Historic Stonington (formerly the Stonington Historical Society) is an organization in Stonington, Connecticut. It was founded in 1895 as "The Stonington Historical and Genealogical Society." The society established a museum at the Stonington Harbor Light in 1925 and since 1995 has run the Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It also operates the R. W. Woolworth Library and Research Center.[1]