MIDDLEBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Celebrating 51 Years of Local History and Community
Telling Middlebury’s Stories—Every Person, Every Place

The Middlebury Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Archives and Research Center is located near the Middlebury Green on Library Road in Middlebury, Connecticut.

The building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, began as the Center School, a two-room schoolhouse built in 1897. It later housed the Middlebury Public Library from 1935 until 1972, and has been the home of the historical society since 1975. Read more.

MHS Building

A BIG THANK YOU! To all who donated to the Middlebury Historical Society in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s Annual Give Local Campaign. Your generosity brought in over $1,500, which will support our Rochambeau Memorial Project, the Cemetery Gravestone Cleaning Project, our lecture series programs, continuing research, collection purchase and maintenance, and much more.

Watch these lectures from our
Revolutionary War series

Help us build the

Rochambeau Monument

We’re almost at our Goal

Click on the image below to find more information on the Rochambeau Monument

Tony Falcone and the clay model

New!
Park Benches with Plaques Available

Backless Bench

These benches will be featured in the new Rochambeau Plaza in Meadowview Park – this is your opportunity to purchase one to honor or memorialize someone now – see below for details

A Word About the Benches
Our town has recently witnessed some vandalism to a memorial bench, which saddens all of us.
The benches that the historical society will be offering contain lumber which is extremely dense and would be nearly impossible to break out of the iron frame. Additionally, it would be a very poor choice for starting a fire. The company which makes these benches supplies the same bench and lumber to major metropolitan cities with dense populations, including unhoused populations. Fire vandalism is not a concern for this bench. The benches we are offering, as well as other matching existing benches around our town, are at a greatly reduced risk for vandalism. These heavy and durable benches will be bolted down and are built to last a very long time.

Find interesting Gifts from our Gift Shop for your family, friends, and yourself.

Middlebury Monopoly (Trifles Game)
Bicentennial Wine Glasses
Middlebury Historic Map
Breakneck Revolutionary War Book
Lions Club Ornament for 2025