Norwalk Museum Permanent Exhibits

Merchant’s Court

Store front window exhibits feature Norwalk locks, a collection of hats manufactured in the Norwalk hat factories, an extensive collection of 19th century Norwalk pottery by Smith & Day artisans and the recently installed Dunne’s Hardware Store.

Dunne’s Hardware restores the interior of the hardware store operated by the Dunne family in Norwalk’s Liberty Square from 1912 until it close in 2003. Cash registers, scales, display cases, and wooden storage walls recreate the feel of a 19th century hardware store. You can almost hear the horse and buggy tied up outside. (insert historic photos of Dunne’s hardware store, the hat factory, pottery factory, clocks, and locks, etc.)