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Talcott Mountain Science Center
Avon, Connecticut

Science

The Dudley Foundation and The Dudley Farm Museum
Guilford, Connecticut

Children's, Culture, History, Historic House, Library, Specialized

The Dudley Foundation welcomes you to The Dudley Farm Museum in North Guilford, Connecticut where many of the barns, outbuildings, pastures, and woods have changed little over the last 200 years. The buildings and landscapes of today's museum serve to illustrate the farm's late 19th century activities: dairying, maple syrup production, timbering, and the planting of needed crops as well as the production of apples, ice, flowers, eggs, and charcoal for sale.

The Hamden Historical Society Library
Hamden, Connecticut

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Hamden Historical Society sponsors our room known as the Hamden History Room. The collection in the room is known as the Hamden Historical Society Library. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and make available historical materials relating directly and significantly to Hamden. This Historical Society Library, inaugurated in 1984, provides a safe, central place to research Hamden’s past. It is the only facility in Hamden dedicated for these purposes. The Library’s holdings are listed on reQuest, a statewide database catalogue of materials in over 130 Connecticut Libraries, and in the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections. The Library is staffed by one part-time professional archivist and assisted by trained volunteer catalogue specialists.

The Mark Twain House & Museum
Hartford, Connecticut

Historic House

The Rev. Dr. Joseph Huntington House
Coventry, Connecticut

History, Historic House

Often called the Parsonage House, this was the home of Joseph Huntington, the noted scholar who graduated from Yale College.

The Timex Museum
Waterbury, Connecticut

History, Science, Specialized

Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut

Art, Culture, University

Founded in 1990, the Walsh Art Gallery is housed in Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The Gallery mounts up to four temporary exhibitions every year, all of which are complemented by a rich array of programming that is carefully designed to facilitate intellectual inquiry, foster personal growth, open new cultural vistas, and nurture individual development. With its soaring ceiling and dramatic sight lines, the Walsh provides an exceptional venue for intriguing shows that captive the whole person - body, mind, and spirit.

Thompson Historical Society
Thompson, Connecticut

Historical Society

Torrington Historical Society
Torrington, Connecticut

Historical Society

The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Ridgefield, Connecticut

Art, Culture

Art exhibitions at The Aldrich challenge visitors to shift their perspectives and re-think their definitions of art. Our shows usually feature significant work by emerging and mid-career artists, though we occasionally present important works by widely-known, established artists as well. We aspire to provide a vital cultural resource for our community, with special attention to developing world-class, innovative museum education programs.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
Storrs, Connecticut

Art, Children's, Culture, Library, Specialized

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is one of America’s hidden treasures—a superb collection of over 2,500 puppets from all over the world; an archive of books, manuscripts, posters, drawings, audio-visual materials and photographs all covering the history of puppetry. It is also the new home of the Puppeteers of America’s Audio-Visual Collection: the largest collection of videotapes, films, and other media about puppetry in the United States.

The Fairfield Museum
Fairfield, Connecticut

Children's, Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

At the Fairfield Museum, visitors enjoy engaging art and history exhibitions ranging from Connecticut’s colonial roots to 375 years of regional history. Programs and fun activities for families and youth include the Holiday Express Train Show, Family Days, Scavenger Hunts, Vacation Camps, the Halloween Spooky Stroll and Interactive Walking Tours exploring the Town Green Campus.

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
South Norwalk, Connecticut

Aquarium

The Phelps Tavern Museum and Homestead
Simsbury, Connecticut

History, Historic House

The "Entertainment of Strangers" uses period rooms and interactive exhibition galleries to interpret the use of the historic Capt. Elisha Phelps house as an inn from 1786 to 1849. Three successive generations of the Phelps tavernkeepers are chronicled along with the social history of taverns in New England. From Masonic meetings to ordination balls, the Phelps Tavern hosted townspeople and travelers who arrived by horse, stagecoach and canal.

The Schoolhouse
Norwich, Connecticut

History

Thomas Griswold House Museum
Guilford, Connecticut

Historic House

Thomaston Historical Society
Thomaston, Connecticut

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Thomaston's Historical Society's museum is located on Level 6 of the Town Hall, 158 Main Street. Our collection on display in the Shirley G. Wassong Exhibit Room, includes farm tools, clothing, home furnishings, and antique clocks. Thomaston was the home of the well-known Seth Thomas Clock Company, whose founder, Seth Thomas, began manufacturing clocks in 1813. The museum's display features his nightstand, a portrait, and a painting by Lena Morton of this Main Street house. Memorabilia of Thomaston's education , business and industrial history are also on exhibit.

TOLLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Tolland, Connecticut

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

THREE MUSEUMS AND MUCH MORE: OUR MISSION is the aim of the Society to promote community awareness of local history.

Totoket Historical Society
North Branford, Connecticut

Historical Society

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May 1 - 4, 2024

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Ohio Museums Association 2024 Conference with AMM

July 24 - August 3, 2024

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South Carolina Federation of Museums 2024 Conference

September 16 - 18, 2024

Laurens, South Carolina

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September 25 - 28, 2024

Fairbanks, Alaska

Florida Association of Museums 2024 Annual Conference & Exposition

October 13 - 16, 2024

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