The Catherine Valliant Hill Research Center and Larry Denton Extended Museum is located at 25 S. Washington Street. This building previously housed Tharpe Antiques, which supported Talbot Historical Society for many years until its closure in 2018. It is now home to our extended museum, researcher center and staff offices.
The Research Center was named for S. Catherine Valliant Hill, who has been a volunteer and board member with the historical society for many years. Renovations of this building were made possible by a very generous donation by Catherine and her husband Thomas. The Extended Museum space was named for Lawrence Denton, who has been and continues to be an integral part of the life of the historical society. He was the director of THS for many years and continues to support THS as a board member.
The first room is the Denton Extended Museum Gallery. Our current exhibit is “Outlaw Gunner”. This show will be on display through December 2024. Our hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
The second room is our research library, the Hill Research Center. There are two computer workstations available for researchers, which can be used to view our collections in the PastPerfect catalog. A small library is also available for in-house use, including books and files on local events, locations, and people. Our center conference table can also be used to view documents or hold meetings.
The research library allows visitors to quickly search our collection for useful information.
The back room contains our administrative offices.
For more information on visiting the research center, please see our Plan a Visit page. If you would like to make a research appointment at the library, or would like to rent the conference room, please email or call 410-822-1287.
The research center started out very empty, as the previous paint and carpet was removed.
