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Stone Ridge Volunteer Fair

By Old Mystic History Center / August 25, 2024

On August 25th, Old Mystic History Center Board of Director members Bob Mohr and Sharon Maynard attended the Volunteer Fair at Stone Ridge Active Retirement Living Center.  It was a great opportunity to reach out and talk to residents about volunteering at the OMHC. It was also a chance to promote our Old Mystic Oral…

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Reaching Out to the Public

By Old Mystic History Center / May 1, 2024

Reaching Out to the Public Otis Library Exhibit: In May, Board members Richard Guidebeck and John Goodrich set up the cases at the Otis Library for an OMHC exhibit. John offered items from his Old Mystic house for display. Dr. Dudley Woodbridge who built John’s house in the 1700’s, was also a rum merchant. Documents…

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Salisbury School Students Engage with History at OMHC

By Old Mystic History Center / August 4, 2023

A few months ago, students and teachers from Salisbury School, a private college prep high school in Salisbury, Connecticut, visited the Old Mystic History Center in order to conduct research into the Pequot War.  Here they talked with OMHC Board members and OMHC staff member, Marcus Mason Maronn, a direct descendant of Captain John Mason. The…

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Exhibit at the Otis Library

By Old Mystic History Center / August 1, 2023

An exhibit showcasing the Old Mystic History Center’s manuscript, map, and artifact collections was displayed at the Otis Library in Norwich, Connecticut, in August 2023. Also highlighted was the Old Mystic Oral History Project.  If you know anyone who is interested in contributing to our oral history collection, please let us know.  We are also…

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PEQUOT WAR PRESENTATION

By Old Mystic History Center / June 21, 2022

Pequot War Presentation and Discussion The Old Mystic History Center (formerly the Indian & Colonial Research Center) will host a free presentation on the Pequot War of 1637 at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 25 at the Old Mystic Methodist Church, 44 Main St. (Route 27), Old Mystic. Featured speakers will be Dr. Kevin McBride,…

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OMHC Awarded CT Humanities Grant

By Old Mystic History Center / December 31, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded us a $5700 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG).  The funds will help us enhance our infrastructure and create a more user-friendly updated website that streamlines access into the collection’s online database and…

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Continuing the Legacy, Part 2

By Old Mystic History Center / November 17, 2021

The final steps in rebranding the Indian & Colonial Research Center as the Old Mystic History Center took place yesterday on Tuesday, November 17, 2021, as the signage on the Mystic Bank Building was updated by OMHC volunteer Marcus Marron and Board of Directors member Bob Mohr. The former banner graced the building since the…

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Continuing the Legacy

By Old Mystic History Center / November 17, 2021

For more than thirty years, members of the Indian & Colonial Research Center’s Board of Directors have discussed updating the identity of the Center. In January 2020, after a two-year deliberative process, the Board made the decision to rebrand the “Indian & Colonial Research Center” with the “Old Mystic History Center” to reflect the growth…

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