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Blue Slope Country Museum
This museum showcases some of the argricultural tools that have been used to work the soil over the years. Located on Blue Hill Road in Mystic, CT.
Address: 138 Blue Hill Road Mystic CT USA
 1 860 642-6413
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This museum features over 350 years of Fairfield artifacts, and includes permanent and changing exhibits. Located on Old Post Road.
Address: 636 Old Post Road Fairfield CT USA 06824
1 203 259-1598
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Mystic Seaport is a living museum featuring a historical village of the 1800's with a beautiful lighthouse, several vessels tied up to the docks that can be visited, a planetarium explaining the basics of celestial navigation as well as a shipyard. Visitors can participate in sail setting demonstrations, watch carpenters working or even rent a boat.
Address: 75 Greenmanville Avenue Mystic CT 06355-0990
 Send an Email (12) 1 860 572-5315
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This is the oldest university art musuem in the nation and its collection includes over 100,000 pieces of art from ancient Egypt and pre Columbian to the works of the great artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries including Degas,Van Gogh, Kadinsky, Picasso and Pollack. The museum also features traveling exhibits.
Address: 1111 Chapel St. New Haven CT 06510
1 203 432-0600
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This museum is located in Eli Whitney's restored gun factory. The museum focuses on technology and machinery. Particularly worth seeing here is the outdoor water learning lab.
Address: 915 Whitney Ave. Hamden CT 06517
1 203 777-1833
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The Stepping Stones Museum for Children is a classic children's museum, featuring hands-on exhibits that focus on science, technology and the arts.
Address: 303 West Avenue Norwalk CT USA 06850
1 203 899-0606
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This is the largest collection of British art outside of the U.K. Donated by Yale graduate Paul Mellon, the collection consists of paintings, bookds and sculpture from Elizabethan England to the present day.
Address: 1080 Chapel St. New Haven CT 06510
1 203 432-2800
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The Schoolhouse
The Schoolhouse is found in Ledyard, about 10 miles north from Mystic, CT. Today, this former one-room schoolhouse showcases crafts by local artists, and is located on Hurlbutt Road.
Address: 6 Hurlbutt Road Ledyard CT USA 06335
1 860 464-2865
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The Discovery Museum
This contemporary museum has an ongoing repetoire of interactive displays and shows focusing on the arts and science. The Discovery Museum also features a Planetarium and the Challenger Learning Center.
Address: 4450 Park Ave. Bridgeport CT 06604
1 203 372-3521
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New London Maritime Museum
The New London Maritime Museum features a wealth of maritime artifacts and also offers lectures and special events. In addition, this is the oldest operating Custom House in the United States. Located on Bank Street.
Address: 150 Bank Street New London CT USA 06320
1 860 447-2501
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This museum offers an interactive exhibition center where family-oriented displays are showcased in five galleries. A planetarium with an observatory is also available every second Sunday of each month along with a New England farm house that offers a variety of animals and herb gardens. Walking trails, cave tours and a lake for swimming are all outdoor activities that visitors have the chance to explore.
Address: 39 Scofieldtown Road Stamford CT USA 06903
1 203 322-1646
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The museum is owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Exhibits include the history and the culture of the Tribe and other Tribes as well as a presentation of the region's natural history. The Research Center provides information for scholars and the general public on American and Canadian Native histories and cultures.
Address: 110 Pequot Trail Mashantucket CT 06339-3180
Send an Email (1) 1 800 411-9671
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Learn about New Haven's past at the New Haven Museum & Historical Society, preserving the city's history. Exhibits include a photograph archive, manuscript collections and decorative arts.
Address: 114 Whitney Avenue New Haven CT USA 06510
1 203 562-4183
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The highlight of this museum is the opportunity to take a three-mile ride on a vintage trolley car. There is a collection of around 100 vintage trolleys from the first half of the 20th Century
Address: 17 River St. East Haven CT 06513
Send an Email (1) 1 203 467-6927
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One of the largest and longest established natural history museums in the U.S.A. It is home to the famous mural 'The Age of Reptiles.' A wide variety of natural history topics are covered in permanent exhibits includign dinosaur fossils, mammals, Native Americans and human origins.
Address: 170 Whitney Ave. New Haven CT 06511
1 203 432-5050
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This museum features a variety of interactive exhibits for children up to the age of 12.
Address: 409 Main Street Niantic CT 06357
Send an Email 1 860 691-1111
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Henry Whitfield State Museum
The Henry Whitfield State Museum is the site of Connecticut's oldest house, which was built in 1639. Located on Old Whitfield Street in Guilford, CT.
Address: 248 Old Whitfield Street Guilford CT USA 06437
1 203 453-2457
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The Dundon House
The Dundon House is a Victorian-styled structure which was moved to the Captain's Cove in 1991. Since its renovation, a sea museum has been establishing inside, filled with photo exhibits, ship models and various artifacts found by divers. It is open from April through September.
Address: 1 Bostwick Ave. Bridgeport CT USA 06605
1 203 335-1433
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Military Historians Museum
The Military Historians Museum in Westbrook displays the largest collection of American military uniforms in the country. There is also a research and video library located at this site.
Address: North Main Street Westbrook CT USA 06498
1 860 399-9460
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Historic homestead built in 1717 by George Denison. The visit of the house will bring you back to different periods of the American history.
Address: 120 Pequotsepos Road Mystic CT 06355
1 860 536-9248
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Housatonic Museum of Art
The Housatonic Museum of Art has over 4,000 items on display including a variety of 19th and 20th century American and European art. Located on Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, CT.
Address: 900 Lafayette Boulevard Bridgeport CT USA 06604
1 203 332-5000
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Art enthusiasts and historians will want to make a stop at the Knights of Columbus Museum. Featuring exhibits on religious art and history. Admission is free.
Address: 1 State Street New Haven CT USA 06511
1 203 865-0400
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The Garbage Museum
The Garbage Museum in Stratford is an environmental education facility that includes an exhibit named the Trash-o-saurus. Located on Honeyspot Road.
Address: 1410 Honeyspot Road Stratford CT USA 06615
1 203 381-9571
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Allis-Bushnell House and Museum
This museum features exhibits of China, dolls, costumes and looms that recall a bygone era. There is also a colonial herb garden on display here.
Address: 853 Boston Post Road Madison CT USA 06443
1 203 245-4567
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