This page has always been known as “The List” to me and it has served me – and many others – well. (Skip down to the list of museums) After 13 years of maintining “The List,” I decided to no longer provide links to the museums themselves here, as there is simply too much change. All links below to go my visit reports.
If you’re looking for more than museums in a particular town, please check out the CTMQ Town Guides.
Until at least the spring of 2021, this page is a work in progress. Note: everything on CTMQ is based on our 169 towns. So there’s no listing for Mystic or Danielson or Willimantic or Winsted or Rockville or Storrs… you get the point. I need to have my rules, and this is one.
Jump to Towns:
A B C D E F G H K L M N O P R S T U V W (Multiple Towns)
Giant List of All Museums
100th Museum Visit Celebration! (Plus my Best of First 100 Museums!)
200th Museum Visit Celebration! (Plus my Best of Second 100 Museums!)
300th Museum Visit Celebration! (Plus my Best of Third 100 Museums!)
400th Museum Visit Celebration! (Plus my Best of Fourth 100 Museums!)
Defunct Museums
Virtual Museums
Talcott Mountain Science Center, Avon
Andover
AHS: Museum of Andover History
Ansonia
Ansonia Fire Museum
Ansonia Nature Center
AHS: General David Humphreys House
Ashford
AHS: Ashford Academy (Potential Future Museum)
Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab
Lance Arnold Studio and Fairy House Trail
AHS: Tremko-Stebbins House Museum (Potential Future Museum)
Avon
AHS: 1st Co. Horse Guard Barn Museum (Potential future museum)
1st Co. Horse Guard Cavalry Museum (RIP)
AHS: Derrin House
Farmington Valley Arts Center
Ordway Gallery and Hall of Fame at Avon Old Farms
AHS: Pine Grove Schoolhouse
AHS: Schoolhouse No. 3 (RIP & Potential future museum)
Talcott Mountain Science Center
Barkhamsted
BHS: Center School Schoolhouse
Hitchcock Museum (RIP)
Peoples State Forest Nature Museum
Peter Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio
BHS: Squire’s Tavern
Beacon Falls
BHS: Rimmon School House (Potential future museum)
Berlin
Berlin Agricultural Lions Museum
BHS: Berlin Historical Museum at the Berlin Fair
BHS: Berlin Historical Society Museum
Hungerford Nature Center/Youth Museum
BHS: Worthington Meeting House (Potential future museum)
Bethany
BHS: Bethany Historical Society Museum
Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
The Mohammad Ali Museum
BHS: Russell Homestead Barn Museum
Bethel
Bethel Fire Museum
BHS: Bethel Historical Society Museum
BHS: Plumtrees Schoolhouse
Bethlehem
550 Gallery
Abbey at Regina Laudis Crèche
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
BHS: District No 1 Schoolhouse
BHS: Old Bethlem Museum
Sharon L. Poole Art Gallery at The Woodhall School
Bloomfield
4-H Education Center at Auer Farm
Auer Farm Mushroom Barn Museum (Potential future museum)
Captain Oliver Filley House (Potential future museum)
Fannie R. Gabriel History Center
The Farm Implement Museum (RIP)
Old Farm School Museum
New England Muscle Bicycle Museum (RIP)
SW District School (Potential future museum)
Bolton
None
Bozrah
None
Branford
Harrison House Museum & Barn
Stony Creek Museum
Bridgeport
305 Knowlton
Artspace Gallery
Barnum Museum
Beardsley Zoo
Bridgeport History Center
Carousel Museum at the Beardsley Zoo
City Lights Gallery
Discovery Museum and Planetarium
Dundon House at Captain’s Cove
First in Flight Museum at Captain’s Cove
Housatonic Museum of Art
Schelfhaudt Gallery at UB
Bridgewater
Captain Burnham House
The Elijah Peck House
Bristol
American Clock & Watch Museum
Barnes Memorial Nature Center
Bristol Historical Society Museum
Bristol Memorial Military Museum
Bristol Sports Hall of Fame
Glo Sessions Art Gallery
Imagine Nation Children’s Museum
Indian Rock Nature Center
Museum of Fire History
Museum of Greek Culture
New England Carousel Museum
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
Brookfield
Brookfield Craft Center
Brookfield Museum
Brookfield Nature Center and Rock Museum
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Historical Society Museum
Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office
Putnam Elms
Burlington
Elton Tavern Museum
Burlington State Fish Hatchery
Center Schoolhouse
Lamothe’s Sugar House
Sessions Woods Nature Center
Canaan
Beckley Iron Furnace
Beebe Hill School
Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society
South Canaan Meeting House
Canterbury
Finnish-American Historical Society Museum
Green District Schoolhouse
Haul of Fame Trucking Museum
Prudence Crandall Museum
Canton
Canton Historical Museum
Gallery on the Green
Roaring Brook Nature Center
Chaplin
Chaplin Museum (RIP)
Cheshire
Barker Character Comic & Cartoon Museum
California Raisins, Gumby, and CelebriDucks Museums
Hitchcock-Phillips House
Kohn-Joseloff Gallery at Cheshire Academy
Lock 12 Historical Park Museum
Riverbound Farm Nature Center
Sage MiniMuseum Multiplex
Chester
Chester Museum at the Mill
Clinton
Adam Stanton House
Andrews Town Hall CHS Museum
Buell Tool Museum
Captain Elisha White House
Clinton Arts Gallery
Little Red Schoolhouse
Colchester
Bacon Academy Museum
Colchester Hayward Fire Museum
Colchester History Museum
Zagray Farm Museum
Colebrook
Colebrook Historical Society Museum
Rock Schoolhouse
Columbia
Cornwall
Cornwall Bridge Gallery
Cornwall Historical Society Museum
Souterrain Gallery
Coventry
Brick School House (CHS)
Connecticut Museum of Glass
Coventry Visitor’s Center
David Hayes Sculpture Fields
Nathan Hale Homestead
Special Joys Doll and Toy Museum (RIP-ish)
Strong-Porter House (CHS)
Cromwell
Danbury
Charles Ives Birthplace Museum (RIP… for now)
Danbury Museum/Huntington Hall
Danbury Railway Museum
Higgins Hall Art Gallery at WCSU
John & Mary Rider House
John Dodd Hat Shop
Little Red & Old King Street Schoolhouses
Marian Anderson Studio
Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)
The Museum in the Streets
Old Quarry Nature Center
Richter House & Gallery (Future Museum)
Still River Editions Art Gallery
Tarrywile Mansion
Trailer Box Project
VPAC Gallery at WCSU West
WCSU Observatories and Planetarium
Darien
Bates-Scofield Home (DHS)
Darien Nature Center
The Mather Homestead and Chilton Education Center
Scofield Barn (DHS)
Deep River
Deep River Historical Society at Stone House
Nautical Arts Workshop Gallery
Derby
Derby’s Historical Society is in Ansonia
Kellogg Environmental Center
Lower Naugatuck Valley Industrial Heritage Center/Howe House
Osborne Homestead Museum
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Durham
