List of museums in Connecticut

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This list of museums in Connecticut contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Inclusion in this list is generally for institutions with the name "museum" in the title. Some other institutions not included here are very like museums, and some "museums" here don't fit the typical definition of a place that shows exhibits. The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, for instance, is a historic mansion in which the "exhibit" is essentially the building itself. For Wikipedia links to institutions similar to museums in Connecticut, consult the "See also" section.

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Name	Town/City	County	Type	Summary
Academy Hall Museum	Rocky Hill	Hartford	History	website, run by Rocky Hill Historical Society
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum	Ridgefield	Fairfield	Art	website
Allis-Bushnell House	Madison	New Haven	Historic house	website
Amasa Day House Museum	Moodus	Middlesex	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
American Clock & Watch Museum	Bristol	Hartford	Commodity - Time pieces	website
Ashbel Woodward Museum	Franklin	New London	Historic house	Town of Franklin, look under Museum, Poem with clues to letterbox by Ashbel Woodward Museum, New York Times, " WORTH NOTING; Franklin Home Is Revived To Reflect the Town's Past", November 2, 2003, info,
Avery Copp Museum	Groton	New London	Historic house	website
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry University of Connecticut	Storrs	Tolland	Commodity - Puppets	website
Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum	Cheshire	New Haven	Art - Comics and Cartoons	website
Barnes Museum, Southington Library	Southington	Hartford	History	website
Barnum Museum	Bridgeport	Fairfield	Biographical	A collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport, Connecticut housed in a historic building on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bates-Scofield Homestead	Darien	Fairfield	Historic house	website
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden	Bethlehem	Litchfield	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
Blue Slope Country Museum	Franklin	New London	Farming	website
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum	Stratford	Fairfield	Open air	The museum's collection of buildings includes a carriage house, Americana Museum, miniature lighthouse and windmill, a clocktower museum, trolley station, chapel, and blacksmith shop. The park also has the last remaining highway toll booth in Connecticut (from the Merritt Parkway.
Brayton Grist Mill & Marcy Blacksmith Museum	Pomfret	New London	History	info, located in Mashamoquet Brook State Park, maintained by the Pomfret Historical Society
Bristol Historical Society Museum	Bristol	Hartford	History	website
Bristol Military Memorial Museum	Bristol	Hartford	Military	website, at Bristol National Guard Armory, uniforms, decorations, weapons, photographs and other military-related memorabilia
Brookfield Craft Center	Brookfield	Fairfield	Art	website, exhibition gallery of crafts
Brookfield Museum and Historical Society	Brookfield	Fairfield	History	website, also a historical society
Brooklyn Historical Society Museum	Brooklyn	Windham	History	website, includes Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science	Greenwich	Fairfield	Art, Science / Nature / Children's	This town-run museum has art exhibits regularly reviewed in The New York Times, a section for children and a section set aside for natural history.
Buell Tool Museum	Clinton	Middlesex	Commodity - Tools	website, early tools and machines, run by the Clinton Historical Society
Bush-Holley House	Greenwich	Fairfield	Historic house	This former boarding house, now run by the Greenwich Historical Society, was once used by artists in the Cos Cob Art Colony, holds examples of their work and regularly offers exhibits on local history.
