Registering Online:

• Please Sign In (upper right) to begin 
• Once signed in, select Register 
  • Library login accounts cannot be used to register on this site for your research appointment.
• Fill in your contact information and answer questions (members - see details below)
• Proceed to Check Out for online payment.

Connecticut Museum members: see the top right of the screen to receive your free admission to the Waterman Research Center; member pricing is applied in the "Cart" as a 100% discount to your transaction: 

NARM members: contact staff prior to registering to apply discounted admission.

After Registration: 

Please expect email contact from staff to both follow up and confirm your research appointment date(s). 

Accessing the Collection: registrants should browse our local catalogs to identify collections of interest.

• A log in account is required to request library collections; please contact staff to receive an account. 
• Login accounts for our library system will be provided to all researchers upon receiving your completed registration form(s), in order to request collections to be pulled. 
• See collection catalog links below:
  • Finding aids (box and folder lists for manuscripts) at Connecticut Archives Online 
  • Library collections (ephemera, manuscripts, books, atlases, etc.) 
  • Objects and visual collections (maps, drawings, photographs, furniture, textiles, etc.)

Staff will pull materials no later than two (2) business days ahead of appointment day. 

NERFC researchers: use discount code NERFC for free admission to the Waterman Research Center. 

History Day students: use discount code HD2324 for free admission to the Waterman Research Center. 

Trinity College students and faculty: use discount code TRIN06106 for free admission to the Waterman Research Center (must show valid college ID).