Durham Historical Society at Center School House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Farm Museum at The Durham Fair
Matchbox & Lesney Toy Museum
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Eastford
The Florence Warren Latham Museum of Eastford History (no website)
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Easton
Adams Schoolhouse
Bradley-Hubbell House Museum and Barn
Silverman’s Animal Farm
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East Granby
East Granby Historical Society Museum
Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine
Viets Tavern (future museum)
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East Haddam (including Moodus)
Allegra Farm Living Museum
Amasa Day House Museum
East Haddam Historical Society Museum, Go the the CTMQ Visit
Gillette Castle
Goodspeed Opera House
I-Park
Jail Museum
Max Showalter Room at Goodspeed
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Palmer-Warner House
Scherer Library of Musical Theater
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East Hampton
Apollas Arnold House
Goff House Museum and Cultural Center
Chatham Historical Society, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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East Hartford
Burnham Blacksmith Shop (EHHS)
Connecticut BioBlitz
Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame
Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Museum
Edward E. King Museum (RIP, sort of, 2016)
Goodwin School House (EHHS)
Hockanum Hose Fire Museum
Iwo Jima/WWII Traveling Museum
Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk
Makens Bemont House (EHHS)
PhotoSynthesis
Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum
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East Haven
East Haven Historical Society Museum
The Shore Line Trolley Museum
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East Lyme (including Flanders and Niantic)
Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Little Boston Schoolhouse, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Rocky Neck SP Nature Center
Smith-Harris House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Thomas Lee House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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East Windsor
Broad Brook Barber Shop Museum
Connecticut Fire Museum
Connecticut Motor Coach Museum
Connecticut Trolley Museum
East Windsor Academy Museum
East Windsor Probate Court Museum
Farm Tool Museum
Osborn House Museum
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Ellington
Hall Memorial Library History Room, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Nellie E. McKnight Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Enfield
Corridor Gallery at Asnuntuck CC
Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame
LEGO History Mini-Museum (RIP)
EHS: Martha A. Parsons House
EHS: Old Town Hall Museum
The Riverside Reptiles Education Center
EHS: Wallop School Museum
Essex
Bushy Hill Nature Center
Connecticut River Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Griswold Inn Art, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hills Academy History Center
Museum of the Fife and Drum
Pratt House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
River Valley Junction, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Fairfield (including Southport)
Art/Place gallery
Bellarmine Museum of Art
CT Audubon Center at Fairfield
CT Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary – CLOSED
Gallery of Contemporary Art at SHU, – CLOSED
Fairfield Museum & History Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Ogden House and Gardens, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Old Fairfield Academy, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Sun Tavern
Walsh Art Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Farmington
Art Galleries at Miss Porter’s School
Barnes and Hackman Franklin Art Gallery atTunxis CC, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hartford Medical Society Historical Library, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hill-Stead Museum
Lewis-Walpole Library and Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Monastery Art Gallery
Old Stone Schoolhouse
Stanley-Whitman House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Unionville Museum
William Day Museum of Indian Artifacts – CLOSED
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Franklin
Blue Slope Country Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Dr. Ashbel Woodward Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Glastonbury
Audubon Center at Glastonbury, Go to the CTMQ Visit
GEHMS Planetarium, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Museum on the Green, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Tobacco Museum
Welles Shipman Ward House
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Goshen
Action Wildlife, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Goshen History Museum
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Granby (including North and West Granby)
Abijah Rowe House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Colton-Hayes Tobacco Shed, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Cooley Schoolhouse, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Strain Family Horse Farm Cowboy Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Weed-Enders House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Greenwich (including Cos Cob and Mianus)
The Bendheim Gallery
Bowman Observatory
Bruce Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Bush-Holley House & Museum Gallery
Bruce Museum Seaside Center
Garden Education Center
National Audubon Society at Greenwich, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Putnam Cottage
Seven Bridges
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Griswold (Including Jewett City)
Griswold Historical Society Museum
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Groton (Including Noank – see Mystic/Old Mystic here)
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art – Go to the CTMQ Visit
Avery-Copp Museum
Bill Memorial Library Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Ebenezer Avery House Museum
Fort Griswold, Battle Monument & House Museum
Jabez Smith House
Latham-Chester Store Museum
Submarine Force Museum
Sylvan Street Museum
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Guilford
Dawnland Collection and Quinnipiac Tribal Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The Dudley Farm Museum
Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Guilford Art Center
Henry Whitfield State Museum
Hyland House
Medad Stone Tavern Museum
Shoreline Outdoor Education Center
Thomas Griswold House Museum, Go to the CTMQ visit
Woodruff Barn Farm Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Haddam (including Haddam Neck and Higganum)
Haddam Shad Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Thankful Arnold House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Veteran’s Museum
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Hamden
Best Video Film and Cultural Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Eli Whitney Museum
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Jonathan Dickerman House
Lockwood Farm, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery
Paier College of Art Gallery
PLACE Children’s Museum
Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Cultural Complex
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Hampton
Audubon Center at Trail Wood
Burnham-Hibbard House
Edwin Way Teale Writing Cabin & Museum
Goodwin Conservation Center Museum
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Hartford
Amistad Center for Arts and Culture
ArtSpace Hartford, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Bushnell Theater
Butler-McCook Homestead, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Charter Oak Cultural Center Gallery
City Arts on Pearl and the Gallery of American Art
Clare Gallery
Coltsville National Historic Park Museum
Conrad L. Mallett Gallery at CCC
CT Culture and Tourism Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Connecticut Hall of Fame, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Connecticut Historical Society, Go the the CTMQ Visit
Connecticut Science Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Connecticut Sports Museum and Hall of Fame – CLOSED
Connecticut Supreme Court, Go to the CTMQ Visit
CRRA Visitors Center & Trash Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Museum
Governor’s residence, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hartford History Center & ArtWalk, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hartford Police Museum – CLOSED
Hartford Public High School Museum
Institute for Community Research Gallery
Institute of Living Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
International Cricket Hall of Fame
Isham-Terry House
John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center
Legislative Office Building, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk (Also E. Hartford)
Mark Twain House
Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry in Hartford, CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley Historical Center
Museum of Connecticut History, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Old State House/Museum of Curiosities, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Raether/Watkinson Library Exhibits at Trinity
Real Art Ways, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Sam and Elizabeth Colt Industrial & Frontier Heritage Center
State Capitol building, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Wadsworth Atheneum
Widener Art Gallery
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Hartland
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Harwinton
Barn Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Center SchoolhouseGo to the CTMQ Visit
T. A. Hungerford Library Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Hebron
Burrows Hill Schoolhouse
Ed Hodge Agricultural Museum at the Hebron Harvest Fair
Gull Schoolhouse
Observation Post
Old Town Hall
Peters House Museum
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Kent
Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum
Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science
Cream Hill Agricultural School
eckert fine art gallery
Eric Sloane Museum and Kent Iron Furnace Site
The Gallery at Kent Art Association
Kent School Art Gallery
James Barron Art Gallery
Marvelwood School Art Gallery
The Morrison Gallery
Ober Art Gallery
Seven Hearths (KHS)
Skiff Mountain Schoolhouse (KHS)
Steve Tobin Workspace
Sculpturedale
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Killingly (including Danielson)
Spirol Art Gallery at QVCC
Killingly Historical Center, vGo to the CTMQ Visit
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Killingworth
Chatfield Hollow SP Nature Center
Parmelee House and Barns
Platt Nature Center
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Lebanon
Broomshop, Smokehouse, Pastor’s Library, etc. (LHS)
Dr. William Beaumont House (LHS)
Governor Trumbull House & Wadsworth Stable
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. House
Lebanon Museum and Visitor Center (LHS)
Revolutionary War Office
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Ledyard
Gales Ferry Schoolhouse
Geer Hill Schoolhouse
Nathan Lester House and Farm Tool Museum
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Sawmill Park Mill Museum
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Lisbon
Burnham Tavern (Potential future museum)
John Bishop House
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Litchfield
Dorrit Hoffleit Memorial Observatory
Litchfield History Museum
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Space Age Museum
Tapping Reeve House and Law School
Topsmead, Go to the CTMQ Visit
White Memorial Conservation Center and Nature Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Lyme
None
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Madison
Allis-Bushnell House
Bauer Park Farm Museum
Deacon John Grave House
Lee Academy
Meigs Point Nature Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The Sculpture Mile
Manchester
Cheney Hall
MHS: Cheney Homestead
Dehn Gallery
The Fire Museum
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery at MCCC
MHS: Keeney Schoolhouse
Lutz Children’s Museum
MHS: Manchester History Center & Loom Room
MHS: Old Manchester Museum
PhotoSynthesis Gallery (MOVED)
Wickham Park Nature Center and Aviary
MHS: Woodbridge Farmstead Museum
Mansfield (See also Storrs/UConn)
Atwood Farm Museum
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Gurleyville Grist Mill
Mansfield Historical Museum
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Marlborough
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Meriden
Connecticut State Police Museum
Frank Chiarenza Museum of Glass, CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Moses Andrews Homestead