Burnham-Hibbard House	Hampton	Windham	Historic house	info
Butler-McCook House	Hartford	Hartford	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
Buttolph-Williams House	Wethersfield	Hartford	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
Canton Historical Museum	Canton	Hartford	History	website
Captain's Cove Seaport	Bridgeport	Fairfield	Maritime	website, Dundon House features an exhibit on local maritime history and artifacts
Captain Palmer House	Stonington	New London	Historic house	website
Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House	Windsor	Hartford	Historic house	website, info
Chaplin Museum	Chaplin	Windham	History	info
Chatham Historical Society Museum	East Hampton	Middlesex	History	website
Chester Museum at the Mill	Chester	Middlesex	History	website, future museum of the Chester Historical Society
Children's Garbage Museum	Stratford	Fairfield	Commodity - Trash	website Photos, also known as CRRA Garbage Museum
Children's Museum	West Hartford	Hartford	Children's	Known until recently as The Science Center of Connecticut
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut	Niantic	New London	Children's	website
Clinton Historical Society Museum	Clinton	Middlesex	History	website, located in Andrews Memorial Town Hall
Colchester Historical Society Museum	Colchester	Litchfield	History	info
Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum	Kent	Litchfield	History	website
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary	Fairfield	Fairfield	Nature center / Natural history	The oldest private songbird sanctuary in the United States. The six-acre site also contains a natural history museum with mounted preserved animals displayed in dioramas and a collection of mounted African animals.
Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum	Portland	Middlesex	Fire-fighting apparatus	info
Connecticut Children's Museum	New Haven	New Haven	Children's
Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum	Willimantic	Windham	Railroad	website
Connecticut Fire Museum	East Windsor	Hartford	Fire fighting vehicles	website, part of the Connecticut Trolley Museum
Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science	Kent	Litchfield	Natural history, Industry - Mining	website, part of Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum
Connecticut River Museum	Essex	Litchfield	History	website
Connecticut Science Center	Hartford	Hartford	Science	website, opening in 2008
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History University of Connecticut	Storrs	New London	Natural	website
Connecticut Trolley Museum	East Windsor	Hartford	Railroad	website, includes the Connecticut Fire Museum
Costume Museum (New Canaan)	New Canaan	Fairfield	Fashion history	With a single exhibit room on the second floor of The Town House, it claims to have the largest collection of 18th- and 19th-century costumes in the state. website
CRRA Trash Museum	Hartford	Hartford	Commodity - Trash	website
Custom House Maritime Museum	New London	New London	Maritime	website
Danbury Museum and Historical Society	Danbury	Fairfield	History	Focusing on Danbury-area history, the museum has five buildings, including the Marian Anderson Studio and the Charles Ives birthplace.
Danbury Railway Museum	Danbury	Fairfield	Railroad	The museum has a railroad yard full of restored and unrestored railroad equipment, and the restored 1903 station house containing exhibits of photographs and railroad paraphernalia, model train layouts, an extensive reference library, and a gift shop. Visitors can take a 25-minute ride the "Rail Yard Local" on weekends in season.
Daniel Benton Homestead	Tolland	Tolland	Historic house	website
Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office	Brooklyn	Windham	Historic house	website, located at Brooklyn Historical Society Museum
Darling House Museum	Woodbridge	New Haven	Historic house	Run by the Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society; website
D'Elia Antique Tool Museum	Scotland	Windham	Commodity - Tools	website, located in the Scotland Public Library
Denison Homestead Museum	Mystic	New London	History	website
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center	Mystic	New London	Nature center	website
Derrin House	Avon	Hartford	Historic house	website, one of three properties owned by the Avon Historical Society, 18th century farmhouse
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum	Rocky Hill	Hartford	Natural history - Paleontology
Discovery Museum and Planetarium	Bridgeport	Fairfield	Science	The main building has three floors of interactive exhibits, high-definition movies and daily planetarium shows. The museum's educational programs include Connecticut's only Challenger Learning Center.
Dudley Farm	Guilford	New Haven	Farm	website
Earthplace	Westport	Fairfield	Nature center	The exhibition room has nature displays, information and hands-on activities. Five large wildlife dioramas depict animals and plants found in various seasons and ecosystems in Connecticut. A 62-acre wildlife sanctuary surrounds the nature center.
