Museums
See the Art,
theatre, and Music pages also for links to gallery and
performance events.
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Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut - Niantic - an
interactive, hands-on, educational museum.
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Lyman Allyn Art Museum
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Connecticut College Arboretum
Sunday afternoon from May through October 29th at 2:00 oclock. Free and
Public.
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Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
"a
combination wildlife sanctuary, visitor attraction and educational facility.
The Center features all-new exhibits highlighting the habitats and wildlife of
southeastern Connecticut, as well as eight miles of trails that wind through a
beautiful 300-acre wooded preserve. Through natural history exhibits,
educational classes and outreach programs, we seek to educate visitors of all
ages." -
Mashantucket
Pequot Museum 1-800-411-9671 -
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
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Mystic
Seaport Explore authentic 19th Century ships, Maritime village and
historic homes
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Science Center of Eastern Connecticut
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Mystic
Aquarium & Institute for Exploration over six thousand species with 49
living exhibits and a Marine Theater.
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Ledge
Lighthouse
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Essex Steam Train and Riverboat Ride: Round trip scenic rides
by rail and water through the Connecticut River Valley. Open May to October.
Limited winter schedule.
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Slater
Memorial Museum. Art of five continents including full sized plaster
replicas of Greek and Roman statues. Native American artifacts, historical
paintings, and decorative arts of Norwich.
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Peabody Museum
features dinosaur bones, Indians of Connecticut, minerals, Connecticut birds.
Located New Haven.
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Connecticut River Foundation Museum: Set right on the Connecticut
River in Essex, home of the first submarine ever built (and actually used in the
revolutionary war!).
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USS Nautilus Memorial in Groton. Tour
the world's first nuclear powered submarine and the Submarine museum. Open all
year.
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Guilford Handcrafts Center: Fine arts and handcrafts
on display and for sale.
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Gillette Castle State Park:
Hilltop fieldstone mansion overlooking the Connecticut River. Built by
William Gillette in 1919, it is fascinating to young and old. Gillette portrayed
Sherlock Holmes on stage in New York for many years. Picnic area nearby. Located
in Hadlyme.
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Sundial Herb Garden: Features a 17th Century knot garden, an 18th
Century-style garden, and a topiary garden with fountain. Located in Higganum.
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Florence
Griswold Museum, Home of American Impressionism.
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Association of American Museums:
www.aam-us.org
Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail:
www.arttrail.org
Connecticut Women’s Heritage Trail:
www.cwhf.org
Connecticut’s Historic Gardens:
www.flogris.org
List of Accredited Museums in Connecticut (AAM)
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich
Connecticut River Museum, Essex
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport
Earthplace: The Nature Discovery Center, Westport
Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme Historical Society, Old Lyme
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford
Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington
Historic New England, Bowen House, Woodstock
Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Cos Cob
Litchfield Historical Society Museum, Litchfield
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London
Mark Twain House, Hartford
Mattatuck Museum, Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain
Noah Webster House: Museum of West Hartford History, Noah Webster Foundation,
West Hartford
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of
America, Wethersfield
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
Wineries
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