Youth Zone

Explore Simsbury!

Browse our website or visit our buildings and gardens to have fun and learn more about Simsbury’s past, present and future.

On the website:

• Follow the Simsbury History sign post to read about Martin Luther King, Jr, and his time in Simsbury, the Talcott Mountain Boys, and early district schools of Simsbury.
• See pictures of our buildings and learn about the people who built and used them.
• Print drawings of our flowers and color them yourself.
• Take a Simsbury quiz – how well do YOU know your town?
• Read about upcoming events and mark your calendar!

On the grounds:

• Dress up in one of our costumes and take a tour.
• Play games that entertained children long ago.
• Sit in the Tavern and imagine resting there while traveling on the Farmington Canal.
• See early machinery that twisted gunpowder into spun fibers to make safety fuses.
• Imagine shopping from the stocked peddler’s wagon instead of in today’s department stores.