East Haddam Historical Society Museum	East Haddam	Litchfield	History	The museum's collection includes photographs showing the rise and fall of the Industrial Age in Moodus Village, Native American artifacts dating to 1300B.C., a photographs of the building of the East Haddam swing bridge, and period costumes. website
East Windsor Academy Museum	East Windsor	Hartford	History	website
Ebenezer Avery House	Groton	New London	Historic house	info with photos, info, scroll down, located in Fort Griswold State Park
Edward E. King Museum	East Hartford	Hartford	Aviation / Industry -Tobacco	website, located on the 2nd floor of the East Hartford Public Library, collection of aviation and tobacco memorabilia
Edward Waldo House	Scotland	Windham	Historic house	info, info operated by the Scotland Historical Society
Elisha White House	Clinton	Middlesex	Historic house	website, known as "Old Brick", run by the Clinton Historical Society
Eli Whitney Museum	Hamden	New Haven	History
Enoch Kelsey House	Newington	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by Newington Historical Society
Fairfield Museum and History Center	Fairfield	Fairfield	History	Founded by the Fairfield Historical Society, the museum focuses on the history of the town. The 13,000 square-foot museum has changing exhibits, a library and reading room, a family education center, and an 80-seat theater, website
Falls Village - Canaan Historical Society Museum	Falls Village	Litchfield	History	website
Fire Museum (Manchester, Connecticut)	Manchester	Hartford	Fire fighting	website
Florence Griswold Museum	Old Lyme	New London	Art
Fort Griswold State Park - Monument House Museum	Groton	New London	History	website, Friends of Fort Griswold, info on museum, info, Revolutionary War museum
Fort Trumbull State Park	New London	New London	History	website, visitor center depicts over 225 years of military history and technological advances from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War.
Gasoline Alley Automotive Museum	Stafford Springs	Tolland	Automotive	website, info, collection of Ford memorabilia, open by appointment only
Gay-Hoyt House	Sharon	Litchfield	Historic house	website, museum of Sharon Historical Society
General David Humphreys House	Ansonia	New Haven	Historic house	website, Headquarters of the Derby Historical Society, home to America's first ambassador under George Washington
Gertrude Warner Boxcar Museum	Putnam	Windham	Biographical	website, info, author of "The Boxcar Children" series
Gillette Castle State Park	East Haddam	Litchfield	Historic house
Glebe House Museum	Woodbury	Litchfield	Historic house	website
Golden Age of Trucking Museum	Middlebury	New Haven	Transportation	website
Governor Jonathan Trumbull House Museum	Lebanon	New London	Historic house	website, info, owned and operated by the CT Daughters of the American Revolution {CTDAR}
Greater Middletown Military Museum	Middletown	Middlesex	Military	website
Griswold Historical Society Museum	Jewett City	New London	History	website
Gunn Historical Museum and Library	Washington	Litchfield	History	website
Haddam Shad Museum	Higganum	Litchfield	Industry - Shad fishing	Museum about the heritage of shad fishing on the Connecticut River, CT State Kids review, Haddam Historical Society info
Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Connecticut)	Hartford	Hartford	Historic house	website
Harrison House Museum	Branford	New Haven	Historic house	website
Hempsted Houses	New London	New London	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
Henry Whitfield State Museum	Guilford	New Haven	History	Originally a fortress for the community, this oldest house in Connecticut and oldest stone house in New England has three floors filled with 17th, 18th, and 19th century furnishings, along with an introductory exhibit on the house's history; there are changing exhibits in two galleries. website, info from CT Tourism Board
H. C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center	Bristol	Hartford	Nature center	website, currently closed for construction
Hicks-Stearns Museum	Tolland	Tolland	Multiple	website, includes other Tolland museums and educational programs
