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CT: Area Attractions
- Amistad America
- New Haven, CT
- Connecticut's flagship & tall ship ambassador on its 2007-2008 Atlantic Freedom Tour in commemoration of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade
- Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum
- Cheshire, CT
- Collection of about 80,000 cartoon or character-based items, including toys, lunch boxes, costumes, books & jewelry, the official museum of the California Raisins & Celebriducks
- Burr Pond State Park
- Torrington, CT
- A perfect spot for novice canoers and sailors
- Bushnell Park
- Hartford, CT
- Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch, Corning Fountain, sights of state capitol, sculptures & Antique Carousel
- Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
- Bridgeport, CT
- The state's only zoo exhibits mostly North & South American animals, endangered species & includes a tropical rain forest, New England farmyard, Alligator alley & aviary
- Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
- Essex, CT
- A mobile museum of train history
- Dinosaur State park
- Rocky Hill, CT
- Five hundred jurassic period dinosaur tracks housed under the exhibit center's geodesic dome
- Elizabeth Park
- Hartford, CT
- Municipal rose garden of more then 2.5 acres, perennial, rock/shade, annual, herb, dahalia & tulip gardens, large pond with decorative fish & historic bridges, 9 tennis courts, 3 baseball fields, lawn bowling green, playground, picnic area, Pond house cafe
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
- Essex, CT
- A narrated steam train & riverboat excursion
- Fort Trumbell State Park
- New London, CT
- Rich in military history and great for fishing
- Foxwoods Resort Casino
- Ledyard, CT
- Gaming, shopping, hotels, entertainment, spa & golf
- Gillette Castle State Park
- East Haddam, CT
- Twenty-four room mansion on 148 acres built by actor/director William Gillette in 1919
- Historic Ship Nautilus
- Groton, CT
- U.S. Navy's official submarine museum with tours of the Nautilus,the first nuclear-powered submarine
- Lake Compounce
- Bristol, CT
- More then 50 thrilling rides & attractions including Splash Harbor, Connecticut's biggest water park & Boulder Dash the only wooden coaster to be built on the side of a mountain
- Mark Twain House & Museum
- Hartford, CT
- Tours offered at the national historic landmark home where Mark Twain lived with his family from 1874 to 1891 & wrote his greatest works
- Mohegan Sun
- Uncasville, CT
- 300,000 sq. ft casino, restaurants, hotel, shopping, sporting
- Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
- Mystic, CT
- Offers a wide variety of both new & ongoing exhibits including Titantic, the amazon, sea lions, penguins, beluga whales, sharks and thousands of species of fish
- Mystic Seaport
- Mystic, CT
- A 19-acre maritime museum featuring historic tall ships, working preservation shipyard, exhibits & planetarium
- New Britain Museum of American Art
- New Britain, CT
- Works spanning three centuries including Colonial Period, Hudson River School, American Impressionists, Ash Can School, modern, contemporary
- New England Air Museum
- Windsor Locks, CT
- Largest aviation museum in the northeast, three exhibit hangers with more then 80 aircraft including WWII aircraft, helicopters & modern jets
- Pequot Museum
- Mashantucket, CT
- Native American museum featuring natural & human history of New England
- Quassy Amusement Park
- Middlebury, CT
- Family amusement park on Lake Quassapaug
- Riverfront Recapture
- Hartford, CT
- Public parks & river walks on Hartford and East Hartford riverfront's, plus full calender of public activity: riverfest fireworks, concerts, dragon boat races, community rowing & fishing
- The Children's Museum
- West Hartford, CT
- Science & nature museum providing rich learning experiences to children & families through hands-on exhibits, live animals, digital planetarium shows, science demonstrations & a variety of educational programs
- The Connecticut Historical Society
- Hartford, CT
- Nonprofit museum, library & education center that inspires an intrest in history through its exhibitions, programs & Connecticut-related collections
- The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
- Norwalk, CT
- Houses more then 125 species from Long Island Sound & its watershed, maritime exhibits, educational programs & IMAX movie theater
- Wadsworth Atheneum
- Hartford, CT
- Collection includes Hudson River School landscapes, Old Masters paintings, modernists, 19th century french & impressionist paintings, American Furniture, decorative & contemporary art
- Yale Center for British Art
- New Haven, CT
- Largest & most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom
- Yale Peabody Museum
- New Haven, CT
- Features exhibitions of dinosaurs, ancient Egypt & human origin, contains more then 11 million specimens & objects
- Yale University Art Gallery
- New Haven, CT
- Oldest college art museum in U.S. featuring internationally diverse art collection
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