National Shaving and Barbershop Museum, CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Rosa Ponselle Museum, CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Solomon Goffe House
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Middlebury
Golden Age of Trucking Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Middlebury History Museum
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Middlefield
Middlefield Historical Society Museum
Powder Hill Dinosaur Park, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Middletown
Adath Israel Synagogue Museum
Davison Art Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Freeman Center/E. Asian Studies Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
General Mansfield House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Greater Middletown Military Museum
Joe Webb Peoples Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Kid City, Go to the CTMQ Visit
MAC 650 Gallery
Middletown Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Pegasus Gallery at MCC
Rockfall Foundation and C.S. Wadsworth Living Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Submarine Library and Museum, CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Van Vleck Observatory
Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Wesleyan Film Archives & Rick Nicita Gallery
Wesleyan Potters Gallery
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Milford
Audubon Coastal Center at Milford Point, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Bryan-Downs House
Clark-Stockade House
Dave Kuehn’s License Plate collection
Eells-Stow House
Lauralton Hall Arts Center
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Monroe
East Village Barn Hill Schoolhouse
East Village Meeting House
Eliot Beardsley Homestead
The Occult museum (Closed, may reopen)
Webb Mountain Discovery Zone
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Montville
Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art
Fort Shantok
The Gateway Genius Museum
Mohegan Congregational Church Museum
Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum
Wells Dinosaur Haven
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Morris
James Morris Museum
Morris Historical Society Museum
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Mystic/Old Mystic (parts of Groton and Stonington)
BF Clyde’s Cider Mill
Coogan Farm Nature & Heritage Center
Denison Homestead
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Mystic Aquarium, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Mystic Museum of Art, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Portersville Academy
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Naugatuck
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New Britain
New Britain Local History Room
New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain Police Museum
New Britain Youth Museum
Sloper-Wesoly Immigrant Heritage and Cultural Center
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New Canaan
H. Pelham Curtis Gallery
Grace Farms
New Canaan Nature Center
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
Carriage Barn Arts Center
Silvermine Guild Arts Center Gallery
New Canaan Historical Society Museums:
- Cody Drug Store
Costume Museum
Gores Pavillion
Hanford-Silliman House
New Canaan Town House
The Little Red Schoolhouse
The Rock School
The Rogers Studio and Museum
The Tool Museum
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New Fairfield
Boyajian Sculpture Barn
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Hubbell House and Parsonage
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New Hartford
New Hartford Historical Society
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New Haven
Amistad Schooner
Arts Council of Greater New Haven Galleries (RIP)
ArtSpace New Haven
Barnard Nature Center
Buley Library Art Gallery (SCSU)
City Gallery
City Hall
Coast Guard Station New Haven
Common Ground HS Outdoor Museum
Connecticut Children’s Museum
Creative Arts Workshop Galleries
Edgerton Park Greenhouses and Library
Ely Center of Contemporary Art
Ethnic Heritage Center (SCSU)
Fort Nathan Hale
Fred Giampietro Gallery
The Hill Museum of the Arts
The Keator Gallery at Hopkins School
Knights of Columbus Museum
Lighthouse Point Lighthouse and Touch Tank
Lyman Center and Earl Hall Art Galleries (SCSU)
MacDonough Art Gallery (AMC)
The NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery (GCC)
New Haven Cocktail Museum
New Haven Library Local History Room
New Haven Museum
New Haven Public Art/Museum Without Walls
Pardee-Morris House Museum
Second Company Governor’s Foot Guard
Shubert Theater Tour
Trowbridge Environmental Center
Urban Museum of Modern Architects
West Rock Nature Center
Young Men’s Institute Library & Gallery
Yale
ArtPlace at Yale Physician’s Building (RIP)
Battell Chapel & Amistad Collection
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Hume Furniture Study and the Bass Sack Family Archive
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library Exhibits
Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium
Marsh Botanic Gardens
Native American Cultural Center
Payne-Whitney Gym
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Sterling Memorial Library Exhibits
U.S. Squash Hall of Fame
Whitney Humanities Center Gallery
Wurtele Study Center
Yale Art & Architecture Galleries
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Yale Collection of Public Art
Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Yale Medical Library Cushing Center
Yale School of Art Galleries at Green Hall
Yale Visitor Center
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New London
Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame
Conn College’s Cummings & White Box Art Galleries
Custom House Maritime Museum
Doll & Toy Mini Museum at Harris Place
Eagle Tall Ship Tour (at USCGA)
Fort Trumbull State Park and Museum
Gallery at Firehouse Square
The Hempsted Houses
Hygienic Art Gallery
Linda Lear Center Exhibits
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Monte Cristo Cottage
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
National Coast Guard Museum (Potential future museum)
New London Ledge Lighthouse Museum
Olin Observatory
Science EpiCenter & DNA Learning Center (RIP)
Shaw-Perkins Mansion
US Coast Guard Museum
Winthrop/Old Town Mill
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New Milford (including Gaylordsville)
The Bank Building
The Boardman Store
Brown’s Forge Museum
Hill and Plain School
John J. McCarthy Observatory
Knapp House
