Explore the history of Ridgebury as a distinct community within Ridgefield, including past efforts to designate it as a historic district and what has been lost and preserved over time.
Join members of Ridgefield’s Cannon Ridge Chapter of the DAR for an engaging conversation on Revolutionary War ancestry, local DAR history, and the organization’s ongoing preservation and patriotic work.
Explore Jane Goodall’s remarkable life and legacy—from her groundbreaking chimpanzee research to her years in Ridgefield and Danbury—in this Ridgefield History Club conversation led by Dr. Darla Shaw, who will also share personal memories of working with Goodall in Tanzania.
Explore the history and significance of some of Ridgefield’s most notable trees and the ways they have shaped the town’s landscape, character, and sense of place.
Ridgefield Historical Society hits the road in June as we explore the history of Ridgefield Guild of Artists!
Town Historian Jack Sanders will compare historic and modern views of Ridgefield in a lively illustrated program exploring how the town has evolved from the late 19th century to today.
Town historian Jack Sanders will present the homes and people of the proposed Olmstead Lane town historic district at a meeting of the Ridgefield History Club.
Town Historian Jack Sanders will compare historic and modern views of Ridgefield in a lively illustrated program exploring how the town has evolved from the late 19th century to today.
Step back into Stonehenge Inn’s glamorous 1950s heyday with Keith Russell through recently digitized photographs by Ridgefield photographer Clarence “Korky” Korker.
Celebrate the season with the Ridgefield History Club as we look back at Ridgefield’s Santas of years past, greet a current well-known Santa (Bill Dexter), share local holiday history and memories, and enjoy a little holiday cheer.