Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mark Twain House, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.
The story
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, formerly the Connecticut Historical Society, is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the official state historical society of Connecticut. Founded in Hartford 1825, it ranks among the oldest historical societies in the United States. The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a non-profit museum, library, archive and education center that is open to the public. It houses a research center containing 270,000 artifacts and graphics and over 100,000 books and pamphlets. It holds one of the largest costume and textile collections in New England. It carried the name Connecticut Historical Society from its establishment until 2023.
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Dates from 1825.
Wikidata Q5161542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 26 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Historical Society
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Mark Twain House: 0.4 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 0.8 mi
- Keney Tower: 1.5 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 4.1 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.0 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 0.5 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 0.5 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 0.6 mi
- Old State House: 1.7 mi
- Butler-McCook Homestead: 1.8 mi
- Sigourney Square Park: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth Park: 0.7 mi
- George H. Day Playground: 0.9 mi
- Aaron Fien Square: 0.9 mi
- Liam E. McGee Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 0.8 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hudson Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Sedna: 0.7 mi
- Painted Cow: 1.3 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Thomas Hooker: 1.7 mi
- Love: 1.8 mi
- Johnson Hill: 1.0 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.7 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 3.5 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 3.8 mi
- Vanderbilt Park: 1.1 mi
- Keney Park: 2.4 mi
- Bugbee School Woods: 2.4 mi
- Gully Green: 2.5 mi
- North Branch State Access Area: 2.7 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- General Israel Putnam: 1.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 1.4 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 1.5 mi
- William H. Putnam: 1.8 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 9.4 mi
- Dividend Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cascades: 9.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 10.8 mi
- Garden Wall: 4.9 mi
- Hart Meadow: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.9 mi
- South Wall: 4.9 mi
- Superstructure: 4.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 16.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.8 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 299° | 276 m | 5.5 mi |
| Taine Mountain | W 267° | 268 m | 10.9 mi |
| East Hill | WNW 299° | 261 m | 11.2 mi |
| Onion Mountain | NW 304° | 253 m | 10.8 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 285° | 246 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Horr | WNW 293° | 238 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 96° | 237 m | 11.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SW 232° | 229 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9156697434
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 20 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
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