Little Red Schoolhouse
Memorial Hall/Local History Room
Merwinsville Hotel
New Milford Historical Society Museum
Northville Schoolhouse
The Pratt Center
The Skitch Henderson Museum & Art Gallery
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Newington
The Deming-Young Farm Museum
Enoch Kelsey House
Kellogg-Eddy Farm Tool Museum
Kellogg-Eddy House
National Assoc. of Amateur Radio Museum
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Newtown
Cyrenius H. Booth Library & Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Everwonder Children’s Museum
Matthew Curtiss House Museum
Middle Gate One Room Schoolhouse
Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard
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Norfolk
Aton Forest/Dr. Frank Egler Museum
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate Art Gallery
Norfolk Historical Society Museum
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North Branford
Gordon Story Miller Memorial Museum & Little White Gas Station
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum
The Reynolds-Beers House
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North Canaan
Charles. H. Pease Museum at the Douglas Library, Go to the CTMQ Visit
New England Accordion Connection & Museum
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North Haven
Brockett Farm Implement Museum
Culver-Brockett Museum
Energize CT Center
McGruff Museum of Girl Scout History
North Haven Historical Museum
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North Stonington
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Norwalk (including Rowayton)
Antique Tool Barn
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The Downtown Schoolhouse
Fodor Farm Homestead
Frank Raymond Maritime Museum & Boathouse
Governor Fitch Law Office
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
Maritime Aquarium
New England Auto Museum
Norwalk City Hall, etc. – WPA Murals
Norwalk CC Art Gallery
Norwalk Historical Society Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Norwalk History Room
Norwalk Town House
Pinkney House
Rowayton Arts Center
Sheffield Island Lighthouse Museum
SoNo Switch Tower Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Norwich
ArtSpace Norwich
Children of the American Revolution Museum – CLOSED
Gallery at Three Rivers CC
John Baldwin House – CLOSED
Leffingwell House Museum
Nathaniel Backus House Museum
Norwich Arts Center Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Norwich Regional Visitor’s Center
Perkins-Rockwell House
Slater Memorial Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Old Lyme
Florence Griswold Museum
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Galleries, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Lyme Art Association Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Nut Museum – CLOSED
Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center”
Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Old Saybrook
Fort Saybrook Monument Park, Go to the CTMQ Visit
General William Hart House
The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Orange
Bryan-Andrew House Museum
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Orange Country Fair Antique Museum
Orange Historical Society Museum at The Academy
Pez Visitor Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Stone-Otis House
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Oxford
Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Plainfield
Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery
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Plainville
Plainville Historic Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Plainville Library Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Plymouth (including Terryville)
Alley House Museum
Lock Museum of America, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Toll House Museum
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Pomfret
Audubon Center at Pomfret, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Brayton Grist Mill and Marcy Blacksmith Museum
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Portland
Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum (RIP)
Quarry View Museum
Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland History
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Preston
Preston Blacksmith Museum
Preston Historical Society
Young at Heart Doll Shop & Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
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Prospect
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Putnam
Aspinock Historical Society Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Gertrude Warner Boxcar Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Various Downtown Art Galleries and Fairy Doors, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Redding
Highstead
Lonetown Farmhouse Museum
New Pond Farm & Natural History Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
New Pond Farm Observatory
Putnam Memorial State Park Museum and Grounds
Umpawaug School House Museum
Zalmon Read Historic Barn
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Ridgefield
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
David Scott House/ Historical Society, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The Discovery Center at Ridgefield
Keeler Tavern Museum
Kouros Sculpture Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Maurice Sendak Museum and Archives
Museum in the Streets
Peter Parley Schoolhouse
Ridgefield Museum of Military Artifacts
Shields Hall Museum
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Rocky Hill
Academy Hall Museum
Dinosaur State Park, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Rocky Hill Fire Museum
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Roxbury
Double D Living History Farm
Hodge Memorial Library and Museum
Mine Hill Preserve
Roxbury Museum
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Salem
Music Vale Museum (Potential future museum)
Old Random Farm Carriage Museum
Salem Historical Society Museum
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Salisbury (including Lakeville)
Holley – Williams House Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Salisbury Association Museum at the Academy, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Salisbury Cannon Museum – CLOSED
Tremaine Art Gallery at Hotchkiss School, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Scotland
D’Elia Antique Tool Museum
Edward Waldo Homestead
