Welcome to the Gunn Museum's Online Catalog!

Our extensive collection features fine and decorative arts, costumes, artifacts, documents and photographs related to the town of Washington, Connecticut and we are excited to be able to share it with you here. The museum is housed in a 1781 residence overlooking the historic Washington Green in Litchfield County and we feature innovative exhibitions in our galleries. It is our mission to collect, preserve, interpret and share the objects and stories which illuminate the history of Washington, CT. Come step into the world that was and see it through the images, artifacts and stories of the people who have made and make our town a memorable place.

The Museum's beginnings date back to 1899 when the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), led by Abigail Gunn, opened the Judea Historical Room in the Canfield House on Washington Green. When the Gunn Memorial Library was built in 1908, our founders including Ehrick Rossiter and others, envisioned an athenaeum where patrons could learn not only from books, but also through history, art and artifacts, and so they created a museum in the library. The DAR gifted their collection to the Gunn Memorial Library in 1907 and it was moved across the street into the museum on the lower level of the library. In 1965 June S. Willis bequeathed her house to the Library and the museum moved next door, where it remains today.

Please visit our website for our current exhibitions and programs.

Inquiries about individual and local family histories can be directed to museum@gunnlibrary.org.

Free admission, open to the public.

For all inquiries please e-mail: museum@gunnlibrary.org