Connecticut River Museum | History and Nature on New England's Great River

Upcoming Events

Hands on the Land: Art and the Environment in the Connecticut River Valley

March 18, 2021 – October 17, 2021 The natural world of the Connecticut River Valley has seen great changes over the past four centuries. At the Connecticut River Museum, we often use history and science to teach our visitors about […]

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Operation Homefront: Back to School Brigade

Connecticut River Museum is collecting school supplies and backpacks for military children from July 9, 2021 – August 15, 2021 Drop off all items at the Connecticut River Museum. Needed: New Standard Size School Backpack School Supplies 3 & 5-Subject […]

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Thursdays on the Dock: Little Big Band

Little Big Band Thursday, July 29, 2021 5:30-7:30 pm Thursdays on the Dock has been a shoreline staple since 2009. 12 years in and we are still the destination for waterfront music. Each Thursday evening in July and August from […]

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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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View our exhibit, Hands on the Land, through October, 2021.

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