ABOUT THE COLLECTIONS
The Windsor Historical Society collections include objects from Native American settlement and the founding of Windsor in 1633 through the present.
The museum collection consists of approximately 11,000 objects including:
- decorative arts
- fine art
- household objects
- personal accoutrements
- archaeological artifacts
- tools
- machinery
- equipment
The library houses extensive historical resources relating to the town of Windsor and its people. Highlights include:
- thousands of historic photographs
- 17th-20th century manuscripts (many indexed by date and family name)
- more than 350 published genealogies of Windsor families
- family correspondence files
- subject files
- vital records, local cemetery records, land records (copies)
- regional and state histories
- town annual reports
- local newspapers
- Windsor High School yearbooks (1915-present)
- city directories (1905-present)
- ephemera
- maps