The Butler-McCook House & Gardens, built in 1782, served as home to four generations of a family. Come visit and explore American history on tours and hands-on activities.

The Fairfield Museum offers walking tours, colonial life programs, and inquiry-based museum programs. The Museum’s permanent exhibit explores Fairfield’s history through six time periods.

Home to the Connecticut Firemen’s Historical Society, the Fire Museum is located inside a 1901 wooden firehouse amidst the renovated red-brick mill buildings.

At the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, learn about the Abolitionist movement and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and historic documents about 19th-century social issues.

The Litchfield Historical Society collects and interprets the history of Litchfield from colonial times to the present at their museum, research library, and several historic sites.

Led by a docent, visitors can explore the history of The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is a mid-19th century home and about life during the Victorian era and the Gilded Age.

The Mark Twain House & Museum offers  interactive presentations about Twain, his life, times, and work. The museum also offers in school programs and teacher training and workshops.

At the Museum of Connecticut History explore the history of Connecticut government, industry, and military history with the museum’s historic collection.

This site was home to state hero Nathan Hale, and his family. Learn about the everyday life of colonial families, about the Hale family’s ardent patriotism and the Revolutionary War.

The New England Air Museum is a museum of aviation history has a wide selection of aviation and historical aircrafts with over 80 aircrafts, a collection of historic plane engines, instruments and more.

Founded in 1862, the New Haven Museum uses its collection of artifacts, documents, and art objects as a way to educate visitors on the history of New Haven.