Hill-Stead Museum	Farmington	Hartford	Art
Historical Houses at Martin Park	East Hartford	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by East Hartford Historical Society, includes Goodwin Schoolhouse, Makens Bemont House and Burnham Blacksmith Shop]
Hitchcock-Phillips House	Cheshire	New Haven	Historic house	website, run by Cheshire Historical Society
Holley-Williams House Museum and Salisbury Cannon Museum	Lakeville	Litchfield	History	website and Salisbury Cannon Museum
Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum	Torrington	Litchfield	History	website
Hotchkiss House Museum	Prospect	New Haven	Historic house	info, WFSB Video about Prospect
Housatonic Museum of Art at Housatonic Community College	Bridgeport	Fairfield	Art	The museum Web site says it has "significant collections of any two-year college in the country", including works by Rodin, Picasso, Matisse, Miro and Chagall. Much of the collection is "on continuous display throughout the College and campus." website
Huntington Homestead	Scotland	Windham	Historic house	website
Husky Heritage Sports Museum	Storrs	Tolland	Sports	website, part of University of Connecticut
Hyland House	Guilford	New Haven	History	website, living museum of colonial life and architecture
Imagine Nation Museum	Bristol	Hartford	Children's	website
Institute for American Indian Studies	Washington	Litchfield	Anthropology - Native American	website
International Cricket Hall of Fame	Hartford	Hartford	Hall of fame - Sports	website, future museum
Jabez Smith House	Groton	New London	Historic house	website
James Morris Museum	Morris	Litchfield	History	website, located in Morris Town Hall, also Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room, contains Morris family archives and heirlooms, local history displays, reference library
Jillson House Museum	Windham	Windham	Historic house	info, website
John Bishop House & Museum	Lisbon	New London	Historic house	info, info
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House Museum	Lebanon	New London	Historic house	website, owned by the Town of Lebanon
Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center	East Hampton	Middlesex	History	website, houses artifacts and memorabilia of Connecticut's 84th Governor, William A. O'Neill
Judson House and Museum	Stratford	Fairfield	History	website
Keeler Tavern Museum	Ridgefield	Fairfield	Historic tavern	website
Kellogg-Eddy House	Newington	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by Newington Historical Society
Kidcity Children's Museum	Middletown	Middlesex	Children's	website
King House Museum	Suffield	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by Suffield Historical Society
Killingly Historical Center Museum	Killingly	Windham	History	website
Knights of Columbus Museum	New Haven	New Haven	History	website
Lebanon Historical Museum	Lebanon	New London	History	website, also operates Dr. William Beaumont House
Lee Academy	Madison	New Haven	History	website
Leffingwell House Museum	Norwich	New London	Historic house	website
Lewis Walpole Library	Farmington	Hartford	Art / Native American	website, department of the Yale University Library, includes Day-Lewis Museum of Indian Artifacts
Litchfield History Museum	Litchfield	Litchfield	History	website
Living Museum	Avon	Hartford	Historic house	website, one of three properties owned by the Avon Historical Society, former schoolhouse
Lock Museum of America	Terryville	Litchfield	History	Its eight display rooms hold the largest collection of colonial and antique locks in the United States, including rooms devoted to bank locks and Yale locks. See also Timex Museum in Waterbury
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum	Norwalk	Fairfield	Historic house	A 62-room Second Empire-style mansion on both the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmark lists
Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum	Windsor	Hartford	Industry - Tobacco	website
Lutz Children's Museum	Manchester	Hartford	Children's	website
Lyman Allyn Art Museum	New London	New London	Art	The permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts. The collection's emphasis is on American art from the 18th - 20th centuries.
