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