Welcome
to the Naugatuck Historical Society
and Museum Web Site
Founded in 1959, The Naugatuck Historical Society is a membership
supported nonprofit organization bringing together people who are
interested in history, and especially in the history of Naugatuck,
Connecticut, and environs.
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See
new pictures
from Very Victorian Christmas
(12/15/07), Game Day
(12/8/07), the Hillside Cemetary Walk (10/5/07), and older ones
of our Grand Re-Opening(4/14/07) and many others
in our Photo Gallery
2006
Holiday
ornaments
are still available; see them on the Museum
Store page. Also, see items recently put on SALE!
Upcoming
Events and Important Dates
(more info on Events
page)
(events
at the NHS Museum unless otherwise noted)
Now
Open!
Rubber
Industry Exhibit in the Ebersole Room of the Museum
May
3, 2008
Saturday
10:30 a.m.
Swim
the English Channel with Peter Jurzynski
Public is invited. Free admission
May
21, 2008
Wednesday
Board
Meeting
6:30 p.m.
May
26, 2008
Monday
Memorial
Day Parade
Church Street Look for Naugatuck Historical Society float, featuring
Betsy Ross and George Washington!
May
30, 2008
Friday
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Vintage
Car Show Jointly sponsored by the Naugatuck Historical Society
and the Roaring 20's Auto Club.
Free admission to Car Show and Museum.
June
8, 2008
Sunday
1:00 - 4 p.m.
Period
Fashion Show 100 Years of Fashion with High Tea, featuring Kandie
Carle's Civil War Performance.
Door Prizes - Clothing Exhibits.
Donation: $15. For tickets, call 203-729-9039.
June
14, 2008
Saturday
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Connecticut
Open House Day
Vintage Fashion Exhibit - children's activities related to colonial
life.
Free admission all day.
June
18, 2008
Wednesday
Board
Meeting 6:30 p.m.
July
11 , 2008
Friday
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Vintage
Car Show Jointly sponsored by the Naugatuck Historical Society
and the Roaring 20's Auto Club.
Free admission to Car Show and Museum.
July
16, 2008
Wednesday
Board
Meeting 6:30 p.m.
October
4 & 5 Saturday & Sunday
Hillside
Cemetery Walk
Saturday: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday: 2:00 p.m.
Meet at Linden Park.
Donation: $5.00. For tickets, call: 203-729-9039.
Board
of Director Meetings take place monthly on the third
Wednesday, all members are welcome to attend.
For information, call us
at 729-9039 or 729-3754 or email
Colonial
Tea and Dance
On
May 21, 2006, the Society held a Colonial Tea and Dance at the
Museum. Click here to go to our
photo gallery where you can view pictures from that event.
Naugatuck
Hall of Fame
At the right is one of the old photographs from the Naugatuck
Hall of Fame exhibit which was previously featured in the
Ebersole Room of the Museum (now it features the Rubber Industry
Exhibit). It's a picture of a 1900 basketball team (double-click
the picture for a larger version.
For
a history of the Naugatuck Hall of Fame, click here.
Wish
List . . .
The research
part of our activities is always increasing, and the requests come
from all over. We have a need for some reference books for our reference
room. Below is a partial list of our needs. If you can donate any
of these books to the Society, please
. Thank You!
Wish
List
Rockey,
J. L. (editor)
The
History of New Haven County, published in 1892 in two
volumes
Anderson,
Joseph:
The
Town and City Of Waterbury, Connecticut. Three Volumes
Bronson,
Henry:
The
History of Waterbury, Connecticut
We have also
started a fund for purchasing books for the reference room. Our
first donation was for $50 from Marilyn Nichols. Please consider
contributing to this fund.
Museum
store
Do your
Shopping in our Museum Store!
Buy a Naugatuck ornament, an afghan of Naugatuck landmarks, a NHS
sweatshirt or a Naugatuck History book. Copies of Ron Gagliardi's
book "Naugatuck Revisited" and Charles Slack's
book "A Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock
and the race to unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth
Century" are still available. Many more items are available
than are shown on the Museum Store
page. Come and take a look!
Blackwell
Award Winner - Congratulations to Gina Salerno who was
the 2005 winner of the Blackwell Award.Click
here for information on applying for
the 2006 Blackwell Award..
Please
Sign Our Guestbook --->>
Thanks
to our Corporate Members
* New England Realty Group
* Buckmiller
Funeral Homes
* Naugatuck Elks Lodge 967
Membership It's time to renew your Membership for 2008.
If
you're not a member, why not? Membership dues support this web site
and other activities of the NHS.
Click here for our membership
application.
Please
consider remembering the NHS in your last will and testament.
