Museums in Connecticut

533 museums across Connecticut, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · Must-see
• Connecticut Museum of Culture and History · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• New Britain Museum of American Art · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Stamford Museum & Nature Center · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Barnum Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · Must-see
• American Clock and Watch Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Bruce Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Connecticut Trolley Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Lock Museum of America · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Niantic Children’s Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Nathan Hale Homestead · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Thomas Griswold House · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Windham Textile and History Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Boothe Memorial Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · Must-see
• American Museum of Tort Law · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region · Must-see
• Yale University Art Gallery · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Florence Griswold Museum · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Housatonic Museum of Art · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · Must-see
• Deacon John Grave House Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Mill Hill Historic Park · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• New England Air Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• John F. Slater Memorial Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Wadsworth Atheneum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Hill Stead Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Mark Twain House · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Unionville Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Earthplace · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Connecticut Childrens Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Eli Whitney Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Hicks-Stearns Family Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Lyman Allyn Museum of Art · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Mattatuck Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Yale Collection of Musical Instruments · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• John Rogers Studio and Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Railroad Museum of New England · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Lutz Children's Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · Must-see
• Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · Must-see
• Sag Harbor Whaling Museum · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · Must-see
• Neuberger Museum of Art · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region · Must-see
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Fairfield Museum And History Center · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
• Glebe House Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
• Stepping Stones Museum for Children · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Peabody Museum of Natural History · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Discovery Museum and Planetarium · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
• Old State House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• William Benton Museum of Art · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Jillison House Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Welles-Shipman-Ward House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• A. Everett Austin House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Butler-McCook Homestead · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Custom House Maritime Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Perkins-Rockwell House · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Harrison House Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• East Windsor Historical Society Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Ebenezer Avery House and Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Sloane-Stanley Museum · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Thankful Arnold House · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Essex Historical Society · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Academy Hall Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• National Helicopter Museum Inc · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
• Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
• Mather House Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Connecticut Landmarks · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Northwest Park · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Connecticut State Museum of Natural History · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• John Lyon Gardiner Mill Cottage · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Museum of Connecticut Glass · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Connecticut Antique Machinery Association · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Yale Center for British Art · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Gillette Castle · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Connecticut Science Center · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Nathaniel Hempstead House · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• USS Nautilus · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Mystic Museum of Art · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Selden Brewer House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Denison Homestead · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Amos Bull House · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Mystic Seaport Marine Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Keeler Tavern Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Hurlbutt Street School · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Parrish Art Museum · museum · Connecticut
• Leffingwell Inn · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Lift Trucks Project · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Bristol Historical Society Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
• Garbage Museum · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Paul Mellon Arts Center · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Palestine Museum US · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Andrews Homestead Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Putnam Cottage Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Edward Waldo House Museum · museum · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Stanley-Whitman House Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Savin Rock Amusement Park · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Allis-Bushnell House and Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Danbury Railroad Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Nathan Lester House · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Peoples State Forest Nature Museum · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Prudence Crandall Museum · museum · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Submarine Force Library and Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• The Glass House · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• The Shore Line Trolley Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Ward Heitmann House Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Davison Art Center · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Goshen Historical Society · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Institute for American Indian Studies · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Medad Stone Tavern Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• SONO Switch Tower Museum · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Salmon Brook Historical Society · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Torrington Historical Society · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• Windsor Art Center · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Aspinock Historical Society · museum · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Hyland House Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society · museum · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Mansfield Historical Society · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• New Britain Industrial Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• New London County Historical Society · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Norwich Historical Society · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Redding Historical Society · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Stafford Historical Society · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Fort Trumbull Visitor Center · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Bradley Barnes Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Bristol Memorial Military Museum · museum · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
• Canton Historical Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Cheney Homestead Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region
• Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Kidcity Children's Museum · museum · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• New Canaan Museum & Historical Society · museum · Western Connecticut Planning Region
• Blue Slope Country Museum · museum · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum · museum · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Holley Williams House Museum · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region
• James Morris Museum and Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room · museum · Northwest Hills Planning Region

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