The Rowayton Historical Society is interested in preserving Rowayton’s past as a reminder to our residents of who we are and all we can be. Though interested in how history has affected our community since the Native Americans first settled here, our primary focus is the period when oystering was the main industry, boats were powered mostly by sail, and visitors came by train, trolley and steamer to Rowayton’s Roton Point Park because it was the prettiest place on the Long Island Sound to spend a summer’s day.

Other areas of special interest include the Clamdigging collection – contemporaneous reflections of “Rowaytonites” during the closing months of World War II – as well as Remington Rand's early computer research and development located in and near Rowayton which sprang into being immediately following the end of the war.