Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
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Tolland, Connecticut 06084
USA
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  Location within Connecticut | |
| Established | 1978 (house built in 1788) |
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| Location | 42 Tolland Green Tolland, Connecticut 06084 USA |
| Coordinates | 41°52′17″N 72°22′05″W / 41.871419°N 72.368123°W |
| Type | Historic house museum |
| Collections | Family heirlooms |
| Website | www |
The Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a Victorian historic house museum located on the town green in Tolland, Connecticut. The house was built in 1788, when it served as a tavern. It was occupied by the Hicks family from 1845 until 1970.[1] Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Daniel Benton Homestead, the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is one of Tolland's four major landmarks.[2]
The Hicks-Stearns family house is a transition home, featuring a colonial-era kitchen and a Victorian-era parlor and furnishings.[1] Collections include family heirlooms, cloth tea balls, Victrola, and faux bamboo furniture.[3]
The house's original owner was Benoni Shepard, a Congregationalist deacon and Tolland's first postmaster.[4]
The museum hosts tours, concerts, and holiday programs from May through December.[5]