The Huntington Homestead
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Seymour
Henry Hamel Environmental Center
Seymour Historical Society Museum
Sharon
Audubon Sharon Nature Museum
Gay-Hoyt House Museum
Standard Space Art Gallery
Shelton
SHS: The Brownson House
SHS: Trap Fall School House
SHS: The Wilson Barn
Sherman
Audubon Deer Pond Farm Nature Center (Future Museum)
SHS: Barn/Farm Museum
Farm Museum and/or Art Gallery at White Silo Farm & Winery
SHS: Northrop House Museum
SHS: Roger Sherman Cobbler Shop
Simsbury
Ellsworth Visitor’s Center and Ensign Bickford Building
Flamig Educational Farm, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Phelps Barn and Carriage House
Hendrick Cottage
Heublein Tower Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Meeting House
Phelps Tavern Museum & Homestead
Probate Building and Ice House
1790 School House
Storyteller’s Cottage, Go to the CTMQ Visit here
Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Somers
Somers Historical Society Museum
Somers Mountain Museum of Natural History and Primitive Technology (RIP 2011)
Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge Museum
South Windsor
Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Museum
Union District School Arts Center and Museum – Possible Future Museum
Wood Memorial Library & Museum
Southbury
Audubon Society at Bent of the River
SHS: Bullet Hill School Museum
SHS: Ludolf Farm Museum
SHS: Old Town Hall Museum
Southington
Bradley Barnes Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Milldale Depot Museum
Oddities Museum
SoCCA Gallery
South End & West Street Schoolhouses
Southington Historical Center
Sprague
The Sprague Historical Society Museum
Stafford
Donald Passardi’s Ford Museum
Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Patten District One-Room Schoolhouse
Stafford Historical Society Museum
Stamford
Bartlett Arboretum & Educational Center
Black WWII History Museum
Danger Gallery
Fairfield County Astronomical Association Observatory
Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame
Fort Stamford
Franklin Street Works
GR Art Gallery
Hoyt-Barnum House (SHS)
Mayor’s Gallery
Soundwaters Coastal Education Center
Stamford Art Association Gallery
Stamford History Center (SHS)
Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Stamford UConn Art Gallery
UConn Public Art
Ukranian Museum and Library
Sterling
Sterling Historical Society
Stonington
B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill
Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Coogan Farm Welcome Center & Art Barn
Denison Homestead
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
The Indian and Colonial Research Center
James Merrill House
The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic Aquarium
Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea
Old Lighthouse Museum
Studio Jeffrey P’an
R.W. Woolworth Library and Research Center
Stanton-Davis Museum
Storrs (See here for Mansfield)
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Contemporary Art Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Dodd Center & Babbidge Library Exhibits, Go to the CTMQ Visit
EEB Greenhouses & Collections, Go to the CTMQ Visit
J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Jorgensen Gallery
Josephine A. Dolan Room
Uconn Dairy Bar & Animal Barns, Go to the CTMQ Visit
UConn’s Observatory and Planetarium
Wilbur Cross Gallery, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The William Benton Museum of Art, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Stratford
Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society
Boothe Memorial Park & Museums
Catharine Bunnell Mitchell Museum
The Children’s Garbage Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Connecticut Air and Space Center
John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
Judson House and Museum
Merritt Parkway Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
National Helicopter Museum
Perry House Museum
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Suffield
King House Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Phelps-Hatheway House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Suffield Firemen’s Museum, Go to the CTMQ visit
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Thomaston
The Bios Museum of Green Living
Railroad Museum of New England, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Seth Thomas – Bradstreet House Museum
Thomaston Historical Society Museum
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Thompson
Ellen Larned Memorial Museum
Tourtellotte Memorial Museum Room
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Tolland
Daniel Benton Homestead
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
Old Tolland County Courthouse
Old Tolland County Jail & Museum
Tolland Arts Center
Tolland Military Museum
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Torrington
Five Points Gallery
Hotchkiss-Fyler House
John Noelke Gallery
KidsPlay Museum
Ritz Crystal Ballroom Lighting Museum
Ritz Crystal Ballroom Style Museum
Torrington History Museum
Turner Museum
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Trumbull
Trumbull Historical Society Museum
Trumbull Nature and Arts Center
Union
Union Historical Society Museum
Vernon
Arts Center East
Gene Pitney “stuff”
New England Civil War Museum
New England Motorcycle Museum
Talcottville Outdoor Museum
Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center
Vernon Railroad Depot Outdoor Museum
Vernon Historical Society Museum
Voluntown
Wylie School House (potential future museum)
Wallingford (including Yalesville)
Johnson Mansion/Silver Museum
Joseph Blakeslee House (RIP)
Nehemiah Royce House Museum
Paul Mellon Arts Center
The Peters Railroad Museum
Samuel Parsons House
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Warren
Brick Schoolhouse
Warren Historical Society Museum
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Washington (including New Preston)
Institute for American Indian Studies Museum
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum
Washington Art Association, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Waterbury
Highland Package Store Beer Can Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Waterbury Button Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Mattatuck Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
The Timexpo Museum – CLOSED
NVCC Observatory
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Waterford
1740 Jordan Schoolhouse Museum
Beebe-Phillips House
