Join us at a members-only cocktail party to meet Norfolk collectors and hear about their collecting passions. $20 suggested donation

Please join us for our Annual Meeting and a look at some recent acquisitions, “12 Objects – 12 Stories” Refreshments will be served.

On July 31, 1884, Village Hall was dedicated with a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pinafore. This summer, after over a century, Gilbert & Sullivan returns to the Village Hall stage when New York’s renowned Blue Hill Troupe brings a concert production of The Mikado to Infinity Hall. The benefit performance will be held on Sunday, June 30, at 2:00 P.M. For tickets: www.infinityhall.com, 860-542-5531.

A Gallery Talk by Michaela Allen Murphy.

This summer the Norfolk Historical Society will continue our popular Walks Through History program with a series of postcard walking tours of Norfolk “Then & Now”.
 
July 28 — A Walk down Laurel Way. Rescheduled for September 22 at 2:00 pm.
 
August 18 — A Walk up Maple Avenue. Find out more about the railroad crossing, the Gymnasium, Emerson Place, Miss Rowland’s boarding house known as Fairlawn, and the residential neighborhood of Maple Avenue. Meet in front of the Library at 2:00 pm.
 
September 8 — A Walk around the Village Green. Learn about the evolution of the Green from an 18th century meetinghouse commons to a pleasure park lined with impressive late-19th century buildings. Postcard images of Pettibone’s Tavern, Crissey Place, the Academy, and the first Parsonage provide windows into the past use of buildings and sites. Meet at the Museum at 2:00 pm.

A narrated slide show by Ann Havemeyer and Barry Webber.

We are pleased to welcome performers, concert-goers, and members to a reception at the Museum following the Tokyo String Quartet’s evening performance at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.

Featuring Norfolk’s Historic Storms, a narrated slide show by Ann Havemeyer.

The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution will hold a ceremony at the Center Cemetery in Norfolk to honor Jupiter Mars as a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Mars served under his owner, General Van Rensselaer, for our nation’s independence.

Enjoy a stroll around the Norfolk Village Green and learn about its history. The Village Green became the centerpiece of the town through the patronage of one extraordinary family in the late 19th century.