The Hudson Library and Historical Society serves as the town's historical archive and community memory. For visitors interested in the Western Reserve and Ohio's abolitionist history, the research collection is genuinely useful — it holds local newspapers, photographs, and documents going back to the early settlement period.
The historical society mounts periodic exhibitions on Hudson's past, covering topics from the Underground Railroad and John Brown's years in town to the development of the Western Reserve College. The building itself is modern, but the collection within it preserves a detailed picture of a New England community that put down roots in the Ohio wilderness.