Mansfield Historical Society Museum	Mansfield	Tolland	History	website
Margaret W. Stacey Memorial Barn/Museum	Waterford	New London	Farming	website part of Waterford Historical Society Museums, farm implements, equipment and historic Waterford artifacts
Mark Twain House and Museum	Hartford	Hartford	Historic house
Martha A. Parsons House Museum	Enfield	Hartford	Historic house	website
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center	Mashantucket	New London	Cultural - Native American	website
Matthew Curtiss House	Newtown	Fairfield	Historic house	website
Mattatuck Museum	Waterbury	New Haven	Art / History	website Regional history and Connecticut art. Artists in the collection include John Trumbull, Erastus Salisbury Field, Frederic Church, John Frederick Kensett, Arshile Gorky, Kay Sage, Yves Tanguy, Peter Poskas, Abe Ajay and Alexander Calder. Waterbury Button Museum is a collection of about 10,000 buttons from all over the world, including some from the 18th and 19th centuries. New York Times article about Button Museum, May 27, 2001
Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry	Hartford	Hartford	Medicine	website
Merritt Parkway Museum	Stratford	Fairfield	History	website
Middlebury Historical Society Museum	Middlebury	New Haven	History	website, open by appointment only
Middlesex County Historical Society Museum	Middletown	Middlesex	History	website, located in General Mansfield House
Middletown Sports Hall of Fame and Museum	Middletown	Middlesex	Hall of fame - Sports	website
Milford Historical Society Museum	Milford	Fairfield	Historic house	website
Military Historians Museum	Westbrook	Middlesex	Military	info, info
Military Museum of Southern New England	Danbury	Fairfield	Military	Houses over 10,000 artifacts covering all of the armed services of the United States. Outdoor exhibits include tanks, cars, trucks and guns. website
Mill Hill Historic Park	Norwalk	Fairfield	Living history museum	Three buildings: The 1835 Norwalk Town House, the circa 1740 Governor Fitch law office and the Downtown District Schoolhouse, circa 1826 website
Millstone Energy Education Center	Waterford	New London	Science	Located at the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant, exhibits about nuclear energy and Long Island Sound, now only scheduled tours by school groups, Millstone's Energy Education Programs
Monte Cristo Cottage Museum	New London	New London	Historic house	website
Museum of Andover History	Andover	Tolland	History	website
Museum of Connecticut Glass	Coventry	Tolland	Industry - Glass	website, new museum about historical glass made in the numerous glassworks of Connecticut
Museum of Connecticut History at Connecticut State Library	Hartford	Hartford	History	website, located at Connecticut State Library
Museum of Fife & Drum	Ivoryton	Middlesex	Music	website
Museum on the Green	Glastonbury	Hartford	History	website
Mystic Seaport	Mystic	New London	Maritime	Living history museum focusing on 19th century maritime industries, including whaling; with period ships and buildings
Nathan Hale Homestead	Coventry	Tolland	Historic house	website
Nathan Lester House	Ledyard	New London	Historic house	website
National Helicopter Museum	Stratford	Fairfield	Aviation	Housed in the eastbound building of the Stratford railroad station, the museum exhibits images and objects related to the history of the aviation and helicopter industry in Stratford, the home of Sikorsky Aircraft.
Naugatuck Historical Society Museum	Naugatuck	New Haven	History	website
Neil's American Dream Museum	West Hartford	Hartford	Collectibles	website, New York Times, "WEST HARTFORD JOURNAL; A Museum Enshrines a Simpler Era's Dreams", January 21, 1993 open by appointment only
Nellie E. McKnight Museum	Ellington	Tolland	Historic house	Built in 1812 in the Federalist style; home of the Ellington Historical Society; open during the Fair on the Green, for the Holiday Gala, for special events, and by appointment; website
New Britain Industrial Museum	New Britain	Hartford	Industry	website, info
New Britain Museum of American Art	New Britain	Hartford	Art
New Britain Youth Museums	New Britain	Hartford	Children's	website, two facilities in New Britain: 30 High Street and Hungerford Park.
New Canaan Historical Society Museums	New Canaan	Fairfield	History	website
New England Air Museum	Windsor Locks	Hartford	Aviation	Exhibits on the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, early French aviation, including the Lafayette Escadrille, a history of air mail, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Mollisons and the 58th Bomb Wing Memorial
New England Carousel Museum	Bristol	Hartford	Art	website
New England Center for the Contemporary Arts	Brooklyn	Windham	Art	website
New England Civil War Museum	Rockville	New London	Military	Large collection of Civil War items; archives relating to the Grand Army of the Republic.
