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Connecticut Coast Museums

      A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Museums in Connecticut Coast, Connecticut.
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Housatonic Museum of Art
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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 | 06604
Tel: 1 203 332-5000
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New London Maritime Museum
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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 | 06320 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 447-2501

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University Art Gallery
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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
Tel: 1 203 432-0600

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The Discovery Museum
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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
Tel: 1 203 372-3521

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Knights of Columbus Museum
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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 | 06511 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 203 865-0400

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Military Historians Museum
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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 | 06498
Tel: 1 860 399-9460

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Lyman Allyn Art Museum
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Lyman Allyn Art Museum houses a comprehensive collection of Contemporary American art, American Impressionist paintings and Connecticut Decorative Arts. The museum is affiliated with the Connecticut College.
Address: 625 Williams Street | New London, CT | 06320 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 443-2545
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Stamford Museum & Nature Center
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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 | 06903
Tel: 1 203 322-1646

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Peabody Museum of Natural History
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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
Tel: 1 203 432-5050

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Shoreline Trolley Museum
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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
Tel: 1 203 467-6927
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Yale Center for British Art
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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
Tel: 1 203 432-2800

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Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut
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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 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 691-1111
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Eli Whitney Museum
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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
Tel: 1 203 777-1833

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The Schoolhouse
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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 | 06335
Tel: 1 860 464-2865

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Old Lighthouse Museum
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This stone lighthouse built in 1823 features six rooms of exhibits focusing on the history of the Connecticut Coast. Visitors can enjoy a panoramic view from the tower of the lighthouse.
Address: 7 Water Street | Stonington, CT | 06378 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 535-1440

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The Garbage Museum
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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 | 06615
Tel: 1 203 381-9571

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The Dundon House
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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 | 06605
Tel: 1 203 335-1433

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Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
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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
Tel: 1 800 411-9671
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Henry Whitfield State Museum
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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 | 06437
Tel: 1 203 453-2457

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Fairfield Historical Society Museum
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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 | 06824
Tel: 1 203 259-1598

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Blue Slope Country Museum
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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
Tel: 1 860 642-6413

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The Barnum Museum
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This museum is devoted to the great circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum. The museum features this man's story, his associations with Bridgeport and his founding of the "Greatest Show on Earth." Additionally there are special exhibits and shows.
Address: 820 Main St. | Bridgeport, CT | 06604
Tel: 1 203 331-1104

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U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum - USS Nautilus
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The U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum is the United States Navy's official submarine museum, and houses the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus.
Address: 1 Crystal Lake Road | Groton, CT | 06349 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 694-3174

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Stamford Historical Society Museum
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The Stamford Historical Society Museum mainly exhibit chronicles of the history of Stamford through its galleries. A gift shop is also located at the museum, offering household items, books, art work and other collectibles.
Address: 1509 High Ridge Road | Stamford, CT | 06903
Tel: 1 203 329-1183
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Mystic Seaport
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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 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 572-5315
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Stepping Stones Museum for Children
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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 | 06850
Tel: 1 203 899-0606

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New Haven Museum & Historical Society
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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 | 06510 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 203 562-4183

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Allis-Bushnell House and Museum
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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 | 06443
Tel: 1 203 245-4567

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The Denison Homestead Museum
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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 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 860 536-9248

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