Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Connecticut!
Whether you’re looking for an Educational Field Trip or a Fun Day Out with the Kids…
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Or maybe you’re a Full-Time Family touring the US in your van or RV….
Perhaps you are an International Traveler planning your next major excursion into the United States…
Whatever your reason for exploring the world with YOUR Family…
SPGFAN has THE BEST LISTS of Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Each of the 50 United States!
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Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Connecticut!
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| Museum of Andover History | Andover |
| General David Humphreys House | Ansonia |
| Derrin House | Avon |
| Pine Grove Schoolhouse | Avon |
| Schoolhouse #3 | Avon |
| Peoples State Forest Nature Museum | Barkhamsted |
| Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden | Bethlehem |
| Old Bethlehem Historical Society Museum | Bethlehem |
| Stony Creek Museum | Branford |
| Swain-Harrison House | Branford |
| Barnum Museum | Bridgeport |
| Captain’s Cove Seaport | Bridgeport |
| Discovery Museum and Planetarium | Bridgeport |
| Housatonic Museum of Art | Bridgeport |
| Schelfhaudt Gallery at the University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport |
| American Clock & Watch Museum | Bristol |
| Bristol Historical Society Museum | Bristol |
| Imagine Nation Museum | Bristol |
| New England Carousel Museum | Bristol |
| Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum | Bristol |
| Brookfield Craft Center | Brookfield |
| Brookfield Museum | Brookfield |
| Brooklyn Historical Society Museum | Brooklyn |
| Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office | Brooklyn |
| Putnam Elms | Brooklyn |
| Haul of Fame Trucking Museum | Canterbury |
| Prudence Crandall Museum | Canterbury |
| Canton Historical Museum | Canton |
| Chaplin Museum | Chaplin |
| Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum | Cheshire |
| Hitchcock-Phillips House | Cheshire |
| Chester Museum at the Mill | Chester |
| Adam Stanton House | Clinton |
| Buell Tool Museum | Clinton |
| Clinton Historical Society Museum | Clinton |
| Elisha White House | Clinton |
| Colchester Historical Society Museum | Colchester |
| Cornwall Historical Society | Cornwall |
| Brick School House | Coventry |
| Museum of Connecticut Glass | Coventry |
| Nathan Hale Homestead | Coventry |
| Strong-Porter Museum | Coventry |
| Stevens-Frisbie House | Cromwell |
| Danbury Museum and Historical Society | Danbury |
| Danbury Railway Museum | Danbury |
| U.S Military Museum | Danbury |
| Killingly Historical Center | Danielson |
| Bates-Scofield Homestead | Darien |
| Stone House | Deep River |
| Osborne Homestead Museum | Derby |
| Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine | East Granby |
| East Haddam Historical Society Museum | East Haddam |
| Gillette Castle State Park | East Haddam |
| Chatham Historical Society Museum | East Hampton |
| Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center | East Hampton |
| Historical Houses at Martin Park | East Hartford |
| Shore Line Trolley Museum | East Haven |
| Smith–Harris House | East Lyme |
| Thomas Lee House and Museum | East Lyme |
| Connecticut Fire Museum | East Windsor |
| Connecticut Trolley Museum | East Windsor |
| Scantic Academy Museum | East Windsor |
| Nellie E. McKnight Museum | Ellington |
| Martha A. Parsons House Museum | Enfield |
| Old Town Hall Museum | Enfield |
| Wallop School Museum | Enfield |
| Connecticut River Museum | Essex |
| Hill’s Academy | Essex |
| Pratt House | Essex |
| Bellarmine Museum of Art | Fairfield |
| Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary | Fairfield |
| Fairfield Museum and History Center | Fairfield |
| Gallery of Art at Sacred Heart University | Fairfield |
| Ogden House and Gardens | Fairfield |
| Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts | Fairfield |
| Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society Museum | Falls Village |
| Gridley-Parsons-Staples Homestead | Farmington |
| Hill-Stead Museum | Farmington |
| Lewis Walpole Library | Farmington |
| Old Stone Schoolhouse | Farmington |
| Stanley-Whitman House | Farmington |
| Ashbel Woodward Museum | Franklin |
| Blue Slope Country Museum | Franklin |
| Museum on the Green | Glastonbury |
| Welles-Shipman-Ward House | Glastonbury |
| Bruce Museum of Arts and Science | Greenwich |
| Bush–Holley House | Greenwich |
| Putnam Cottage | Greenwich |
| Avery-Copp House | Groton |
| Ebenezer Avery House | Groton |
| Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park | Groton |
| Jabez Smith House | Groton |
| U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library | Groton |
| Dudley Farm | Guilford |
