The third floor of the museum is where the beautiful Dunham Hall Library is located. It  has two fireplaces and vaulted timbered ceilings.  The Library houses a unique collection of resource, children’s, craft books and much more in a reading room setting. There are materials on mills, immigration, textiles and local and Connecticut history.

1. 1.Named after Austin Dunham – Mill Founder & Owner
   

2. 2.Willimantic’s First Library
   

3. 3.Opened March 2nd 1878
   

4. 4.It was uncommon to have a library and to educate the masses
   

5. 5.built with Civil War profits: 
   

6. 6.Built to benefit the workers
   

7. 7.Benevolent project for the whole community
   

8. 8.Used as a night school to teach English lesson , singing classes, reading & writing
   

9. 9.Used for research
   

10. 10.Reflects wealth & influence after Civil War
    

11. 11.An important part of Americanization of immigrant mill workers
    

12. 12.Also used as an Episcopalian Chapel to try to shake the Irish from their Catholic habits