Dan & Whit’s Exhibit
norwichhistory2026-07-20T05:32:05-07:00Dan & Whit's at 70 On exhibit at NHS through June 2026 Celebrating Dan & Whit's 70th birthday with documentary photographs, oral histories, and memorabilia. It also traces close [...]
2023 Exhibit: Becoming Norwich
norwichhistory2025-02-06T08:37:47-07:00Norwich Historical Society has collaborated with cartoonist, Emily Zea, to publish a series of illustrated histories about Norwich. These histories feature Norwich’s early years, stories of our rivers and [...]
Online Exhibit: Norwich’s Vandalized Bible-Mending the Spaces Between
Jeff Brand2025-02-06T08:39:03-07:00Prompted by the discovery of a vandalized Bible in the Norwich Historical Society’s collection, 22 artists and poets respond to the theme “Mending the Spaces Between.” Their work responds [...]
Online Exhibit: Norwich Women Crafting the Future
norwichhistory2025-04-06T09:59:18-07:00200 Years of Women's Activism For 200 years Norwich women have advocated for change, taken a stand, and contributed to our community. Abolition, temperance, and the right to vote [...]
2019 Norwich University Exhibit
norwichhistory2020-10-05T12:09:36-07:00Norwich University turns 200 this year. Our exhibit examines the impact of having a military university located in the center of Norwich. Imagine cadets marching up and down the street, [...]
2019 Schooling Exhibit
norwichhistory2020-10-05T12:09:36-07:00In the 19th century, the Norwich Landscape was dotted with one-room schoolhouses. They were a testament to the dispersed nature of settlement and to the value placed on education. [...]
Back to Our Routes
norwichhistory2020-10-05T12:10:03-07:00Have you ever wondered how the roads we traverse got their names? Our new exhibit takes you on a journey through Norwich and to the past to learn about the [...]
Mad for Mid-Century Modern: A New Architectural Style Comes to Norwich
norwichhistory2020-10-05T12:10:23-07:00This exhibit tells the story of the architects and artists who came to Norwich in the decades following World War II, building in the latest modern styles and materials and [...]
Early American Decoration
norwichhistory2017-03-04T15:32:42-07:00A Retrospective of the Historical Decorative Art of Polly Forcier CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT AT THE NORWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Through October 31 The Society is pleased to present a retrospective of [...]
Poets and the Past Exhibit
norwichhistory2020-10-05T12:10:34-07:00The Norwich Historical Society asked local poets to browse through our collections, find something that captured their imagination and compose a poem about it. The results are as varied and [...]