Cultural Pursuits
Essex
Connecticut River Museum
Located at Steamboat Dock at the foot of Main St. Permanent and changing exhibits about the maritime, cultural, and economic history of the Connecticut River Valley dating from the early 17th century.

Essex Historical Society
Preservation of the history of Essex since the settlement in 1648.

Old Lyme
Florence Griswold Museum
The 19th century home of the Old Lyme Art Colony and American Impressionism.

Lyme Art Association
Showcase for the region’s finest representational artists.

Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum
Founded in 1842 featuring collections of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

Connecticut Historical Society
Founded in 1825 and having one of the most impressive and extensive collections of 17th and 18th century furniture, textiles and costumes, portraits and paintings, and decorative arts.

New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale Center for British Art
Peabody Museum of Natural History