Best places: Museums in Branford, United States

Children's museum with 3 floors of hand-on activities, including a fishery & a medieval village.

This stone mansion with unique decor & a medieval-style facade belonged to actor William Gillette.

Exhibits & dioramas on evolution, natural environments & human origins, with a regional focus.

Restored 1817 mansion, which housed artists, shows American Impressionist works & rotating exhibits.

Museum showcasing American art through the ages with more than 10,000 paintings, sculptures & more.

Collection of carousel ephemera plus vintage firefighting gear, Greek art & indoor working carousel.

Art & artifacts relating to the area's shipbuilding history (from 1733), plus model ships.

A wide-ranging collection of paintings, prints & decorative arts in a 1901 Colonial Revival mansion.

Country's oldest operating trolley museum, with vintage vehicles, history exhibits & themed rides.

Cluster of storied buildings & galleries displaying paintings, textiles & antique road coaches.

Expansive educational park with a geodome covering 500 dinosaur tracks plus programs & activities.

👍👍 Great area to walk and enjoy the outdoors. Well kept and very nice.

Museum with displays about local rail history, rides on a miniature train & other kids' activities.

Historic building with 8 galleries of antique American clocks & watches plus a sundial garden.

Armory developed by the cotton gin's inventor, now a museum offering hands-on exhibits & a workshop.

Educational & cultural center focused on local history with rotating exhibits & a research library.

👍👍 This Museum is Great. There is so much to see. The people that work there are just fantastic. They are so knowledgeable about the Carriages. We really enjoyed ourselves.

👍 This 10-acre property nearby in Guilford was in the Dudley family for almost 300 years up David Dudley’s passing in 1991. The current farmhouse was built in 1845 and is preserved by a foundation as a museum for the region’s agricultural heritage. You can tour the farmhouse, viewing period furniture...

👍👍 One of the best museums in all of Connecticut. Had a great time with my family and learned so much about Palestinian heritage

👍👍 We loved our visit. Lots for little scientists (toddlers and older kids!) to explore. - Lots of hands-on displays with bones, rocks, furs, etc. - Indoor play area with things like blocks, scarves, magnets, sand table - Live animals - cows, goats, hawks, owls, chickens, geese, bunnies, lizards, turtl...