T.A. Hungerford Memorial Museum

09/26/2026

As many of you know, it is now Hunting Season and like many CT residents, some folks put up NO HUNTING/TRESPASSING signs along their property borders. Early signs were not made of Tyvek or plastic but of cloth. The TA Hungerford Museum has a couple of the signs used in Harwinton in the mid 1900s. Instead of putting up signs specific to their own land, these residents put up signs with their adjoining property owners names as well. In other words: “You not only can’t hunt on my land, but you also can’t hunt on my neighbors property either!” This saved the landowner some money and time by not having to post the lines along the participating neighbors abutting lot lines.
You may recognize some of the names at the bottom of the sign, or you may even be related! MJO

08/29/2026

The Hungerford Museum will be open today from 1-3 PM. Stop in and see the new gardens created by Cooper Urso for his Eagle Scout project. There is no charge to visit.

08/29/2026

The Hungerford Museum will be open today from 1-3 PM. As always, there is no charge to visit!

08/23/2026

A special thanks goes out to Harwinton's own Cooper Urso for choosing the Restoration of the Hungerford Gardens for his Troop 55 Eagle Scout Project. The task was a major undertaking but Cooper and his fellow scouts got it done! The monument that you see to Cooper's left, has two Witness Stones embedded into it, honoring two juvenile slaves, Cyrus and Violet, enslaved in Harwinton in the 1770s. If you have time, stop in and take a look at the beautiful work done by the boys. MJO

07/24/2026

If you're looking for something to do on Saturday, July 25th, between 1-3 PM, the Hungerford Museum will be open to the public. We have hundreds of local historical artifacts for your perusal. Come on down!! MJO

06/26/2026

This is a great opportunity to support another Harwinton Eagle Boy Scout and to also assist in improving the look of the Hungerford Memorial Museum! It’s a win win situation!

My name is Cooper Urso and I am a Boy Scout in Troop 55. I am raising mo… Sarah Urso needs your support for Eagle Scout Project: Witness Stone Memorial Garden

06/24/2026

The photo below represents those that attended and participated in the placing of the Witness Stone for Violet, and enslaved child in Harwinton during the latter decades of the 1700s.
The Hungerford Museum will be open this Saturday, June 27, from 1-3 PM. Stop on in and talk Harwinton History! We continue to add items to our genealogical files so if your roots extend back to some of the original Harwinton families, who knows, we just might have some information that might be of interest! Admission is always free!!! MJO

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