The Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington that was once the home of pioneering Antarctic explorer and clipper ship designer, Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799–1877). Built in 1852 in a blend of Greek revival and Victorian Italianate, the National Historic Landmark operates as a museum and is managed by the Stonington Historical Society. Visitors to the museum can explore the 16-room Victorian mansion which features a model of Palmer’s forty-seven-foot sailboat Hero, on which he discovered the Antarctic Peninsula, along with numerous other model ships, dollhouses, and period textiles. There are also exhibits documenting local historical interest and the history of Stonington.

40 Palmer Street, Stonington, Phone: 860-535-8445

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