The Ward-Heitmann House is the oldest surviving structure in West Haven and may be the oldest within the original boundaries of New Haven Colony. Written records indicate that a house belonging to Ebenezer Clark of New Haven was on the site in 1725, although the...

Go back in time and relive West Haven history at the Savin Rock Museum. The public museum houses a wide variety of artifacts from old Savin Rock as well as relics from West Haven's past dating to the Colonial era. The museum offers an opportunity to revisit the...

The Museum features world-class exhibitions of artwork and history, particularly those representing the heritage of Catholicism. It also maintains a permanent gallery of the K of C’s annals, as well as one dedicated to its founder (and sainthood candidate), Father...

Presented to the university by Paul Mellon (Class of 1929)‚ the Yale Center for British Art houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. The collection of paintings‚ sculpture‚ drawings‚ prints‚ rare...

The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned...

In the Connecticut Children's Museum there are eight thematic and community-inspired rooms. There are also books to enrich each exhibit and a template of textures and languages to support absolute accessibility. The rich and playful color palette of the museum is...

One of the foremost institutions of its kind, the Collection acquires, preserves, and exhibits musical instruments from antiquity to the present, featuring restored examples in demonstration and live performance. It provides access to and disseminates information...

The museum consists of four on-going exhibition galleries devoted to topics in New Haven history and temporary galleries that display specially themed exhibitions. There is also artwork and decorative arts displayed throughout the public areas of the building and...

The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. Most known to the public for its Great Hall of Dinosaurs, which includes a mounted juvenile Apatosaurus and the...

The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. Most known to the public for its Great Hall of Dinosaurs, which includes a mounted juvenile Apatosaurus and the...