New Haven Museum and Historical Society	New Haven	New Haven	History
New Milford Historical Society and Museum	New Milford	Litchfield	History	website
Noah Webster House and Museum of the West Hartford Historical Society	West Hartford	Hartford	History	website
Noden-Reed Museum	Windsor Locks	Hartford	History	info, info
Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum	Stafford Springs	Tolland	History	website
Norwalk Museum	Norwalk	Fairfield	History	website
Northrop House Museum	Sherman	Fairfield	Historic house	website
Northwest Park Nature Center	Windsor	Hartford	History	website
Ogden House and Gardens	Fairfield	Fairfield	Historic house	website, owned by Fairfield Museum and History Center
Old Bethlehem Historical Society Museum	Bethlehem	Litchfield	History	website
Old County Jail and Museum	Tolland	New London	Jail museum	website
Old Lighthouse Museum	Stonington	New London	History	website
Old Manchester Museum	Manchester	Hartford	History	website
Old State House, (Hartford), Museum of Curiosities	Hartford	Hartford	History / Natural history	website, info
Old Town Hall Museum	Enfield	Hartford	History	website
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead	Windsor	Hartford	Historic house	website, operated by the CT DAR
Osborne Homestead Museum	Derby	New Haven	Historic house	website
Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University	New Haven	New Haven	Natural history
Phelps-Hatheway House	Suffield	Hartford	Historic house	website, owned by Connecticut Landmarks
Phelps Tavern Museum	Simsbury	Hartford	Historic tavern	website,
Pine Grove Schoolhouse	Avon	Hartford	Historic house	website, one of three properties owned by the Avon Historical Society, schoolhouse
Plainville Historic Center	Plainville	Hartford	History	info
Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Museum	South Windsor	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by South Windsor Historical Society
Portersville Academy	Mystic	New London	History	website, owned by Mystic River Historical Society
Prudence Crandall House	Canterbury	New London	History
Putnam's cottage	Greenwich	Fairfield	Historic house	website
Putnam Elms	Brooklyn	Windham	Historic house	website
Putnam Memorial State Park Museum	Redding	Fairfield	History	State of CT DEP: Putnam Memorial State Park, History of the Park, Map of self-guided tour of the park, Photos
Railroad Museum of New England	Thomaston	Litchfield	Railroad
Revolutionary War Office	Lebanon	New London	Historic house	website, owned by the Sons of the American Revolution
Rogers Studio and Museum	New Canaan	Fairfield	Historic artist's studio	Built in 1878 by John Rogers, called "the people's sculptor" in the latter 19th century, the studio houses a collection of Rogers' groups of plaster statuary; the display area has been reconfigured to reflect the feeling of the artist's studio.
Roseland Cottage	Woodstock	Windham	Historic house	website
Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland History	Portland	Middlesex	History	website
Salem Historical Society and Museum	Salem	New London	History	website
Salisbury Cannon Museum	Lakeville	Litchfield	History	website
Savin Rock Museum	West Haven	New Haven	History	website
Sawmill Park Mill Museum	Ledyard	New London	Historic site	website, info
Seven Hearths	Kent	Litchfield	History	website
Sharon Audubon Center	Sharon	Litchfield	Nature center	website
Shaw-Perkins Mansion	New London	New London	Historic house	website
Sheffield Island Lighthouse	Norwalk	Fairfield	Lighthouse	website
Shelton History Center	Shelton	Fairfield	History	website
Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization	West Hartford	Hartford	Ethnic - Jewish	website, housed in the Mortensen Library of the University of Hartford
Shore Line Trolley Museum	East Haven	New Haven	Railroad
Skitch Henderson Museum	New Milford	Litchfield	Biographical	website
Slater Memorial Museum and Converse Art Gallery at Norwich Free Academy	Norwich	New London	Art	The museum's collection includes "contemporary Connecticut crafts, 17th - 19th century European paintings and decorative arts, African and Oceanic sculpture, Native American objects, and a plaster cast collection of Egyptian, Archaic, Greek, Roman and Renaissance sculpture. The adjacent Converse Art Gallery hosts six changing exhibitions throughout the year," according to the museum Web site. website
