Fairfield Museum and History Center
Our Mission
The mission of the Fairfield Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history and heritage of the Town of Fairfield, Connecticut, for present and future generations. Chartered in 1903, the Fairfield Historical Society is a not-for-profit, privately supported, educational institution which operates a museum and research library at 636 Old Post Road, and the Ogden House & Gardens, an accurately restored and furnished 18th-century farmhouse at 1520 Bronson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Information about its collections is made available through scholarly research, publications, programs and workshops, as well as permanent and changing exhibitions. The Society presents a variety of programs for schools and a broad range of public programs. In 1996 the Town and the Historical Society entered into an agreement under which the Society manages six historic structures owned by the Town, including three on the Old Town Hall Green. A 23 - acre tract which was part of the original lots laid out at the founding of Fairfield in 1639, the Green is comprised of the Old Burying Ground and town-owned buildings which are among Fairfield's most historical and architecturally significant structures. The Society manages the following buildings: the Burr Homestead, the Sun Tavern, the Victorian Cottage and Barn, the Powder House, and Bronson Windmill.
