Please join us at Windsor Historical Society on Tuesday, October 30 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM: when we open a new exhibit, Christopher Miner Spencer: An Inventive Mind. Christopher Miner Spencer (1833-1922) was one [...]
How would Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee have treated a fever? A broken bone? Check out Dr. Chaffee’s apothecary chest and medical texts, and mix up some remedies. Talk with Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking artists who [...]
Please join Windsor Historical Society from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 8, for the opening of our newest exhibit – the first in a year – entitled Windsor in 1921: The Paradox of Progress. [...]
Join Society Curator Kristen Wands for a virtual exploration of our newest exhibit highlighting life in Windsor the year 1921, when Windsor Historical Society was founded! Learn about the town, its people, businesses, organizations and [...]
Exhibit opening and WHS Annual Meeting and program. Explore this fascinating exhibit and talk with curator and UCONN historian Fiona Vernal, PhD. Professor Vernal’s oral histories and research bring to life the experiences of the [...]
At the Windsor Senior Center. Celebrate the close of 2021 by revisiting the Windsor of 100 years ago. Join Windsor Historical Society curator Kristen Wands for this captivating presentation. Through both documentary video and live [...]
Gallery Day on Saturday, December 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will feature a special free showing of the Society’s two changing exhibit galleries. Experience A Home Away from Home: Greater Hartford’s West Indian [...]
In collaboration with the Windsor Senior Center, WHS will provide guided tours of our permanent & special exhibitions. Register through the Windsor Senior Center. FREE
Were the Puritans allowed to listen to music? When and why were drums and bugles so important? Where did your Windsor grandparents go to dance? Who are the famous Windsor musicians of yesteryear, and who [...]