Unearthing History: 2024 Virtual Lecture Series
Unearthing History: The discovery of a 12,500 year old Paleo-Indian site along the Farmington River in Avon. Join us for a virtual series of lectures, sponsored by a grant from the […]
Unearthing History: 2023 Virtual Lecture Series
Unearthing History: The discovery of a 12,500 year old Paleo-Indian site along the Farmington River in Avon. Join us for a virtual series of lectures, sponsored by a grant from the […]
Unearthing History: 2022 Virtual Lecture Series
Unearthing History: The discovery of a 12,500 year old Paleo-Indian site along the Farmington River in Avon. Join us for a virtual series of lectures, sponsored by a grant from the Lower […]
Avon Library marks its 230th anniversary!
Avon Free Public Library traces its roots back to September 1791 when Rev. Rufus Hawley rode to New Haven to purchase books for a public library, open to subscribers from […]
Unearthing History: 2021 Virtual History Series
Join us for a virtual series of lectures, sponsored by a grant from Farmington Bank Community Foundation that will cover the archaeology, geology, and anthropology of life along the Farmington River, including the Brian D. Jones Paleo-Indian discovery in Avon.
DEEDS NOT WORDS: 100 Years of the Vote for Women
The trio of Avon’s Historical Society, Library and Senior Center has received a $4,030.00 grant from CT Humanities to help fund the first half of a year-long series entitled DEEDS NOT WORDS: 100 Years of the Vote for Women.
Avon Free Public Library, Avon Historical Society, and Avon Senior Center receive two grants for history and humanities programming
The Avon Free Public Library, the Avon Historical Society and Avon Senior Center, have been selected to receive the Revisiting the Founding Era programming grant to explore the social & […]
The Avon Newsletter, a World War II collection, is now available online!
Explore 14 pieces of WWII history.
Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Avon Library, this collection consists of 14 resident-created newsletters spanning the years 1943-1946. The newsletters were intended for Avon soldiers, and were sent to them wherever they were stationed, either at home or abroad, as well as to their families in Avon.