Sloane-Stanley Museum	Kent	Litchfield	History	website
Smith-Harris House	East Lyme	New London	Historic house	website, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Thomas Avery House, c. 1845, info
Solomon Rockwell House	Winchester	Litchfield	Multiple	info, home to the Winchester Historical Society
Somers Historical Society Museum	Somers	Tolland	History	website
Somers Mountain Museum	Somers	Tolland	Primitive tools	website
Sono Switchtower Museum	Norwalk	Fairfield	Railroad	The tiny museum exhibits the railroad switch tower in South Norwalk, where tracks were physically switched at the intersection of the Danbury Branch and the New Haven Line. Original equipment is supplemented by some photographs and demonstrations by docents website
SoundWaters Coastal Education Center	Stamford	Fairfield	Nature center	website
Stafford Historical Society Museum	Stafford Springs	Tolland	History	website
Stamford Museum and Nature Center	Stamford	Fairfield	Multiple	website
Stanley Whitman House	Farmington	Hartford	Historic house	website
Stanton-Davis Museum	Pawcatuck	New London	Historic house	website, info, New York Times, " 350 Years, And It's Still A Family Affair", March 21, 2004, Working The Land, interview with John Whitman Davis, museum in process of creation
Stepping Stones Museum for Children	Norwalk	Fairfield	Children's	website
Stevens-Frisbie House	Cromwell	Middlesex	History	website, home to Cromwell Historical Society
Stone House	Deep River	Middlesex	Historic house	website
Stone Museum	Barkhamsted	Litchfield	Natural history	website, located in Peoples State Forest
Stone-Otis House	Orange	New Haven	Historic house	website
Stratford Historical Society - Captain David Judson House	Stratford	Fairfield	History	website
John and Sarah Strong House	Windsor	Hartford	Historic house	website, info, known for many years as the Lt. Walter Fyler House. info, info, info
Strong-Porter Museum	Country	Tolland	Historic house	website
Thankful Arnold House Museum	Haddam	Middlesex	Historic house	website, owned by Haddam Historical Society
Thomas Griswold House Museum	Guilford	New Haven	History	website
Thomas Lee House and Museum	East Lyme	New London	Historic house	website, info
Thomaston Historical Society Museum	Thomaston	Litchfield	History	website, open by appointment only
Thompson Historical Society Museum	Thompson	Windham	History	website, also known as the Ellen Larned Memorial Building and Museum
Timex Museum	Waterbury	New Haven	Commodity - Time pieces	See also Lock Museum of America in Terryville website
Tool Museum (New Canaan)	New Canaan	Fairfield	History / Commodity - Tools	Tiny museum displays tools use by cabinetmakers, wheelwrights, tanners, shoemakers, coopers, builders and others. A separate room re-creates a 19th century printing office. website
Torrington History Museum	Torrington	Litchfield	History	website
Tourtelotte Memorial Room	Thompson	Windham	History	info, located in Tourtelotte Memorial High School
Unionville Museum	Unionville	Hartford	History	website
U.S. Coast Guard Museum	New London	New London	Maritime	website
U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library	Groton	New London	Maritime	Includes the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) submarine, a museum ship
Vernon Historical Society Museum	Vernon	Tolland	History	website
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut	Windsor	Hartford	Technology	Collection of technology related to vintage communications: radio, television, tubes, video, telephones website
Wadsworth Atheneum	Hartford	Hartford	Art
Wallop School Museum	Enfield	Hartford	Historic house	website, run by Enfield Historical Society
Ward-Heitmann House Museum	West Haven	New Haven	History	website
Waterford Historical Society Museums	Waterford	New London	Historic house	website, Historic buildings on the green in Waterford, including 1740 Jordan Schoolhouse, Jordan Park House, Beebe-Phillips House, Corn Crib, Margaret W. Stacey Memorial Barn/Museum, Education Center, Blacksmith Shop