Eolia at Harkness Memorial State Park, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Margaret Stacy Memorial Barn/Museum
Millstone Information and Science Center
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Watertown
Old Nova Scotia Schoolhouse
Watertown Historical Society Museum
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West Hartford
Abraham J. Feldman Museum
Chase Family Gallery at the JCC
Chase Orchestrion Collection
The Children’s Museum
Cogswell Heritage House at ASD
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Joseloff Gallery (UHart)
Kaman Print Studies Center (UHart)
The Kindergarten Museum
Museum of American Political Life (RIP)
Museum of Jewish Civilization (UHart)
Neil’s American Dream Museum (RIP)
Noah Webster House Museum
Sarah Whitman Hooker Homestead
Silpe Gallery (UHart)
St. Joseph College University Art Gallery
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum
West Hartford Art League Galleries
Westmoor Park Nature Center
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West Haven
Savin Rock Museum
Seton Art Gallery (UNH)
Ward-Heitman House Museum
West Haven Center for the Arts
West Haven Historical Society Museum
West Haven Veteran’s Museum
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Westbrook
Light on Westbrook at Oxford Academy
Military Historians Headquarters Museum (RIP)
Museum of Early Engineering and Technology
Westbrook Historical Society Museum
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Weston
Coley House
Coley Barn Museum & Carriage House
Lachat Town Farm
Sculpture Park (Potential future museum)
Weston Woods (RIP)
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Westport
Earthplace
Bradley-Wheeler Barn Museum of Westport History, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Rolnick Observatory
Sherwood Island Nature Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
University Archives
Westport Arts Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Wheeler House Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Wethersfield
Buttolph-Williams House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Captain James Francis House, Go to the CTMQ Visit RIP 2019
Cove Warehouse Maritime Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Hurlbut-Dunham House, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
Wethersfield Museum at Keeney Memorial, Go to the CTMQ Visit
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Willington
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Wilton
Ambler Farm Museum (Potential future museum)
Betts-Sturgis-Blackmar House Museum (WHS)
Burt Barn Gallery & Outbuildings (WHS)
Hurlbutt Street Schoolhouse
Sloan-Raymond-Fitch House Museum (WHS)
Weir Farm National Historic Site & Museum
Woodcock Nature Center
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Winchester (including Winsted)
American Museum of Tort Law
American Mural Project
Solomon Rockwell House
Winchester Center Kerosene Lamp Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit – CLOSED
Winchester Fire Department Museum
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Windham (including Willimantic)
The Art Gallery at ECSU
Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum
Edward A. Card photo museum
Guilford Smith Library Museum
Jillson House Museum
Land Art Generator Initiative
Robert K. Wickware Planetarium
Windham Textile and History Museum
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Windsor
Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House
Strong-Howard House
Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Mercy Gallery at Loomis
Northwest Park Nature Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Rainbow Dam and Fishway, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Vintage Radio & Communications Museum
Windsor Art Center, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Windsor Historical Society Museum
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Windsor Locks
CT Air National Guard Mini Museum
Connecticut Culture Gallery at Bradley International Airport
Edward Sabotka Civil War Museum
Memorial Hall Museum
New England Air Museum
Noden-Reed House and Barn
Pool Table Magic
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Wolcott
Old Stone Schoolhouse Museum
Wolcott Historical Society Museum
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Woodbridge
The Thomas Darling House Museum
Old South School
Palestine Museum US
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Woodbury
Buz Russell’s Farm & Rural Life Museum
Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park
Flanders Nature Center
Glebe House Museum
High Wire Deer and Animal Farm
Hurd House Museum
Leroy Anderson House
Old Schoolhouse Museum
Woodbury Pewter Museum
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Woodstock
Brunn Barn Agricultural Museum, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Chamberlin Mill
Photomobile Model Museum – CLOSED
Red White School House
Roseland Cottage/Bowen House
Woodstock Historical Society Welcome Center/Museum
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Multiple Towns
Costen Cultural Exhibit, Traveling
BioBlitz
CT Women’s Hall of Fame, Go to the CTMQ Visit
Freedom Schooner Amistad (Various seaports)
UConn Public Art Exhibit, Go to the Ongoing CTMQ Visits
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Virtual Museums
Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, Uncasville
Connecticut Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum, Hartford (Seems to be gone, 2016)
UConn Historical Costume and Textile Museum, Storrs
UConn Virtual Pathology Museum, Storrs (Sadly gone, 2016)
UConn’s Telecommunications Virtual Museum, Storrs
Virtual Instrument Museum, Middletown (Wesleyan) – Only available to Wes domains, 2016
Hi there,
Love your quest and your website! Just wanted to say that I hope you visit us at Kidcity in Middletown before your little one outgrows us! I know you’ve got a lot of places to go, but I just thought I’d formally extend the invitation. By the way, you seem to be prime candidate for the reciprocal card for the children’s museums (6 in CT, that’s a lot of admission — or do you check passes out of libraries?) You can learn more at Kidcity or at http://www.childrensmuseums.org, which lists all the children’s museums in the country (or most of them.) We’ve been to several dozen around the country, but that pales in comparision with your goals! Good Luck! -Jen from Kidcity (you mentioned Wes, are you an alum?)
