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This list of museums in Connecticut contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
An art museum houses a permanent collection, whereas a gallery usually hosts a changing program of art exhibitions. However, some university and college art galleries also feature permanent collections or showcase collections owned by the larger institution.
The museum is named in honor of the prominent U.S. senator and university trustee William Benton. The Benton has a cafe (The Beanery) and a gift store. Admission to the museum is free for all. [1] Constructed in 1920 and used for twenty years as University's main dining hall, the Benton opened officially as an art museum in 1967.
The university also participates in a special guaranteed admissions program [49] with the Connecticut Community Colleges (CCC) [50] that is designed for academically qualified students who are attending a Connecticut community college and who are planning to transfer to the University of Connecticut in Liberal Arts & Sciences, Agriculture ...
Pages in category "University museums in Connecticut" ... Connecticut State Museum of Natural History; D. Davison Art Center; F. Fairfield University Art Museum; H.
The museum stewards and preserves a large scope of natural history and archaeological collections from Connecticut and beyond. The natural history collections comprise more than 6,000 objects such as fossils, minerals, shells, and taxidermied insects, birds, and mammals, including the “Pope Mastodon," excavated in 1913 and one of the largest and most complete mastodon skeletons discovered in ...
University of Connecticut College of Engineering [1] is a college of engineering located on the main campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Established in 1916, the college is often placed highly in national rankings, [ 2 ] and is recognized as a national leader in closing the gender gap prevalent in undergraduate ...
The Connecticut Science Center is a nine-story museum located on the Connecticut River in Hartford, Connecticut designed by César Pelli & Associates, which opened on June 12, 2009. The building measures a total of 154,000 square feet (14,300 m 2 ), including 40,000 square feet (3,700 m 2 ) of interactive exhibits consisting of videos, audios ...