Chester CT Historical Society

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Chester CT Historical Society

Chester Historical Society preserves the history of our small CT River town in our archives, publications and our Chester Museum at The Mill.

The Chester Historical Society seeks to promote an interest in the history of Chester, Connecticut, as a prototypical New England small town that has survived and thrived by adapting to changing cultural, economic, and demographic environments throughout its four-century evolution as a settled community. The Chester Historical Society created and hosts the Chester Museum at The Mill, a new museum

whose award-winning permanent exhibit "Streams of Change: Life and Industry along the Pattaconk" tells a compelling history of its town. The Museum also presents changing exhibits with a particular theme. The 2011 exhibit Chester Voices from the Civil War coincided with the 150th anniversary of the start of the conflict. Our 2012 exhibit was Beyond the Battlefield, a focus on the Chester home front during the Civil War. The 2013 exhibit, which is called Over the River and Through the Woods, focuses on different modes of transportation in Chester over a 100-year period. The “Over the River” exhibit was funded in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Middlesex County. Throughout the year, the Society presents programs and other events that also explore various aspects of Chester’s history. The Society founded the Robbie Collomore Music Series, which promotes an interest in classical and contemporary music through a series of four concerts held throughout the year.

09/05/2026

What do you think this is? Stop by the museum this weekend and weigh in. We’re here today from 1-4 and tomorrow from 10-4.

09/04/2026

Chester Historical Society’s inaugural Book Club meeting last night. A great place to read a book? On our deck overlooking the waterfall. Visit today until 1, Saturday 1-4 and Sunday 10-4.

08/30/2026

Come see us at the Chester Fair today! Building 9

08/29/2026

It’s here! The Chester Fair is underway! Come visit us in building 9.

08/27/2026

Are you a graduate of Deep River High School, Pratt High School, Chester High School or Valley Regional? Lots of nostalgia about these schools in our building No. 9 at the Chester Fair this weekend. Come visit!

08/26/2026

It's Chester Fair weekend! In preparation, our curator Diane Lindsay, along with Rhonda Forristall from Deep River Historical Society and Melissa Josefiak from Essex Historical Society have put up an exhibit in our Fair building to showcase Valley Regional's 75th anniversary and the old high schools from our three towns that fed into the new high school. Lots of photos, lots of nostalgia, lots of old VRHS yearbooks to peruse. Do visit!

08/23/2026

Rainy days are perfect for visiting museums. Stop by and see us today. We’re open from 10 to 4.

08/22/2026

Love quilts? We do, too! Come check out our new exhibit today from 1-4 and Sunday from 10-4.

08/21/2026

You never know what you might stumble upon at the museum. Especially on Fridays, when folks are invited to bring their lunch, projects, book, games… You get the idea… and sit by the waterfall. Stop by this weekend. Saturday, 1-4, Sunday, 10-4

Thanks for the fun, Poem Renovation!

08/14/2026

Fun fact, this fellow’s name is Griswold. Come hang out with him at the museum today until 1, Saturday from 1-4 and Sunday from 10-4.

Address

9 W Main Street
Chester, CT
06412

Telephone

+18605584701

Website

http://www.chesterhistoricalsociety.org/

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