Genealogical files are available at the town clerk's office, Mon. Not accessible to the disabled. At various times a church, a store, and a school, Howden Hall has been restored for a variety of community uses. The historical society displays collections of photographs, maps, postcards, posters, newspapers, etc. Accessible to the disabled.
Exhibits change annually.
Activities include opening day festivities in May with a kite flying contest, a harvest festival in late September and pumpkin-carving contest in October. There is no established museum. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at the New Haven Community Library at the Beeman Elementary School. The Henry Sheldon Museum serves as the collecting institution for Middlebury history as well as Addison County history. The collection housed in the 1829 Judd-Harris House highlights the region's early settlers and important military, industrial and agricultural past.