On behalf of the Avon Historical Society, we wish to thank the exhibitors, attendees, sponsors and many volunteers who made TABLESCAPES 2024 a great success! This fundraiser has been held every year, except during the pandemic, since 2018.  In time for Spring, the event showcases the incredible talent of individuals,

Our 2023 event was an overwhelming success! Tracy Murphy was the first-place winner, chosen by attendees, with her table entitled “A Sneak-Peek SPRING!” Murphy, a resident of Avon, was sponsored by Services for the Elderly of Farmington. Laura's "A sneak-peek Spring” table description read, “Spring is sunshine for the soul…”

Earlier this winter, AHS President Terri Wilson, who was a Spanish teacher at Ethel Walker’s in 1983, re-donated desks given to  AHS from Ethel Walker in 1976, for display in the new interactive museum.   The Ethel Walker School Interactive Museum, located in Bell Library, is now open. This museum

The Avon Historical Society announces the new exhibit in the History Corner of the Avon Free Public Library entitled “Vintage Toys and Valentines from Avon.” The free exhibit of early to mid-20th-century items on the library’s first floor will be available for viewing through February. Avon Town Historian Nora Howard

On Monday, October 17, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D - CT) visited the Avon Free Public Library to congratulate them on receiving a substantial award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Save America’s Treasures Grant, which will cover a two-year project to preserve and digitize objects relevant

Don't miss the Cover Story article "Finding A Way: Resolving A Town Center Debate" in the July issue of Today Magazine! If you don't already subscribe to the magazine, we encourage you to do so!  The Subscription to the online magazine is free and offers exceptional community journalism covering Avon,

Congratulations to Terri Wilson, President of the Avon Historical Society and Today Magazine for winning the first-place Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) award for the story of Leverett Holden, an African-American soldier from Avon who answered Lincoln’s call to fight in the Civil War. Read the story on Today Publishing

Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has awarded the Avon Historical Society a $5,600.00 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG). A portion of this grant will support the engagement with Sawdust and Strata of Fairfield, CT, professional historic preservation and museum

In February Avon’s Town Historian and Church Historian Nora Howard (on the left) presented Heddy Panik, Society member/Trustee and volunteer in the Marian Hunter History Room of the Avon Free Public Library with a Commendation from the Avon Congregational Church for her “expert and professional care in processing thousands and

Thanks to the grant received from the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee, a story about the “Unearthing History” webinar series and the Brian D. Jones site appeared in the National Park Service’s most recent online magazine Wild and Scenic River Currents. Here is the link to