Amazing Museum Adventures In And Around Mystic: Learn To Swim With Whales or Explore the First Nuclear-Powered Submarine!

Mystic Seaport
Mystic, CT 860-572-5315
The Museum of America and the Sea - the nation's leading maritime museum.

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
Mystic, CT 860-572-5955
World-class aquarium. Daily marine mammal demonstrations, gift shop, new waterfront cafe and home to Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of scientists and explorers with the Institute for Exploration. Swim with the Whales!

Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, CT 860-434-5542
Home of the Lyme Art Colony and America's best known center of American Impressionism.

Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Mashantucket, CT 800-411-9671
Life-size dioramas, changing exhibits and live performances of contemporary arts and cultures create the largest tribal museum and learning center in the world. High-tech museum!

Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
Groton, CT 800-343-0079
Visit the Navy's official Submarine Museum and step aboard the first nuclear-powered submarine.

Denison Homestead Museum
Mystic, CT 860-536-9248
View five generations of Denison family history and heirlooms while touring the Denison 1717 Homestead.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT 860-443-2545
Changing exhibits highlight Contemporary, Modern and Primitive Fine Arts, American Decorative Arts, and Connecticut Impressionist paintings.

Connecticut Art Trail
215-913-9706
Discover Connecticut's artistic treasures—fifteen world-class museums and historic sites across the state, four of which are in Mystic Country.

Mystic Art Association-Galleries Studios
Mystic, CT 860-536-7601
Take an art workshop, purchase a "piece of Mystic" to take home with you and view the best artwork by the Region's finest artists.

Children's Museum of SE CT
Niantic, CT 860-691-1111
One of Niantic's treasures, this hands-on interactive museum for children ages 1 to 12 is a delight for all ages.

Sturbridge Village 
Sturbridge, MA
Experience re-enactment of New England in days long past as you stroll this 200-acre Village.

Connecticut River Museum
Essex. 860-767-8269