CT 06019
Website
cantonmuseum.org
Phone
(860) 693-2793
