Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Under $25Walk through a castle-like Gothic Revival museum holding about 50,000 works, from Baroque paintings to contemporary art.
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Three 18th-century houses in Old Wethersfield, Connecticut, operated as a museum by the Colonial Dames.
211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT 06109 · Wethersfield, CT
The museum preserves three colonial-era homes that stand on their original sites in the center of Old Wethersfield. The Joseph Webb House dates to 1752, the Silas Deane House to 1769, and the Isaac Stevens House to 1789. The museum is run by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Connecticut, and visitors can join guided tours, explore the grounds and gardens, and view rotating exhibitions in its education center.
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