| Henry Whitfield State Museum | Guilford |
| Hyland House | Guilford |
| Thomas Griswold House Museum | Guilford |
| Thankful Arnold House Museum | Haddam |
| Eli Whitney Museum | Hamden |
| Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum | Hamden |
| Paier College of Art | Hamden |
| Burnham–Hibbard House | Hampton |
| Butler-McCook House & Garden | Hartford |
| Connecticut Historical Society | Hartford |
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford |
| CRRA Trash Museum | Hartford |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe Center | Hartford |
| Isham-Terry House | Hartford |
| Mark Twain House and Museum | Hartford |
| Museum of Connecticut History | Hartford |
| Old State House, Joseph Steward Museum of Oddities and Curiosities | Hartford |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford |
| Wadsworth Atheneum | Hartford |
| Widener Gallery at the Austin Arts Center | Hartford |
| Haddam Shad Museum | Higganum |
| Museum of Fife & Drum | Ivoryton |
| Griswold Historical Society Museum | Jewett City |
| Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum | Kent |
| Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science | Kent |
| Seven Hearths | Kent |
| Sloane-Stanley Museum | Kent |
| Governor Jonathan Trumbull House | Lebanon |
| Lebanon Historical Society Museum | Lebanon |
| Trumbull War Office | Lebanon |
| Nathan Lester House | Ledyard |
| Sawmill Park Mill Museum | Ledyard |
| John Bishop House & Museum | Lisbon |
| Litchfield History Museum | Litchfield |
| Tapping Reeve House and Law School | Litchfield |
| White Memorial Conservation Center | Litchfield |
| Allis-Bushnell House | Madison |
| Deacon John Graves House | Madison |
| Lee’s Academy | Madison |
| Cheney Homestead and Keeney Schoolhouse | Manchester |
| Fire Museum | Manchester |
| Lutz Children’s Museum | Manchester |
| Manchester History Center | Manchester |
| Old Manchester Museum | Manchester |
| Gurleyville Grist Mill | Mansfield |
| Mansfield Historical Society Museum | Mansfield |
| Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center | Mashantucket |
| Andrews Homestead | Meriden |
| Solomon Goffe House | Meriden |
| Middlebury Historical Society Museum | Middlebury |
| Davison Art Center | Middletown |
| Greater Middletown Military Museum | Middletown |
| Kidcity Children’s Museum | Middletown |
| Middlesex County Historical Society Museum | Middletown |
| Middletown Sports Hall of Fame and Museum | Middletown |
| Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill | Middletown |
| Milford Historical Museum | Milford |
| Warren’s Occult Museum | Monroe |
| Gateway Museum at Nature’s Art Village | Montville |
| The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village | Montville |
| Amasa Day House Museum | Moodus |
| James Morris Museum | Morris |
| Denison Homestead | Mystic |
| Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center | Mystic |
| Mystic Museum of Art | Mystic |
| Mystic Seaport | Mystic |
| Portersville Academy | Mystic |
| Naugatuck Historical Society Museum | Naugatuck |
| New Britain Industrial Museum | New Britain |
| New Britain Museum of American Art | New Britain |
| New Britain Youth Museums | New Britain |
| Glass House | New Canaan |
| New Canaan Historical Society Museums | New Canaan |
| Rogers Studio and Museum | New Canaan |
| Tool Museum | New Canaan |
| Artspace | New Haven |
| Connecticut Children’s Museum | New Haven |
| Cushing Center | New Haven |
| Knights of Columbus Museum | New Haven |
| MacDonough Gallery of Albertus Magnus College | New Haven |
| New Haven Museum and Historical Society | New Haven |
| Pardee Morris House | New Haven |
| Peabody Museum of Natural History | New Haven |
| Seton Gallery of the University of New Haven | New Haven |
| Yale Center for British Art | New Haven |
| Yale University Art Gallery | New Haven |
| Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments | New Haven |
| Cummings Art Galleries | New London |
| Custom House Maritime Museum | New London |
| Fort Trumbull State Park | New London |
| Hempsted Houses | New London |
| Lyman Allyn Art Museum | New London |
| Monte Cristo Cottage | New London |
| Shaw Mansion Museum | New London |
| U.S. Coast Guard Museum | New London |
| New Milford Historical Society and Museum | New Milford |
| Enoch Kelsey House | Newington |
| Kellogg-Eddy House | Newington |
| Matthew Curtiss House | Newtown |
| Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut | Niantic |
| Center for Contemporary Printmaking | Norwalk |
| Lockwood-Mathews Mansion | Norwalk |
| Mill Hill Historic Park | Norwalk |
| Norwalk Historical Society Museum | Norwalk |
| Sheffield Island Lighthouse | Norwalk |
| Sono Switchtower Museum | Norwalk |
| Stepping Stones Museum for Children | Norwalk |
| Leffingwell House Museum | Norwich |
| Nathaniel Backus House | Norwich |
