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Art Museums, Cultural Centers &
Arts and Crafts
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
652 Williams Street, New London, CT 06320
Tel. (860) 443-2545
Art exhibits.
Artists Collective, Inc.
1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 06112
Tel. (860) 527-3025
A multiarts and cultural organization emphasizing the contributions of the African American/African Diaspora, the collective offers high-quality classes in dance, theater, music, and the martial and visual arts.
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
University of Connecticut, Middle Turnpike (Route 44), Storrs, CT 06269
Tel. (860) 486-4605
Puppets of all types created by masters of the craft in the nation’s only degree-granting program in puppetry, housed at the University of Connecticut.
Barker Character, Comic, and Cartoon Museum
1188 Highland Avenue (Route 10), Cheshire, CT 06410
Tel. (800) 995-2357
Comic strip, cartoon, western, television, and advertising character memorabilia amassed by Herb and Gloria Barker.
William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut, Storrs
145 Glenbrook Road, U-140, Storrs, CT 06269-2140 (Exit 68 off I-84)
Tel. (860) 486-4520
Some 4,000 works of contemporary art, many by American artists, in a collection developed to inculcate a love of art in students at the university.
Book Barn of Niantic
269 Main Street, Niantic, CT 06357
Tel. (860) 691-8078
Cats, cafe, and "gently used" books, especially contemporary fiction, collectible and signed literature, antique collecting, World War II, naval history, cookbooks, mystery/detective fiction, and children's books, all in an atmosphere conducive to relaxation and reading.
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Tel. (860) 249-1207
First built as a synagogue, this cultural center retains its original decorative stenciling and stained glass windows; now a site for exploring the world’s cultures through the visual and performing arts.
Cinestudio
300 Summit St. at College Terrace, Hartford, CT 06106-3173
Tel. (860)-297-2463
Trinity College – sponsored program of second-run feature films of artistic and cultural merit, shown in a well-appointed theater; periodic film festivals; call for brochure.
Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
24 Spencer Street, Manchester, CT 06040
Tel. (860) 647-0303
Woodworking classes—woodturning, furniture making, use of inlays, and carving—for men and women at all skill levels.
Crown Odyssey Giant Screen Theatre
330 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Tel. (860) 570-0842
A variety of large-format films that entertain and educate; subjects range from nature and adventure to fairytales.
CRT Craftery Gallery
1445 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06120
Tel. 860) 560-5315
Gallery devoted to the visual fine arts and focusing on the cultural expressions of people of African descent and heritage in the Americas.
Dance Connecticut
224 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105
Tel. (860) 525-9396
Performances spanning a wide range of dance forms in a variety of locations; classes and workshops available.
Farmington Valley Arts Center
96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371
Tel. (860) 434-5542
Art exhibits.
Florence Griswold Museum
25 Arts Center Lane, Avon, CT 06001
Tel. (860) 678-1867
Arts and education center with galleries, on-site studios, and year-round classes and workshops for adults and children.
Guakia
335 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114
Tel. (860) 296-9141
Cultural center promoting the cultural identity and heritage of Puerto Ricans through history, language, music, arts, and literature.
Guilford Handcraft Center
411 Church Street, Guilford, CT 06437
Tel. (203) 453-5947
Exhibits of crafts and student work, studios and shop, and lessons in a variety of arts and crafts.
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
One State Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Tel. (860) 722-5473
Art exhibits.
Hill-Stead Museum
33 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032
Tel. (860) 677-4787
French Impressionist masterpieces by Monet and Degas, work by Manet, Cassatt, and Whistler, Japanese woodblock prints, furnishings, in a 1901 Colonial revival mansion with 152-acre grounds and a sunken garden, ca. 1920, now the site of a summer poetry festival.
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
Tel. (860) 753-0381
Art exhibits.
Nature’s Art
1650 Route 85, Montville, CT 06370
Tel. (860) 443-4367
A gift shop with a geological twist, featuring dinosaurs, fossils, minerals, gemstones, an activity center, and a café.
New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06053
Tel. (860) 229-0257
Outstanding collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints tracing the history of American art; permanent and temporary exhibits; programs; tours available.
New England Hobby Supply
71 Hilliard Street, Manchester, CT 06040
Tel. (860) 646-0610
A hobby and craft store featuring dollhouses, miniatures, and model trains, some costing hundreds of dollars per car, with extensive tracks and model landscapes where members of model railroad clubs congregate. The trains run on schedule through the shop’s ample quarters (ask about special holiday hours).
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Tel. (860) 232-1006
An innovative contemporary arts organizations, with programs in visual arts (commissioned public projects, curated exhibitions, education), live arts (innovative music of all kinds, performance, spoken word) and film and video (feature films and artists' videos).
Stony Creek Puppet House Theater
128 Thimble Island Road, Stony Creek, CT 06405
Tel. (860) 488-5752
Plays, concerts, and cabarets, also a museum featuring puppets.
Time Machine
71 Hilliard Street, Manchester CT 06040
Tel. (860) 646-0610
A game, model, and hobby shop with something for everyone: board, card, and strategy games, role play games, puppets, miniature farms, building sets, science kits, microscopes and telescopes, and models of all description, with motors and without.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Tel. (860) 278-2670
America’s oldest public art museum, with world-renowned collections including Hudson River School landscapes, Old Masters, modernist paintings, and works by nineteenth-century French and Impressionist artists, with Meissen and Sèvres porcelains, costumes and textiles, American furniture and textiles, and decorative and contemporary arts.
West Hartford Art School
240 Park Road, West Hartford, CT 06119
Tel. (860) 213-8393
Classes in the fine arts and also crafts such as mask making and beading for children, teens, and adults.
Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Tel. (203) 432-0600
Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Tel. (203) 432-2800, 432-2850
Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments
15 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208278, New Haven, CT 06520
Tel. (203) 432-0822
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