Hi, your website is great. Your museum write-ups are very entertaining and informative, and I think all the museums would benefit from photos of their exhibits and descriptions. You are a great source for some little known museums, and your information for some of them is much better than what they have on their websites.
If you get down to Fairfield County, here are two one-day ideas:
Westport/Fairfield: Earthplace, Wheeler House, Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum and Fairfield History Center. All are a short way off the Post Road {Route 1), although you would likely be best off with three in one day.
Norwalk – All the Norwalk museums are pretty close to each other, and your son would love Stepping Stones and the Maritime Aquarium.
Enjoy your adventures!
My comments really add that special something to your reviews.
Your welcome ~
hb
Thank you for putting together this very exciting and useful website! It is a thrill to read about all of the fantastic museums in Connecticut. Not only do we get to read about your experiences but gain great insight into where we “museum lovers” may want to go next! It would be a pleasure to have you visit the Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center. Our regional history exhibit is brand new with many interactive features that engage all ages in the joy of learning. If you decide to visit us let me know that you are coming, it would be a pleasure to meet you and your family.
I came to your site here after seeing your “tornado” photo at Brownstone Birding. I am not sure about your photo but I do like your museum lists. I didn’t have time to thoroughly peruse your list to find it, but do you recall a “Submarine Museum” here in Middletown on Washington St. I think is was a privately run affair in someone’s home. I don’t think it’s there any longer because the sign has been taken down. I will link to you on my “Conservacity” blog.
Whoops! You are really way ahead of me; I just noticed your article about the “Sub” museum; great work!
Excellent site!!!!
Hi – We recently visited CT and almost drove off the road when we saw your famous sign! Also read your article in Museum News. We have visited some of the sites you have written about, and look forward to visiting others. However, having second thoughts about trying some of those drinks (!) Keep traveling – have fun!
Having just learned about your web site and goal to visit all CT museums, we at the Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut would be pleased to treat you, Hoang, and Damian to a day at our museum. All we ask in exchange is a follow-up conversation, either in person or on the telephone. Over the past 3 years our focus has been to create a friendly, engaging, creative museum that is safe and accessible for all. We value your experience, both as a father and truly experienced museum visitor! When you come, remember to plan for a day: we’ll provide you with a beach pass, free of charge, to the nearby Hole-in the-Wall Beach on Long Island Sound – but please call ahead so we can put it aside for you. There is also a lovely state park and plenty of other family-friendly activities in the area, but you probably already know that. To find out more, please visit our site: http://www.childrensmuseumsect, or call our executive director, Christy Hammond at (860) 691-1111. Hope to hear from you soon!
Hey Steve-
This is so great. Seems like you’ve been everywhere. We are always looking for fun, inexpensive things to do with the kids and now I have a resource to go to. The contact me link seems not work for me, so please let me know how I can reach you. Give my best to your family.
Jess
Hi please add us to your list …this is an excellent resource you have put together. GALLERY 46 is a non-profit art gallery under fiscal sponosrship of Fractured Atlas in NYC. we are located in downtown Rockville CT…we are dedicated to enriching the cultural landscape of Rockville CT by exhibiting emerging and established artists,and makeing their art accessible to Rockville and the greater community.
The Leffingwell House Museum, 348 Washington Street, Norwich, CT is open Saturdays May – October from noon – 4 PM and by appointment as we have no paid staff and volunteers may have to take time off from their jobs.
The museum is a fully furnished colonial period house museum, circa 1675. Most of the furnishings were made in the Norwich area. There are workshops or events most weekends. Donations of $5.00 per person are asked but not required. There is a painting by Bass Otis and other artists of the period as well.
The museum is run by the Society of the Founders of Norwich, CT est. Oct. 10, 1901. Membership is only $20.00 per year and includes newsletter, activities and access to the house for family, write Society of the Founders, PO Box 13, Norwich, CT 06360.
Exhibits and events change so visit us often!
Thank you for having such a great site! I am looking forward to your visit!
Hi, found your site via Bill Hosley, would like to invite you to include Real Art Ways on your list. 35 years old this year, Real Art Ways presents and commissions new art. We don’t have a permanent collection, but offer museum-quality original work. Come visit us!