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Bristol, CT · History
A museum devoted to American clockmaking, with thousands of timepieces in a historic Bristol house.
Groton, CT · Maritime
UConn Avery Point campus lighthouse preserved as a small maritime museum.
Bridgeport, CT · History
Museum in P. T. Barnum's 1893 landmark building interpreting Barnum, Bridgeport and 19th-century American culture.
Greenwich, CT · Art
A community-based, world-class institution offering exhibitions and programs in art and science.
New Haven, CT · Childrens
Children's museum focused on the eight ways of being smart.
Hartford, CT · History
The state's oldest museum, exploring Connecticut's history and culture (formerly the Connecticut Historical Society).
Hartford, CT · Science
More than 165 hands-on exhibits, live science demonstrations, and a state-of-the-art 3D theater.
East Windsor, CT · Transportation
A working trolley museum offering rides on restored streetcars and exhibits on electric railway history.
Hartford, CT · History
The 1796 Charles Bulfinch statehouse, now a museum of Connecticut government and civic history.
New London, CT · Maritime
Museum in Robert Mills–designed 1833 U.S. Custom House interpreting New London's maritime past.
Danbury, CT · History
A campus of historic buildings and collections documenting Danbury's hatting industry and local history.
Bridgeport, CT · Science
Hands-on science museum with a planetarium and Challenger Learning Center.
Hamden, CT · Historic Site
Site of Eli Whitney's gun factory, now an experimental learning workshop and history museum.
Fairfield, CT · History
Exhibitions, archives and programs interpreting the history of Fairfield and coastal Connecticut.
Old Lyme, CT · Art
The home of American Impressionism and the Lyme Art Colony.
Cos Cob, CT · History
Museum, archives and the National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House, home of Connecticut's first art colony.
Hartford, CT · Historic House
The home of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, connecting Stowe's legacy to today's social justice issues.
Farmington, CT · Art
A Colonial Revival country house museum with an Impressionist collection and 152-acre landscape designed by Theodate Pope Riddle.
Bridgeport, CT · Art
A college-based museum with one of the largest permanent art collections on a two-year campus in the United States.
Washington, CT · History
A museum and research center devoted to the Indigenous cultures of the Northeast Woodlands.
Middletown, CT · Childrens
Themed play-based children's museum in a Victorian home downtown Middletown.
New Haven, CT · History
Museum of Catholic and Knights of Columbus history and heritage.
Norwalk, CT · Historic House
National Historic Landmark 1868 Second Empire–style country mansion.
New London, CT · Art
An art museum with strong holdings in American painting, sculpture and decorative arts.
Norwalk, CT · Science
Aquarium focused on Long Island Sound with IMAX theater and marine research programs.
Waterbury, CT · Art
Art and history museum interpreting Connecticut culture with a nationally recognized American art collection.
Mystic, CT · Aquarium
A world-class aquarium and research institution home to beluga whales, sea lions, and Steller sea lions.
Mystic, CT · Maritime
The nation's leading maritime museum, with a re-created 19th-century coastal village and historic ships including the Charles W. Morgan.
New Britain, CT · Art
The first museum in the country dedicated exclusively to American art, founded in 1903.
Windsor Locks, CT · Aviation
One of the largest aviation museums in the Northeast with 100+ aircraft.
Bristol, CT · History
One of the largest collections of antique carousel figures in the country, with restoration workshops.
West Hartford, CT · History
The birthplace of lexicographer Noah Webster, with local history collections and school programs.
Norwich, CT · Art
Historic art museum at the Norwich Free Academy known for classical plaster casts.
Stamford, CT · Science
118-acre museum campus with a working farm, planetarium and observatory in Stamford.
Farmington, CT · History
A National Historic Landmark timber-frame house of about 1720 interpreting early colonial life.
Groton, CT · Maritime
Official U.S. Navy submarine museum and home of the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus.
Ridgefield, CT · Art
One of the oldest contemporary art museums in the U.S. and the only one in Connecticut, non-collecting.
Hartford, CT · Historic House
The Gothic Revival home where Samuel L. Clemens wrote his greatest works, now a National Historic Landmark.
Hartford, CT · Art
The oldest continually-operating public art museum in the United States, founded in 1842.
Wethersfield, CT · History
Three 18th-century houses interpreting Revolutionary-era Connecticut, including the site of the 1781 Washington-Rochambeau conference.
Wilton, CT · Art
The home and studios of American Impressionist Julian Alden Weir, preserved as a national park for art and landscape.
New Haven, CT · Art
The largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
New Haven, CT · University
One of the oldest, largest and most productive university natural history museums in the world.
New Haven, CT · Art
The oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere, with more than 300,000 objects.
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