Connecticut Science Center

https://ctsciencecenter.org/ 
(860) 724-3623

This coupon offers 20% off general admission for 4 people. This coupon can also be used to get 10% off the purchase of an annual membership. The coupon is only valid in person and cannot be combined with other offers.

Admission with Pass:
Up to 4 discounted admission

Connecticut State Parks Centers and Historical Buildings

Connecticut State Parks Centers and Historical Buildings Website
(860) 860-424-3200

This pass covers entrance fees to the centers and historical buildings at Dinosaur State Park and Visitor Center in Rocky Hill, Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam and Fort Trumbull State Park and Visitor Center in New London.

This pass waives entrance fees for the center or historic buildings for two adults and four children, 12 years and under. Please be sure to call the center or historic building or visit their respective websites before visiting to ensure that the location is open. At Gillette Castle State Park, tours are limited to 12 visitors at a time. Those using this pass must still reserve a ticket for each person wishing to tour.

The CT State Parks Centers and Historical Buildings Day Pass cannot be used for camping or special events.

Admission with Pass:
Up to 6 free admissions (2 Adults and 4 children under the age of 12)

Eric Sloane Museum

31 Kent Cornwall Rd. Kent, CT 06757
Erick Loane Museum Webpage
(860) 927-3849
ericsloane.museum@ct.gov

Step into the world of Eric Sloane, renowned Connecticut artist and author of 38 books. View his paintings, illustrations, and an extensive collection of early American hand tools, a tribute to American artisanship. Experience the Noah Blake Cabin, a recreation of an early 19th-century dwelling from his most famous book, Diary of an Early American Boy. Explore the museum’s scenic grounds near the Housatonic River, where you can also see the ruins of the Kent Iron Furnace and picturesque walking trails.

Admission with Pass:
Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.

 

Henry Whitfield State Museum

248 Old Whitfield St. Guilford, CT 06437
Henry Whitfield State Museum Webpage
(203) 453-2457
whitfieldmuseum@ct.gov

Explore the complex history of nearly four centuries through the evolution of the Henry Whitfield House. The museum is in the process of changing its interpretation – confronting the facts about the site’s history to acknowledge past injustice, recognizing how that injustice manifests in society today, and working toward an equitable future for all people.

Admission with Pass:
Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.

 

Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine

115 Newgate Rd. East Granby, CT 06026
Old New-Gate Prison & Cooper Mine Webpage
(860) 653-3563
newgate.museum@ct.gov

Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine is nationally recognized as the first chartered copper mine (1707)and the first state prison (1773) in early America. After colonial mining ceased in the mid-1700s the site was purchased by the government of Connecticut and used to inhumanely imprison people in the abandoned copper mine. 

Today, Old New-Gate operates as a history museum in East Granby, Connecticut. Comprised of a visitor center, outdoor prison yard, historic ruins/structures, and copper mine. Visitors are encouraged to self-guide through the grounds/exhibits and take a public tour of the abandoned mine. Additionally, the museum houses The Old New-Gate Museum of Art – a rotating exhibit of artwork from the Community Partners in Action’s Prison Arts Program, as well as the first-ever Connecticut Hall of Change– honoring formerly incarcerated individuals for their contributions to their community.

Through a lens of multiple perspectives, visitors to Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine are encouraged to shine a light on issues of historic preservation, justice, and environmental conservation, promoting critical thought, civic engagement, and empathy for all people.

Admission with Pass:
Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.

 

Prudence Crandall Museum

1 South Canterbury Rd. Canterbury, CT 06331
Prudence Crandall Museum Website
(860) 546-7800
crandall.museum@ct.gov

The Prudence Crandall Museum is not decorated as a traditional historic house museum. Teachers, students, and supporters left few primary sources on how rooms were used during the time the Canterbury Female Boarding School was in operation, and few artifacts connected to the school have survived. 

The exhibit Canterbury Female Boarding School: Courage, Conscience, & Continuance shares the stories of the school’s teachers and students and demonstrates expressions of support and opposition at the town, state, national, and global levels during the tumultuous seventeen months the school remained open.

Tours are conversational. Dialogue between guides and visitors show how the legal expansion of education opportunities connects the Canterbury Female Boarding School to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka U.S. Supreme Court case. We hope visitors leave inspired to continue the mission of Sarah Harris and Prudence Crandall by addressing current barriers to education. 

Admission with Pass:
Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.

 

The Slater Memorial Museum