SINCE
1989, ALL THREE of the Society’s buildings have been
renovated. Today the museum collects objects—through
bequests, gifts, and purchases—in order to preserve
Litchfield’s rich past. Items that were created,
produced or used in Litchfield, especially whose that
reflect local attitudes, beliefs, customs, habits, collections,
and occupations, teach us about the town’s residents.
New exhibitions show Litchfield’s place in national
history through artifacts, videos and hands-on areas.
To
Ornament Their Minds: Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female
Academy, 1792-1833 exhibition 1993
Within
the last ten years the Litchfield Historical Society
has received a 1991 Award of Merit from the American
Association for State and Local History for its development
of exhibitions and educational programs, and a 1994
Award of Merit for the exhibition and catalogue To
Ornament Their Minds: Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield
Female Academy, 1792-1833. The Tapping Reeve House
renovation was recently honored with the Connecticut
Humanities Council’s 1998 Wilbur Cross Award for
“outstanding contributions to the humanities.”
The Litchfield Historical Society was accredited by
the American Association of Museums in 1992.
The
Tapping Reeve house renovation was honored with the
Wilbur Cross Award (right) for "outstanding contributions
to the humanities"