Webb Deane Stevens Museum	Wethersfield	Hartford	Historic site	website
Wethersfield Museum	Wethersfield	Hartford	History	website
Wheeler House	Westport	Fairfield	Historic house	website
White Memorial Conservation Center Museum	Litchfield	Litchfield	History	website
William Benton Museum of Art at University of Connecticut	Storrs	New London	Art	website
Wilton Historical Society and Heritage Museum	Wilton	Fairfield	History	website
Windham Textile and History Museum	Willimantic	Windham	History	Its main focus is the American Thread Company's now-closed Willimantic mill
Windsor Historical Society Museum	Windsor	Hartford	History	website
Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum	Bristol	Hartford	History
Wolcott Historical Society Museum	Wolcott	New Haven	History	website
Wood Memorial Library	South Windsor	Hartford	Multiple	website, collections of Native American artifacts, mounted birds, 18th century furniture, paintings, quilts
Woodstock Historical Society Museum	Woodstock	Windham	History	website
Yale Center for British Art	New Haven	New Haven	Art
Yale University Art Gallery	New Haven	New Haven	Art
Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments	New Haven	New Haven	Commodity - Musical instruments

Contents 1 Defunct Museums 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Defunct Museums

• Burndy Library - formerly in Norwalk, collection is now in The Huntington Library in San Marino, California and in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
• Connecticut Sports Museum & Hall of Fame - formerly located in the Hartford Civic Center, 2nd floor^[1]
• Dequaine Museums, Meriden - included National Shaving & Barbershop Museum, Frank Chiarenza Museum of Glass, Rosa Ponselle Museum ^[2], ^[3], ^[4], ^[5]
• Farm Implement Museum, Bloomfield - was dedicated to the history of farming in New England and displayed farm tools dating from the 1790s. ^[6], ^[7]
• Hartford Police Museum, Hartford - formerly located at 101 Pearl Street, confirmed closed by phone 2/12/08 ^[8]
• Hitchcock Museum, Riverton - collection of furnishings from the Hitchcock Chair Company, closed in 2003 ^[9]
• Horse Guard Cavalry Museum, Avon - museum now just a case with uniforms (confirmed by phone on 2/7/08 with First Company Governor's Horse Guards) ^[10]
• Museum of American Political Life, West Hartford - collection of political campaign memorabilia, formerly in the Harry Jack Gray Center at University of Hartford, closed in 2003^[11], ^[12]
• National Purple Heart Museum, Enfield - proposed museum, never completed ^[13], ^[14], ^[15]
• Nut Museum, Old Lyme - ^[16]
• Photomobile Model Museum, Woodstock - solar electric small-scale car, boat, plane, train and maglev vehicles^[17]
• Submarine Library and Museum, Middletown - closed in 2003, collection now in St. Marys Submarine Museum, St. Marys, Georgia ^[18]
• Winchester Center Kerosene Lamp Museum^[19]

[edit] See also

• Arboreta: Category:Arboreta in Connecticut
• Aquaria: Category:Aquaria in Connecticut
• Botanical gardens: Category:Botanical gardens in Connecticut
• Buildings and structures: Category:Buildings and structures in Connecticut
• Forts: Category:Forts in Connecticut
• Historical societies: List of Historical Societies#Connecticut
• Historic places: List of Registered Historic Places in Connecticut
• Historic landmarks: List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut
• Houses: Category:Houses in Connecticut
• Libraries: Category:Libraries in Connecticut
• Nature centers: List of nature centers in the United States#Connecticut also Category:Nature centers in Connecticut
• Observatories: Category:Astronomical observatories in Connecticut

[edit] External links

• Connecticut Humanities Council directory of museums
• Visit Connecticut
• Connecticut Museum Quest
• Historic Buildings of Connecticut
• Jerry Dougherty's CONNECTICUT, photos of towns and sites in Connecticut, including some museums

[edit] References

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