| Arts and Entertainment in Conncecticut
Art Museums, Perfroming Arts, Historical Sites
Arts and entertainment are an important aspect to consider when choosing a place to live. Art museums,
culture, museums, performing arts, galleries, and music are key aspects
of the vitality of a town, city, and state. Often indicative of the
economic viability of an area as much as of the cultural life of the
place, arts and entertainment are important considerations when selecting a
place to live. A vibrant and developing community has arts and culture
at the heart of it's success. By sharing the experiences of theatre,
fine art, literature, lecture series, music, and dance, a community
builds on its intellectual capital, making it a place of excitement and
vitality. For this reason, we have included directories of art museums,
performing arts centers, educational institutions, and related arts and
intellectual venues for the regions we cover.
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Art Museums and Other Museums in Connecticut:
Alphabetical List
- American Clock and Watch Museum, Inc., Bristol
(Horological Museum & Historic House)
- Academy Hall Museum of the Rocky Hill Historical Society, Rocky Hill
(Connecticut History)
- Action Wildlife Foundation, Torrington
(Wildlife Museum)
- Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (The), Ridgefield
Contemporary Art & Historic House)
- American Radio Relay League-Museum of Amateur Radio, Newington
(Radio Museum)
- Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society, Woodbridge
(Connecticut History & Historical Society Museum)
- Art Guild, Farmington
(Art Association & Historic House)
- Avon Historical Society, Inc. (The), Avon
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Barnum Museum (The), Bridgeport
(Circus History Museum & Biographical Museum)
- Bartlett Arboretum, University of Connecticut, Stamford
(Arboretum & Herbarium)
- Bates-Scofield Homestead, The Darien Historical Society, Darien
(Historical Society Museum, Historic House & Connecticut History)
- Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport
(Zoo)
- Benton Homestead (The), Tolland
(Historic House)
- Bowen House, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
(Historic House)
- Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield
(Craft Museum & Historic House)
- Bruce Museum, Greenwich
(Art & Science Museum)
- Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House - Home of the Discoverer of Antarctica, Stonington
(Biographical Museum & Historic House)
- Cheney Homestead (The), Manchester
(Historic House)
- ChildrenÌs Museum of South Eastern Connecticut, Niantic
(Children Museum)
- Coley Homestead & Barn Museum (The), Weston
(Agriculture Museum & Historic House)
- Company of Military Historians, Headquarters & Museum (The), Westbrook
(Military Uniform Museum)
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum, Fairfield
(Ornithology Museum, Science Museum & Biographical Museum)
- Connecticut Audubon Center at Fairfield, Fairfield
(Nature Center)
- Connecticut Audubon Society, Fairfield
(Natural Science Museum)
- Connecticut College Arboretum, New London
(Arboretum)
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford
(Historical Society & Connecticut History)
- Connecticut River Museum, Essex
(Maritime, River Museum, Historic House & Connecticut History)
- Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Storrs
(Natural History Museum)
- Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor
(Trolley Museum & Transportation Museum)
- Cornwall Historical Society, Cornwall
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Danbury Museum & Historical Society, Inc., Danbury
(Biographical Museum, Historical Society Museum, Historic House & Connecticut History)
- Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown
(Art Museum & Historic House)
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic
(Nature Center)
- Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
(State Park; Dinausor Park)
- Discovery Museum, Inc. (The), Bridgeport
(Art Museum, Historic House, Science Museum & Planetarium)
- East Lyme Historical Society/Thomas Lee House, Niantic
(Historical Society & Historic House)
- Eells-Stow House, Milford Historical Society, Milford
General Museum, Historic House & Historical Society)
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- Eli Whitney Museum, Inc., Hamden
Technology History Museum, Toy & Firearms Museum)
- Essex Historical Society, Inc., Essex
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Eugene O'Neill Memorial, Wethersfield
(Biographical & Literary Museum)
- Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown
(Art Gallery)
- Fairfield Historical Society, Fairfield
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Faith Trumbull Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc., Museum and Chapter House, Norwich
(Historical Society Museum & Historic House)
- Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society, Falls Village
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
(Art, Connecticut History Museum & Historic House)
- Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden (The), Woodbury
(Historic House, Landscaping, Religious: Episcopacy)
- Goshen Historical Society, Goshen
(Historical Society & Connecticut History)
- Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, Washington
(General Museum & Historic House)
- Hamden Historical Society, Inc., Hamden
(Historical Society & Connecticut History Museum)
- Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
(Park Museum, Historic House & Landscaping)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford
(Biographical & Literary Museum)
- Harrison House, Branford
(Historic House)
- Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, New Haven
(Medical Library)
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum, Guilford
(Historic House)
- Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington
(Art Museum & Landscaping)
- Historical Society of Glastonbury, Glastonbury
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich Inc., Greenwich, CT
(Historical Society Museum & Connecticut History)
- Hitchcock Museum (The), Riverton
(Antique Furniture Museum)
- Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport
(Visual Arts & College Museum)
- Mark Twain Memorial, Hartford
(Biographical & Literary Museum)
- Military Museum of Southern New England, Danbury
(Military Museum)
- Monte Cristo Cottage, New London
(Biographical & Literary Museum [Eugene O’Neill ])
- Museum of the University of Connecticut Health Center, School of Dental Medicine Society of Alumni & Friends, Farmington
(Dental Health Museum)
- New England Carousel Museum, Bristol
(Carousel Museum)
- New England Center for Contemporary Art, Inc., Brooklyn
(Visual Art Museum, Contemporary Art & Chinese Contemporary Art)
- Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine, East Granby
(History Museum, Historic House & Connecticut History)
- Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury
(Historic House & Biographical Museum)
- Scantic Academy Museum, East Windsor Historical Society, Inc., East Windsor
(Historical Society Museum, Historic House, General Museum & Connecticut History)
- Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven
(Trolley Museum & Transportation Museum)
- Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington, Farmington
(Historic House)
- Stanton House, Clinton
(Historic House)
- Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University, Fairfield
(University Art Gallery)
- University Art Gallery, Bridgeport
(Visual Arts & University Museum)
- Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
(British Art Museum)
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