Admission: Donations welcome.
Hours: June-Sept.,
Address: 19 West Ave.
Phone: (860) 767-1249
Come visit us in Essex, Connecticut
Housed in an 1878 Steamboat Dock warehouse located on the waterfront, the museum tells the Connecticut River Valley story in four galleries, with a working reproduction of the American Turtle, America?
Essex, CT MuseumsThe historic villages of Essex (Centerbrook, Essex & Ivroyton)
Essex, CT Historic Districts1776 inn with an outstanding art collection, riverboat decor, furnished with antiques. 31 rooms with private bath (14 suites, eight with fireplace)
Essex, CT LodgingOnce a private residence of Col. Clarence Wadsworth, landscape designed by the Olmsted brothers. A 19th-century Beaux Art sty...
Cited by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as possessing 'exceptional architectural interest.' Antique horse-drawn vehicles, 18t...
Built in 1854, the house epitomizes gracious urban living in antebellum Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham bought the house,...
Colonial cape (c.1720) with unusual architectural details, original paneling and period furnishings....
Ellsworth was a famous Revolutionary patriot, jurist, statesman, and one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution. His house b...