The Barnes Museum

Where art and history come to life. Within these walls are the lives of three generations of family history dating as early as 1836. Experience the world of the Barnes family through the artifacts, art, and history that defined their lives. Southington’s Barnes Museum is a historic house museum and center for the study of 19th-century material culture and the decorative arts whose mission is to preserve and promote the Bradley/Barnes Homestead, its unique collections and archives, and its gardens and grounds in ways that educate and engage current and future generations. The Barnes Museum will educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience, by maintaining and providing access to the Bradley Barnes Homestead and is contents in keeping with the explicit wishes of benefactor Bradley Barnes. The Museum will encourage people to explore Southington’s history through its collection of artifacts and documents.