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The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, formerly the Connecticut Historical Society, is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the official state historical society of Connecticut. Established in Hartford in 1825, the Connecticut Museum is one of the oldest historical societies in the US. [1]
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 ...
The museum stewards and preserves a large scope of natural history and archaeological collections from Connecticut and beyond. The natural history collections comprise more than 6,000 objects such as fossils, minerals, shells, and taxidermied insects, birds, and mammals, including the “Pope Mastodon," excavated in 1913 and one of the largest and most complete mastodon skeletons discovered in ...
The house was remodeled in 1868 and opened to the public in 1899 as the Henry Whitfield State Museum, the first Connecticut state museum. It was restored in 1902–04 and again in the 1930s, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997. [ 2 ]
Eric Sloane Museum and Kent Furnace: Kent: Litchfield Museum focused on the work and interests of artist, author, and illustrator Eric Sloane, in a building that was donated to the state by Stanley Works, with exhibits of hand tools, an iron furnace and the artist's studio. [2] 4: Viets' Tavern: East Granby: Hartford
Includes the Library, State Archives, and Museum of Connecticut History. Middletown Library Service Center, [ 10 ] 786 South Main St. Middletown, Connecticut Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, [ 11 ] 198 West St. Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities is located on the third floor of the Old State House. The museum features a recreation of Joseph Steward's original 1798 collection of natural history displays and curiosities.
Pages in category "History museums in Connecticut" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Old State House (Connecticut) P. Pequot Library; R.