This list of museums in

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contains

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s which are defined for this context as institutions (including

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s, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Non-profit and university

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are also included. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

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s) are not included. Inclusion in this list is generally for institutions with the name "museum" in the title. Some other institutions not included here are very like museums, and some "museums" here don't fit the typical definition of a place that shows exhibits. The Lockwood–Mathews Mansion Museum, for instance, is a historic mansion in which the "exhibit" is essentially the building itself. For Wikipedia links to institutions similar to museums in Connecticut, consult the "See also" section.

Museums

Defunct museums

* Bristol Military Memorial Museum, Bristol - collections now at the Bristol Historical Society *

Burndy Library Burndy Library is one of the world's largest collections of books on the history of science and technology. History Founded in 1941 in Norwalk, Connecticut by the electrical engineer, industrialist, and historian Bern Dibner, the library holdin ...

- formerly in Norwalk, collection is now in

The Huntington Library The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, known as The Huntington, is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927) and Arabella Huntington (c.1851–1924) in San Ma ...

San Marino, California San Marino is a residential city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was incorporated on April 25, 1913. At the 2010 census the population was 13,147. The city is one of the wealthiest places in the nation in terms of househo ...

and in the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

* Children's Garbage Museum, Stratford - closed in 2011 * Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum, Portland * Connecticut Sports Museum & Hall of Fame - formerly located in the Hartford Civic Center, 2nd floor * Day-Lewis Museum of Indian Artifacts, Farmington - owned by

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

, formerly operated by the Farmington Historical Society, collection of

Tunxis The Tunxis were a group of Quiripi speaking Connecticut Native Americans that is known to history mainly through their interactions with English settlers in New England. Broadly speaking, their location makes them one of the Eastern Algonquian ...

artifacts found on the grounds of the Lewis Walpole Library, closed in 2005 * Dequaine Museums, Meriden - included National Shaving & Barbershop Museum, Frank Chiarenza Museum of Glass, Rosa Ponselle Museum, * Edward E. King Museum, East Hartford
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collection of aviation and tobacco memorabilia, now spread throughout the East Hartford Public Library but not as a separate museum * Farm Implement Museum, Bloomfield - was dedicated to the history of farming in New England and displayed farm tools dating from the 1790s * Golden Age of Trucking Museum, Middlebury- antique trucks, carriages and collectibles, closed July, 2010
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* Hartford Police Museum, Hartford - formerly located at 101 Pearl Street, confirmed closed by phone 2/12/08 * Hitchcock Museum, Riverton - collection of furnishings from the Hitchcock Chair Company, closed in 2003 * Holley-Williams House Museum, Lakeville - previously operated by the Salisbury Association, sold to private owner * Horse Guard Cavalry Museum, Avon - museum is now just a case with uniforms * Huntington House Museum, Windsor, closed in 2005, now private * Kerosene Lamp Museum, Winchester * Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry, Hartford - operated by the

Hartford Medical Society Hartford Medical Society (HMS) is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit professional association for physicians founded in 1846 and based in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The HMS developed substantial library and museum collections and, in ...

, closed in 2008, collections now at area hospitals and

Tunxis Community College Tunxis Community College is a public community college in Farmington, Connecticut. Opened in 1969, it is named after the Tunxis Native American Tribe and is part of the Connecticut Community Colleges system. Admission Tunxis has an open admiss ...

* Museum of American Political Life, West Hartford - collection of political campaign memorabilia, formerly in the Harry Jack Gray Center at

University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...

, closed in 2003 * National Purple Heart Museum, Enfield - proposed museum, never completed * Nehemiah Royce House, Wallingford - now private * Neil's American Dream Museum, West Hartford
New York Times, "WEST HARTFORD JOURNAL; A Museum Enshrines a Simpler Era's Dreams", January 21, 1993
* New England Center for the Contemporary Arts, Brooklyn * New England Muscle Bicycle Museum, Bloomfield * Norwalk Museum, Norwalk - closed in 2012 * Nut Museum, Old Lyme * Photomobile Model Museum, Woodstock - solar electric small-scale car, boat, plane, train and maglev vehicles * Salisbury Cannon Museum, Lakeville - currently closed;
Salisbury Cannon Museum website
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Skitch Henderson Lyle Russel "Skitch" Henderson (January 27, 1918 – November 1, 2005) was a pianist, conductor, and composer. His nickname "Skitch" came from his ability to "re-sketch" a song in a different key. Bing Crosby suggested that he should use the ...

Museum, New Milford, formerly part of Hunt Hill Farm * Somers Mountain Museum, Somers - collection of Native American and early settler tools * Submarine Library and Museum, Middletown - closed in 2003, collection now i
St. Marys Submarine Museum
St. Marys, GeorgiaUSSVI-Ben Bastura's Submarine Library and Museum
* Timexpo Museum, Waterbury, closed in 2015

References

External links

Connecticut Humanities directory of towns including references to museums

Visit Connecticut

CTMQ, formerly Connecticut Museum Quest

Historic Buildings of Connecticut

Jerry Dougherty's CONNECTICUT
photos of towns and sites in Connecticut, including some museums {{Connecticut

Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...