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The 29th Holiday Train Show is on exhibit now through February 19, 2023.

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29th Annual Holiday Train Show

29th Annual Holiday Train Show Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Trains run daily Tuesday through Sunday Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – Sunday, February 19, 2023 The family friendly Holiday Train Show exhibit is back at the Connecticut […]

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Sensory Friendly Hours at the Connecticut River Museum

Saturday, January 28, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am RESERVE YOUR SPACE The Connecticut River Museum now hosts Sensory-Friendly Hours. Reserve your space today! Thanks to a generous grant from The Petit Family Foundation, we are able to offer sensory […]

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STEAMgirls at CRM: Ming Thompson

Thursday, February 7, 2023 6:00 pm Connecticut River Museum’s STEAMgirls Program Featuring: Ming Thompson FREE program! A virtual program to serve girls, age 10-16, interested in studying the academic areas of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. STEAMgirls participants […]

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Featured Collection

Dauntless at the Connecticut River Museum

The Connecticut River Museum’s painting of the famous 1887
Ocean Yacht race between the Coronet and Dauntless painted by famed maritime artist
Antonio Jacobsen. The race is well known in yachting lore – a private $10,000 contest
between two wealthy members of the New York Yacht Club.

The Schooner Yachts Dauntless and Coronet will soon be on display at the Museum.
The painting was purchased through funds from the Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Trust.

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29th Annual Holiday Train Show

Trains run daily Tuesday through Sunday
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – Sunday, February 19 , 2023

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