New Haven Green

One of the nine "squares" in the city's 1638

Yale University Visitor Center

Market New Haven

New Haven, the city of summer, it all happens here! From Easter Eggs & Art (Mar. 22-Oct. 9), International Festival of Arts & Ideas (June 10-24), Searching for Shakespeare (June 23-Sept. 17), Free Friday flicks on the Green (July 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11, 18), Free Concerts (July 15, 22, 29)

Edgerton Park

22-acre estate with greenhouses and a conservatory of tropical plants, horticultural library. Horticultural training programs and plant shop. Free Shakespeare in the Park performances in Aug. Sunday in the Park in Sept. features music, animals, food, children?

Yale Center for British Art

Designed by Louis Kahn, the museum houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. Its foundation is the gift of paintings, drawings prints, rare books, manuscripts, and sculpture donated by Paul Mellon (Yale class 1929)