| Cabelas - East Hartford |
475 East Hartford Blvd. North.
Located next to Rentschler Field stadium, the
185,000-sq.-ft. retail showroom, educational
and entertainment attraction features huge
aquariums and trophy animals interacting in
realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.
860-290-6200
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www.cabelas.com
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| Olde Burnside Brewing Company - East Hartford |
776 Tolland St. Tours of brewery and antique
icehouse by appt.
860-528-2200. |
www.oldeburnsidebrewing.com
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| Hill-Stead Museum - Farmington |
35 Mountain Rd. 1901
Colonial Revival house features Impressionist
masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler
and Cassatt, original furnishings, decorative art.
1920s sunken garden is site of summer poetry
festival. Tours. Open Nov.-Apr.: Tue.-Sun.
11am-4pm; May-Oct.: 10am-5pm.
860-677-4787 |
www.hillstead.org
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| The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts - Hartford |
166 Capitol Ave. Connecticut’s premier
performing arts center for over 70 years. Presents
Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family
presentations, children’s theater, off-Broadway
jazz, blues, cabaret, comedy, travel films, world
music events. Tours available.
860-987-5900.
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www.bushnell.org
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| Connecticut Science Center - Hartford |
250 Columbus Blvd.
Exciting new attraction, located right off I-91
and I-84, features 150 hands-on exhibits,
3D digital theater, roof garden, café and
programs for all ages. Tue.-Sun., 10am- 5pm.
General admission $13-16. Movies and
program rates vary.
860-SCIENCE.
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www.CTScienceCenter.org
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe Center |
77 Forest St.
1871 Victorian cottage, home to author of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Victorian gardens, 1884
Katharine Seymour Day House. Exhibition,
“A Moral Battle Cry for Freedom: Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.” Museum shop. Call for hours.
860-522-9258 ext.317.
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www.HarrietBeecherStowe.org
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| Hartford Stage Company - Hartford |
50 Church St.
Renowned for its productions of American
classics, masterpieces of world theater, and
premieres of new plays by today’s finest
playwrights. Tony Award-winning professional
company presents plays year-round. Group
tours by appt., call
860-525-5601. Tickets
860-527-5151 |
www.hartfordstage.org
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| Mark Twain House & Museum - Hartford |
351 Farmington Ave. National Historic
Landmark. Victorian mansion where Twain
lived (1874-1891) and wrote Tom Sawyer and
Huck Finn. New Museum Center has café and
store. Air conditioned. Free parking.
860-247-0998 ext.129.
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www.MarkTwainHouse.org
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| State Capitol Building - Hartford |
210 Capitol Ave.
Gold-domed High Victorian Gothic building,
completed in 1878. National historic landmark.
State -executive offices and legislative chambers,
historic displays. Free one-hour tours Mon.-Fri.
(except holidays) start in adjacent Legislative
Office Building 9:15am, 10:15am, 11:15am,
12:15pm, 1:15pm (July and Aug. 2:15pm
also). Sat. tours in Apr.-Oct. start at Southwest
Capitol Ave. entrance 10:15am, 11:15am,
12:15pm, 1:15pm, 2:15pm. Group reservations
necessary.
860-240-0222.
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www.cga.ct.gov/capitoltours
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| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Hartford |
600 Main St. World-renowned collections
of Baroque Masterworks, Impressionists,
Modernists, Surrealists, European and American
Decorative Arts, and American art from
colonial to contemporary. Museum gift shop/
Restaurant/Theater. Tue.-Fri. 11am-5pm;
Sat.-Sun. 10am-5pm. First Thursday of every
month Phoenix Art After Hours 5-8pm. Group
visits available
860-838-4046, Information
860-838-4100
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www.wadsworthatheneum.org
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| Basketball Hall Of Fame - Springfield MA |
1000 West Columbus Avenue, Springfield MA
(413) 781-6500
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www.HoopHall.org
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