Mission Statement
The Windham Textile and History Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history and heritage of the American textile industry. The museum is specifically interested in the history of the people who worked and built mill communities in the Windham region during the industrial revolution. The focus is on the cotton thread mamufacture on the rivers of Eastern Connecticut in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The museum preserves two buildings of a mill complex formerly owned by the Willimantic Linen Company, which later became the American Thread Company. The interpretive programs examine the work and leisure of mill workers and their ethnic background as well as the staff and managers and their role in the industrial age. The Museum serves school children, students, and scholars pursuing relevant topics, the general public and tourists visiting Northeast Connecticut.
Summer hours : Saturday, 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Fridays, 1-4 by chance (call ahead!).