Larry Ford Collection
Welcome!
Welcome to The Fire Museum, the home of the Connecticut Firemen's Historical Society, located amidst the renovated red-brick mill buildings of the Cheney National Historic and Landmark District in Manchester, CT.
The Museum is housed in a 1901 wooden firehouse, originally built by the Manchester Volunteer Firemen with funds donated by the Cheney Family, world renowned manufacturers of fine silk fabrics.
A wide variety of Connecticut collectibles and eleven pieces of apparatus are on display throughout our historic building.
2021 CONNECTICUT ROOM GALLERY
The 2021 and 2022 season features an exhibition by twenty-one members of the Connecticut Fire Photographers Association.
The show consists of 189 photographs representing all aspects of the firefighting profession.
Come and see it and vote for your favorites!
