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Welcome!
The Torrington History Museum exhibits and the Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum have re-opened for the 2022 season and will remain open through October 29, 2022. Hours for the self-guided exhibit, No Place Like Home: The History of Torrington and the Hendey Machine Shop exhibit are Wednesday - Saturday from 12-4 pm. Free admission. Guided tours of the Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum are available Thursday through Saturday. Tours are on the hour at 12, 1, 2, and 3 pm. Admission is $7 per adult. The John H. Thompson Library & Archive is now open for research on Wednesday - Friday from 1-4pm. Please contact us for a research appointment using the email address below. Researchers may also direct questions to the research library by email. The address is torringtonhistorical@snet.net. YouTube Channel
Did you know we record our virtual programs? You can watch the recordings on our YouTube Channel by clicking this link below: Torrington Historical Society YouTube Programs Take a Virtual Tour of the Torrington History Museum's
Exhibit "No Place Like Home"
NEW! Presentation ( Click to Watch )
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Join us for one of our Fall Zoom programs!
The Life and Times of Lemuel Haynes
October 12, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom Professor John Saillant of Western Michigan University will share the story of Lemuel Haynes, a former veteran of the Revolutionary War and the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister. Haynes served as a minister in Torrington at the Congregational Church in the 1780’s and later became active in the earliest anti-slavery movement. Haynes witnessed a remarkable time in history and encountered a number of fascinating people here in Torrington and across Litchfield County. Tickets are FREE. To sign up, please use the link below Life and Times of Lemuel Haynes Visions and Vistas: Olmsted Landscapes in Connecticut November 9, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture and founder of one of the nation’s most influential landscape architecture firms, was born in Hartford 200 years ago, in 1822. Christopher Wigren of Preservation Connecticut will describe how Olmsted’s achievements were shaped by his Connecticut upbringing, present some of the Olmsted firm’s landscape works here, and discuss how historic landscapes contribute to the quality of modern-day life. Tickets are FREE. To sign up, please use the link below Visions and Vistas - Olmsted Program Our fall Zoom programs are generously sponsored by Torrington Savings Bank We hope you'll join us for one or all. See you soon. 
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