CONNECTICUT

This interactive collection of data includes both public and private major museums across the state. If the facility has an active website, all you have to do to reach it is click on the name. We've done the work for you.

By the way, auto/transportation museums are not included in this particular guide. Why? Because there are so many throughout the nation that we offer a separate site for them. To access that site, just click right here.


ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
(203) 438-4519

AMERICAN CLOCK & WATCH MUSEUM
100 Maple Street
Bristol, CT 06010
(860) 583-6070

BALLARD INSTITUTE & MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY
School of Fine Arts, Depot Campus
6 Bourn Place, U-5212
Storrs, CT 06269-5212
(860) 486-4605

BARKER CHARACTER, COMIC & CARTOON MUSEUM
1188 Highland Avenue
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203) 699-3822

BARNUM MUSEUM
20 Main Street Bridgeport CT 06604
(203) 331-1104

BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
25 Canterbury Road
Brooklyn, CT

BRUCE MUSEUM
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 869-0376

CANTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM
11 Front Street
Collinsville, CT. 06019
(860) 693-2793

CHAPLIN MUSEUM
1 Chaplin Street
Chaplin, CT

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
950 Trout Brook Drive
West Hartford, CT 06119
(860) 231-2824
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT
409 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 691-1111

CONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY BIRDCRAFT MUSEUM
314 Unquowa Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 259-0416

CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
22 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 562-5437

CONNECTICUT EASTERN RAILROAD MUSEUM
Off Bridge Street
Willimantic, CT 06226-0665
(860) 456-9999

CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1 Elizabeth Street at Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 236-5621

CONNECTICUT RIVER MUSEUM
67 Main Street
Essex, CT 06426
(860) 767-8269

CONNECTICUT STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
University of Connecticut
Connecticut Archaeology Center
2019 Hillside Road, Unit 1023
Storrs, CT 06269-1023
(860) 486-4460

CONNECTICUT TROLLEY MUSEUM
58 North Road
East Windsor, CT 06088
(860) 627-6540

CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME
Hartford College for Women, University of Hartford
1265 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT
(860) 768-5858

CONN. RESOURCES RECOVERY AUTHORITY MUSEUMS

CRRA Trash Museum
211 Murphy Road
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 757-7765

CRRA Garbage Museum
1410 Honeyspot Road Extension
Stratford, CT 06615
(203) 381-9571

DANBURY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• Huntington Hall, Rider House, Dodd Hat Shop, Marian Anderson Studio
43 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810

• Charles Ives Birthplace
5 Mountainville Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810

DANBURY RAILWAY MUSEUM
120 White Street
Danbury, CT 06813-0090
(203) 778-8337

DAY-LEWIS MUSEUM
158 Main Street
Farmington, CT

DISCOVERY MUSEUM
4450 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 372-3521

EDWARD E. KING MUSEUM
Raymond Library
840 Main Street
East Hartford, CT

ELI WHITNEY MUSEUM
915 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517-4036
(203) 777-1833

FIRE MUSEUM
230 Pine Street
Manchester, VT 06040
(860) 649-9436

FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT

GUNN MEMORIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM
5 Wykeham Road
Washington, CT 06793
(860) 868-7247

HENRY WHITFIELD STATE MUSEUM
248 Old Whitfield Street
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-2457

HICKS-STEARNS MUSEUM
42 Tolland Green
Tolland, CT

HISTORY CENTER OF STAMFORD
1508 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06903
(203) 329-1183

HOUSATONIC MUSEUM OF ART
Housatonic Community College
900 Lafayette Boulevard
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 332-5200

HOLLEY-WILLIAMS HOUSE MUSEUM
15 Millerton Road
Lakeville, CT

IMAGINE NATION: A MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
One pleasant Street
Bristol, CT 06010
(860) 314-1400


INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
38 Curtis Road
Washington Green, CT 06793

JILLSON HOUSE MUSEUM
627 Main St.
Willimantic, CT

KEELER TAVERN MUSEUM
132 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT

KIDCITY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
119 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 347-0496 

KING HOUSE MUSEUM
232 South Main Street
Suffield, CT

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MUSEUM
1 State Street
New Haven, CT

LEBANON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
856 Trumbull Highway
Lebanon, CT

LOCK MUSEUM OF AMERICA
230 Main Street
Terryville, CT 06786

LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM
295 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT

LUTZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
247 South Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 643-0949

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM
625 Williams Street
New London, CT 06320
(860) 443-2545

MATTATUCK MUSEUM ARTS & HISTORY CENTER
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, Ct 06702
(203) 753-0381

MUSEUM OF AMERICA AND THE SEA
Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
(860) 572-5315

NEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM
95 Riverside Avenue
Bristol, CT 06010-6390
(860) 585-5411

SOUTHINGTON LIBRARY & BARNES MUSEUM
85 North Main Street
Southington, CT 06489
(860) 628-5426

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN
Mathews Park
303 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTER
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 522-9258

SUBMARINE FORCE MUSEUM
Naval Submarine Base New London
Groton, CT 06349-5571
(800) 343-0079

JONATHAN TRUMBULL JR. MUSEUM
780 Trumbull Highway (Route 87)
Lebanon, CT

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-2670