| Slater Memorial Museum and Converse Art Gallery at Norwich Free Academy | Norwich |
| Florence Griswold Museum | Old Lyme |
| Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts | Old Lyme |
| Academy Museum | Orange |
| Bryan-Andrew House | Orange |
| Stone-Otis House | Orange |
| Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum | Pawcatuck |
| Plainville Historic Center | Plainville |
| Brayton Grist Mill | Pomfret |
| Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland History | Portland |
| Hotchkiss House Museum | Prospect |
| Gertrude Warner Boxcar Museum | Putnam |
| Putnam Memorial State Park Museum | Redding |
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | Ridgefield |
| Keeler Tavern Museum | Ridgefield |
| New England Civil War Museum | Rockville |
| Academy Hall Museum | Rocky Hill |
| Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum | Rocky Hill |
| Salem Historical Society and Museum | Salem |
| D’Elia Antique Tool Museum | Scotland |
| Edward Waldo House | Scotland |
| Huntington Homestead | Scotland |
| Gay-Hoyt House | Sharon |
| Shelton History Center | Shelton |
| Northrop House Museum | Sherman |
| Old Store Museum | Sherman |
| Phelps Tavern Museum | Simsbury |
| Somers Historical Society Museum | Somers |
| Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Museum | South Windsor |
| Wood Memorial Library | South Windsor |
| Barnes Museum | Southington |
| Southington Historical Society | Southington |
| Gasoline Alley Automotive Museum | Stafford Springs |
| Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum | Stafford Springs |
| Stafford Historical Society Museum | Stafford Springs |
| Hoyt-Barnum House | Stamford |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center | Stamford |
| Captain Palmer House | Stonington |
| Old Lighthouse Museum | Stonington |
| Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry | Storrs |
| Connecticut State Museum of Natural History | Storrs |
| Contemporary Art Galleries at UConn | Storrs |
| Husky Heritage Sports Museum | Storrs |
| William Benton Museum of Art | Storrs |
| Boothe Memorial Park and Museum | Stratford |
| Captain David Judson House | Stratford |
| Connecticut Air and Space Center | Stratford |
| Merritt Parkway Museum | Stratford |
| National Helicopter Museum | Stratford |
| King House Museum | Suffield |
| Phelps-Hatheway House | Suffield |
| Lock Museum of America | Terryville |
| Railroad Museum of New England | Thomaston |
| Seth-Thomas Bradstreet House | Thomaston |
| Thomaston Historical Society Museum | Thomaston |
| Thompson Historical Society Museum | Thompson |
| Tourtelotte Memorial Room | Thompson |
| Daniel Benton Homestead | Tolland |
| Hicks-Stearns Family Museum | Tolland |
| Old Tolland County Courthouse | Tolland |
| Old Tolland County Jail and Museum | Tolland |
| Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum | Torrington |
| Torrington History Museum | Torrington |
| Trumbull Historical Society Museum | Trumbull |
| Unionville Museum | Unionville |
| Vernon Historical Society Museum | Vernon |
| Gunn Memorual Library and Museum | Washington |
| Institute For American Indian Studies | Washington |
| Mattatuck Museum | Waterbury |
| Millstone Energy Education Center | Waterford |
| Waterford Historical Society Museums | Waterford |
| Children’s Museum | West Hartford |
| Joseloff Gallery | West Hartford |
| Museum of Jewish Civilization | West Hartford |
| Noah Webster House | West Hartford |
| Silpe Gallery | West Hartford |
| University of Saint Joseph Art Gallery | West Hartford |
| Savin Rock Museum | West Haven |
| Ward-Heitman House | West Haven |
| Earthplace | Westport |
| Wheeler House | Westport |
| Buttolph–Williams House | Wethersfield |
| Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum | Wethersfield |
| Wethersfield Museum | Wethersfield |
| Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum | Willimantic |
| Windham Textile and History Museum | Willimantic |
| Weir Farm National Historic Site | Wilton |
| Wilton Heritage Museum | Wilton |
| Solomon Rockwell House | Winchester |
| Jillson House Museum | Windham |
| Hezekiah Chaffee House | Windsor |
| Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum | Windsor |
| Northwest Park Nature Center | Windsor |
| Oliver Ellsworth Homestead | Windsor |
| Strong-Howard House | Windsor |
| Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut | Windsor |
| Windsor Historical Society Museum | Windsor |
| New England Air Museum | Windsor Locks |
| Noden-Reed Park Museum | Windsor Locks |
| American Museum of Tort Law | Winsted |
| Wolcott Historical Society Museum | Wolcott |
| Darling House Museum | Woodbridge |
| Glebe House | Woodbury |
| Roseland Cottage | Woodstock |
| Woodstock Historical Society Museum | Woodstock |
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