T.A. Hungerford Memorial Museum

06/02/2026

This coming Saturday, June 6, at 1:00 PM, the Hungerford Memorial Museum in conjunction with Mr. Weeks' and Ms. Kubas’ 8th grade students from Region 10, will hold a Witness Stone Ceremony for an enslaved adolescent girl named Violet. Violet was enslaved in Harwinton in the late 1700s. Her stone will be placed alongside the Witness Stone of young Cyrus, an enslaved boy sold to a Harwinton family.

Please join us Saturday at the Museum to help celebrate the life of Violet and to hear about what happened to her when she was a child. Refreshments will be served. MJO

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05/24/2026

Thought you all might be interested in seeing the line-up for the 1960 Memorial Day parade. #4 is an interesting group!

A dance was also held in late March from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM. If you weren't interested in square dancing, you could round dance!

Found these items at the Hungerford Memorial Museum, we have everything!!! Come check us out next Saturday, May 30th from 1-3 PM. 50 Burlington Road. MJO

05/22/2026

The Hungerford Museum will be open to the public on Saturday, May 30 from 1-3 PM. Come join us for some good conversation related to Harwinton's past and also take a look at numerous historical artifacts that are on display, many of which were made in Harwinton.
On June 6th, at 1:00PM and in conjunction with the Social Studies Department at HarBur Middle School, we will hold a ceremony for a teenage slave girl from the 1700s who was stolen and brought to Vermont. Please join us for Violet's entire story and the placement of a Witness Stone in her honor. MJO

05/01/2026

Slavery in Harwinton

On June 6, 2026, the Hungerford Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the 8th grade Social Studies class at Har-Bur Middle School, will honor another one of Harwinton's 1700s child slaves named Violet. Violet’s Witness Stone will be placed alongside last years honoree, Cyrus. A special ceremony will be held at the museum at 50 Burlington Rd. at 1:00 PM to honor Violet and to tell her story. The ceremony will presented by a couple of Har-Bur students (TBD). The public is invited to attend. Please share.

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04/23/2026

The Hungerford Memorial Museum will be open to the public this Saturday, April 25, from 1:00- 3:00 PM. If you have any free time, please stop in to see one of Harwinton's top historical collections pertaining to Harwinton History! We have thousands of documents, guns, swords, clocks, Charter Oak, early lighting, and many, many, more items, some actually made in Harwinton. Please share!!!

03/29/2026

Thanks to all those that came to visit the museum yesterday. We had some great discussions regarding Harwinton history. We will be open again on April 25th from 1-3. Hope to see you there!

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03/27/2026

The Hungerford Museum will be open this Saturday, March 28, from 1-3 PM. We will be featuring hundreds of post cards and holiday cards from the early 1900s. Please stop on in and take a look! Many of these cards were produced by Neuman Hungerford.

01/31/2026

Nothing to do today? Want to get out of the house for a few minutes? Then why not visit the Hungerford Museum today from 1-3 PM. We will be open! Admission is always free!!! Hope to see you there!

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12/02/2025

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12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday and as you know, the T. A. Hungerford Memorial Museum is run by a board of volunteers and has a limited budget. As we continue to catalog and preserve our collection, we find a need for supplies to assist in this endeavor. I have identified specific items that the museum desperately needs to fulfill this mission. Each item can be found on Amazon Prime.

If you could find it in your heart to donate one of these items, the board would be eternally grateful.

The shipping address is:
C/O T.A. Hungerford Museum
231 Lead Mine Brook Rd.
Harwinton, CT 06791

Items include:
Pandri Sheet Protectors - 500 Pack
Lineco Archival Boxes - any size
4x6 Colored Index Cards - 160 pack
White Merchandise Tags 2 3/4" x 1 11/16", 500 count
Lineco Self-Adhesive Linen Tape - 1 1/4" x 35'

Gift Cards to Staples for office supplies

Thank you for your continued support to your local museum.

MIchael J. Orefice, President

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