The Historical Society of Cheshire County operates a cultural heritage center from its three iconic buildings on Keene’s Main Street: its headquarters in an 1870 Italianate building at the Ball Mansion, a period house museum at the Wyman Tavern (built in 1762), one of Cheshire County’s most important historic buildings, and the Bruder House a brick building built in 1839 that is located adjacent to the Historical Society’s Wyman Tavern Museum.