The Falls Village - Canaan Historical Society is an educational non-profit organization committed to the preservation of the architectural heritage of the towns of Canaan and North Canaan.

The Society collects and preserves:

• Old Records and Artifacts
• Photographs
• Costumes
• Domestic and Farm Tools
• Family and Business Records
• Furniture
• Paintings
• Maps
• Manuscripts
• Books

We invite you to join this worthwhile organization.  New members and volunteers are always welcome.  Membership fees are as follows:

• Individual -- $15
• Family -- $25
• Friends of the Society -- $100 and up
• Business -- $50

Please to go to a convenient membership application!

The museum is located at 44 Railroad Street, Falls Village, CT 06031.  The mailing address is P.O. Box 206, Falls Village, CT  06031.  With renovation nearing completion, the offices and museum and now moving back into the facility, and are hoping to have the museum soon!

The phone number is (860)824-8226.

The Society maintains: Beebe Hill School, South Canaan Meeting House, and the Museum

Additional notable historic places in the two Towns:

• Lawrence Tavern, North Canaan (National Register of Historic Places)
• Beckley Furnace, in East Canaan.  to see photos from the Blackberry River Walk on August 23, 2003.
• Canaan Depot 

While you're at it, be sure to visit the new website of the Town of Canaan (where Falls Village is located).  to go to www.canaanfallsvillage.org!!

"Tuesdays at Six" 2006

The Falls Village - Canaan Historical Society presents:

New Insight on our Iron Heritage

Ed Kirby, Historian

The Lightening Keeper - A Falls Village Story

Starling Lawrence, Publisher and Author

The Oneida Community - a 19th Century Communal Society

Kerry Keser Linden, Historian

Cotton and Race in Connecticut and America:  The Human Price of Economic Growth

Eugene Dattel, Historian and Educator (Co-sponsored by the Yale Club of NW Connecticut)

Peter McLachlan, Railroad Historian

CT Oil & Energy:  Past, Present and Future

Gerald Jamin, Retired Major Oil Company officer

Local Residential Architecture

John James, Architect

The Asian Land of Kyrgyzstan

Mary Atwood, Foreign Service Wife

Ammi Philips, Early American Folk Artist

Liz Shapiro, Sharon Historical Society

Free Admission -- 6 - 7 p.m. -- South Canaan Meeting House (Junction of Route 7 and Route 63 at Falls Village, CT)

Interesting Links about our area:

Click here to visit the Friends of Beckley Furnace pages

Click here to visit the website of the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area

Between the Lakes Group is pleased to provide this page for the use and support of the Canaan - Falls Village Historical Society and its programs.