Exploring Human Origins

The Avon Library will host an ALA Traveling Exhibit on the origins of humanity in the community room on the first floor from…

Connecticut 1775

Connecticut 1775: The Revolution is Coming! Join us for an engaging, interactive, and collaborative community experience, which we are co-sponsoring with Central Connecticut State University!…

From Trenton to Yorktown Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual author event and John R. Maass Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary, this sweeping narrative is an astute exploration…

Tablescapes 2025

Tablescapes 2025 We invite you to join us in the Avon Historical Society's fundraising event entitled TABLESCAPES! It will be held on Friday, March 14,…

Avon History Museum Grand Opening

SAVE THE DATE! Join us on July 4, 2025, as we unveil the new Avon History Museum. (Time TBD) Built in 1823 as a one-room…

Avon History Museum Soft Opening

Avon History Museum Soft Opening The Avon Historical Society invites the public to a “sneak peek” of what the new Avon History Museum will be…

Unearthing History Final Chapter: Paleoindian Discovery in America

The partnership of the Avon Historical Society, Avon Free Public Library and Avon Senior Center is pleased to present the fifth and final lecture in…

Unearthing History: Use and Sources of Ohio Hopewell Fossil Shark Teeth

Use and Sources of Ohio Hopewell Fossil Shark Teeth, presented by Katherine Sterner, Ph.D., RPA; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice; Director, Baltimore Community…

Artifact Identification Day!

Artifact Identification Day! Bring your Native American artifacts for identification! Free event, open to the public. Presented by Institute staff and FOSA volunteers of the…

Pre Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

Join Connie Martin as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother Lizzie of how her family survived the antebellum period through trials and…

Unearthing History: Foraging in the Paleoindian Period

Foraging in the Paleoindian Period  A Macrobotanical Analysis at the Brian D. Jones Site in Avon, CT (tentative title), presented by Katharine Reinhart, Project  Archaeologist/Botanical…

Pine Grove Schoolhouse Reopens

1865 Pine Grove Schoolhouse Open for Tourist Season The Avon Historical Society welcomes the public to a family-friendly OPEN HOUSE of the 1865 Pine Grove…

Lively Lore & Legends Bus Tour

The Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network, of which Avon Historical Society is a member, is pleased to present part three of its three-part bus tour…

Unearthing History: Bioarchaeology in North America

Ethics, Issues and Where the Field Stands in 2024 The partnership of the Avon Historical Society, Avon Free Public Library, and Avon Senior Center is…

Tablescapes 2024

Tablescapes 2024 On behalf of the Avon Historical Society, we wish to thank the exhibitors, attendees, sponsors and many volunteers who made TABLESCAPES 2024 a…

Unearthing History: Native American Archaeology in CT

History of Native American Archaeology in CT The History of Native American Archaeology in Connecticut will be presented by Nicholas Bellantoni, emeritus state archaeologist with…

Dutch & Indigenous Communities

Dutch-Indigenous Relationships in Eastern New Netherland Enhance your knowledge about Dutch contributions to our Connecticut heritage: few people know that the first documented European to…

Remembering CT’s Colored Regiments

In honor of Black History Month, you are invited to an event on Sunday, February 4 from 1:00-3:00pm entitled “Remembering Connecticut’s Colored Regiments: Film Screenings…

Our Hidden Landscapes

Our Hidden Landscapes: Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Southern New England Enhance your knowledge about Dutch contributions to our Connecticut heritage: few people know that…

Humour of Designing Englishmen

The Avaricious Humour of Designing Englishmen: Land Transactions between the Tunxis and European Settlers of the Farmington Valley Join us for a virtual presentation with…

Farmington Canal Walk With Historian Carl Walter

Mark your calendars and join us outside on the trails on Saturday, November 4th. Explore Avon roots on the Farmington Canal Yellow-blazed loop…

Marble Headstone Repair with Randall Nelson

Marble Headstone Repair Covering the areas of W. Avon, Collinsville, and Wethersfield, CT. Randall will show the steps involved in repairing broken marble gravestones,…

Unearthing History: Update on the Brain D. Jones Site in Avon

An update on the Brain D. Jones site in Avon since its discovery in 2019 will be presented by Eric Heffter, Senior Prehistoric Archaeologist, Archaeological…

Unearthing History: Paleoindian Sites, Site Patterning and Travel Corridors

Paleoindian Sites, Site Patterning, and Travel Corridors Along the Southern Arm of the Champlain Sea will be presented by Jess Robinson, Vermont State Archeologist, Vermont…

Artifact Identification Day!

Artifact Identification Day! Bring your artifacts for identification! Free event, open to the public. Presented by archaeologists and volunteers of the Institute of American Indian Studies,…