Connecticut History

A project of Connecticut Humanities that works with experts from universities, libraries, museums, and historical societies from around the state to bring you the very best historical writing—a timely mix of fun and fact, famous and obscure, surprising and serious.

Here you can search through over 8,000 objects from the Connecticut Historical Society collection, including clothing, furniture, weapons, needlework, tools, household objects, photographs, paintings, prints, drawings, and more.

Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a digital collection of over 16,000 digital primary sources coupled with associated interpretive and educational material.

Since their founding in 1889, the New Canaan Historical Society mission is "to bring together and arrange the historical events of the town of New Canaan, the genealogies of the families who have lived in the town, to form a library and to collect relics and curiosities, to form a museum."

The Norwalk Historical Society was incorporated in 1899 with the purpose of promoting and encouraging historical research in Norwalk.

The Stamford Historical Society, Inc., the municipal historian of Stamford, is an educational and research institution, whose primary functions are to collect, preserve, conserve, interpret, and exhibit materials relating to Stamford, Connecticut, and our region in order to engage citizens in the telling of their stories

Long before European colonization and American rebellion created the state of Connecticut, diverse indigenous communities called the land home. They worked its soil, traveled its reaches to trade, and established cultures rich in political, artistic, technological, spiritual, and environmental legacies that continue to evolve today.

Though the major engagements of the Pequot War took place within a two-year span, the conflict had much earlier roots.

The following map includes the Indian Tribes of Connecticut from 1625 which you can toggle between aerial photos, the 1625 map and even include a layer of connecticut Railroads. To turn maps on or off simply select the appropriate year from the buttons along the top of the map. Users can also turn layers on or off by clicking the associated check box.

Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: what drove the course of history? by Johan Cornelis Varekamp and Daphne Sasha Varekamp

The story of how Block Island got its name.

Photographic Timeline

On August 21, 1856, the Charter Oak, a noted landmark and symbol of Hartford and Connecticut, fell during a severe wind and rain storm.

58 part video (approximately 2 minutes each of The Charter Oak Project