Museums
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The Academy Website |
605 Orange Center Road,
Orange Built in 1878 Serves As A Museum for Orange Historical
Society April to October on Sundays from
1pm-4pm for tours or by special arrangement
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203-795-3106 203-795-6465 |
Amistad America Website
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Long Wharf, New Haven |
203-495-1839
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Barnum
Museum, The
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820 Main Street, Bridgeport, Ct 06604 The
history of the Greatest Show On Earth The Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey ® Circus Hours Tuesday
- Saturday 10am - 4:30pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm Monday - Closed
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203-331-1104
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Bruce Museum |
One Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT Gateway to
Fairfield County offering over twelve changing exhibitions of fine art,
photography, ethnology and natural science in park setting near Long
Island Sound. American Decorative Art, American Impressionism, American
Paintings & Sculpture, Anthropology, Connecticut Artists, Costumes &
Textiles, European Paintings & Sculpture, Learning Programs & Classes,
Local History & Heritage, Modern & Contemporary Art, Natural History,
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Hours:
Tues-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. Closed Mondays and major
holidays
Admission
: Adults $7, seniors & students $6, under 5
free, free admission to all on Tuesdays
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203-869-0376 |
Florence Griswold Museum Website
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96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme Home of the Lyme
Art Colony, America's Center of Impressionism.
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860-434-5542
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New Britain Museum of American Art Website
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56 Lexington Street, New
Britain American works of art, now numbering more than
5,000. With particular strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson
River School, American Impressionism, and the Ash Can School, not to
mention the important mural series The Arts of Life in America by
Thomas Hart Benton, the museum relies heavily on its permanent
collection for exhibitions
and programming,
yet also displays a significant number of borrowed shows and work by
emerging artists
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860-229-0257
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Mark
Twain House Museum, The |
351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105 Open
year round • Free parking • Air-conditioned See
The Gilded Age during guided tours of the 19-room, Tiffany-decorated
mansion where Mark Twain raised his family and worked from 1874 to 1891 Hours Daily
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closed
Tuesdays January - April Open Thursdays 9:30 a.m. - 8:00
p.m. Last tour leaves one hour before closing
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860-247-0998 |
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research
Center Website |
110 Pequot
Trail, P.O. Box 3180
Exit 92 off I-95, Mashantucket The
world's largest and most comprehensive Native American museum and
research center offers an array of engaging experiences for young and
old, from life-size walk-through dioramas that transport visitors into
the past, to changing exhibits and live performances of contemporary
arts and cultures.
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800-411-9671 |
Mystic Seaport Museum
Website
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75 Greenmanville Avenue,
Mystic America's leading Maritime Museum with
Spectacular Tall Ships and A Recreated 19th Century Coastal Village as
well as Endless Other Activities
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860.572.0711 860.572.5315
888.9SEAPORT
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New
Britain Museum of American Art
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56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT
06052 Museum has colonial
portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, the Ash
Can School and the mural series The Arts of Life in America by
Thomas Hart Benton Museum
Hours: Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday, Sunday 12 noon - 5 pm
Wednesday 12 noon - 7 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Mondays Closed also (New Year's Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Fourth of July, and Christmas Day
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860-229-0257
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New
England Air Museum
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Bradley International Airport, Route 75, Windsor
Locks, CT 06096 Come in and visit and see B29
Super Fortress and hundreds of exhibits of planes, bombers, fighters,
helicopters, missiles, rockets and much more Hours of
Operation Open
7 days a week, year round, 10am - 5pm
(Closed on Thanksgiving , Christmas, and New Year's Day)
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860-623-3305
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Peabody Museum of Natural History
Website
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170 Whitney Avenue, New
Haven From Egyptian mummies to saber-toothed cats
to the once mighty dinosaurs — you can find it all at the Peabody
Museum of Natural History! This is a MUST SEE
for children. Triceratops, Stegosaurus and “Brontosaurus”—dominate
the Peabody’s Great Hall, where you can also see 300 million years of
prehistory in the 110-foot mural The
Age of Reptiles
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203-432-5050
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Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Website |
303 West Ave. ( I-95 Exit
14 North, 15 South Norwalk All of our
exhibits, designed for children ages ten and under, encourage hands-on
exploration and discovery, incorporating the themes of Science &
Technology, The Arts, Culture and Heritage.
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203-899-0606 |
Stone-Otis House Website |
615 Orange Center Road.,
Orange A Restored 1830's Homestead April to October on Sundays from
1pm-4pm. for tours or by special arrangement
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203-795-3106 203-795-6465 |
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Website |
10 North
Water Street, Norwalk Explore
the marine life and maritime culture of Long Island Sound. Watch sharks,
jellies, sea turtles, and more than 1,000 other marine animals. Or enjoy
a film in Connecticut's only IMAX
movie theater. Hours
10am - 5pm Everyday except Thanksgiving and Christmas
10am - 6pm July and August
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203-852-0700 |
Wadsworth Atheneum Website
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600 Main Street, Hartford America's
Oldest Public Art Museum Our world-renowned
collections include Hudson River School landscapes, Old Master
paintings, modernist masterpieces, French and American Impressionist
paintings, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, costumes and textiles,
American furniture and decorative arts of the Pilgrim Century through
the Gilded Age, and contemporary art. Museum
hours
Tuesday through Friday:
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Evenings:
First Thursdays of most months until 8 p.m
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860-278-2670
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Yale Center for British Art Shop Website |
1080 Chapel Street, New
Haven The collection contains about 1800
paintings, and its particular strength in the period from William
Hogarth in the eighteenth century to J. M. W. Turner in the nineteenth
century. The collections also include Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van
Dyck, Pompeo Batoni, Canaletto, John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West,
James McNeill Whistler, Van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds,
Thomas Lawrence, and others. Museum
Hours Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday 12 noon to 5:00
pm . Monday Closed
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203-432-2828 |
Yale University Art Gallery
Website
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1111 Chapel Street, New
Haven The holdings of the Yale University Art Gallery include
outstanding collections of Egyptian, Etruscan, and Greek art, early
Italian panel paintings, European, Asian and African art from many
cultures, impressionist, modernist, and contemporary paintings and
sculpture. Museum
Hours
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday 1 to 6 pm
Closed Mondays and major holidays
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203-432-0600 |