Located on Trout Brook Drive, the Connecticut Children's Museum is the largest and oldest children’s museum in Connecticut. Founded in 1927 as the Children’s Museum of Hartford, it was later known as the Science Center of Connecticut before becoming the Children’s Museum. The museum features interactive exhibits, the second largest planetarium in New England, more than a hundred live animals, and much more.

The museum contains a life-sized model of a sperm whale, which is the state animal of Connecticut, and visitors can even walk inside of the huge whale. The museum offers education programs for children such as nature and science classes as well as the Children’s Museum Preschool, one of the oldest preschools in the U.S.

950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford, 860-231-2824

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