About the Thompson Historical Society
MUSEUM SHOP 

THE MUSEUM GIFT SHOP WILL BE OPENING THIS SPRING.

Please check back for dates and hours.

The Old Town Hall

Exit 99 off I-395, to Route 200
At the Thompson Hill Common
Rtes 193 & 200
Thompson, CT

Special Opening upon request. Call 923-5728, or 923-3776.

Books:

Echoes of Old Thompson Volume 1:

Sorry - SOLD OUT

Echoes of Old Thompson Volume 2:

This new book, released in late Fall 2006, is 304 pages and include many photos, stories and letters about Thompson residents, information on Maj. Robert Thompson, Lithic Structures and the complete Bayles text of Thompson and Putnam history. The THS member price for the leatherbound version is $68.00 (comes with a matching leather sleeve) and the softcover copy is $48.00.
To have the books mailed to you, please send an additional $4.75 for media mail to the continental USA. Shipping insurance is an additional $1.30. Please provide your name, address and either an email address or telephone number. Mail to: Thompson Historical Society, Echoes of Old Thompson Books, PO Box 47, Thompson, CT 06277. Call 860 923 3776 for other details.

Artwork by local artists:
     Thompson Common, by Tom Menard (color)
     North Grosvenordale, by Tom Menard (color)
     Egg Hunt on the Common, by Donna Lange (color)
     Thompson Common, by Davide Wagner (pen & ink)
     Maps (reproduction)

Clothing:
     -Thompson Themed-
     Fleece Shirts, Sweat Shirts, Aprons, Fleec Blankets

Thus far the Society has reproduced the following hand-painted buildings:

      Old Town Hall
     Library (Ellen Larned Building)
     Church (The Congregational Church on the Hill)
     Bank (Thompson Bank, now in Old Sturbridge Village)
     Inn (Vernon Stiles Inn)
     Gazebo in North Grosvenordale
     Post Office (Pepin's General Store in Fabyan)
     School (Tourtellotte High School)
     Hose House (Fire Dept. building in N. Grosvenordale)
     Mill (The Grosvenor Dale Company Mill, N. Grosvenordale)
     Mechanicsville School
     St. Joseph's Church, No. Grosvenordale
     2006 Jacob's Tavern, E. Thompson. General George Washington ate breakfast
     here in 1789

The shop's staff of approximately 35 volunteers stocks many unique gifts to give or to keep, for instance:

Vol. III Thompson History CD - $20 each

Thompson Wooden Buildings painted by local artist Charlotte Trahan

A booklet of Yankee Magazine stories about Thompson

St. Joseph & Sacred Heart Church picture prints

Local items:  honey, maple sugar, homemade soap, bird feeders,
wood crafted items, gift baskets

Prints of Tom Menard's painting "North Grosvenordale"

Kids & Teachers Corner

For membership information, contact:
The Thompson Historical Society
P.O. Box 47
Thompson, CT 06277
Or visit our Membership page.