Thompson Historical Society

MUSEUM SHOP 

THE MUSEUM GIFT SHOP WILL BE OPEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Every Saturday & Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00 pm from Thanksgiving weekend until Christmas Eve when it will open from 10-1 pm.

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 860-923-5728, or 860-923-3776.

Books:

Echoes of Old Thompson Volume 1: Sorry - SOLD OUT. However, we find old copies on www.half.com or www.amazon.com frequently. Be sure to download the errata sheet.

Echoes of Old Thompson Volume 2: (ON SALE - PRICE REDUCED)- This 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 $39.00 (comes with a matching leather sleeve) and the softcover copy is $24.00. 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.

The Movie "The Man in the Net" - DVD copies of the movie available at our museum shop. Featuring Alan Ladd!

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 David Wagner (pen & ink)
     Maps (reproduction)

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:

Thompson Wooden Buildings painted by local artist Sarah Emmons

A booklet of Yankee Magazine stories about Thompson

St. Joseph

Local items:  honey, maple sugar, bird feeders,


Prints of Tom Menard's painting "North Grosvenordale" & "Marianapolis"

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