New Haven, Connecticut
Have a Great Vacation in New Haven, Connecticut
The Connecticut Children' Museum is a great place to take the kids. It's made to look like a real neighborhood,but children can role play as if they were adults. Also visit the New Haven Colony Historical Society Museum. They have various exhibits detailing the history of New Haven, Connecticut from the 1600's to present time. The Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut, features wonderful examples from natural science.
The Yale Center for British Art features art from Britian spanning hundreds of years. The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments has live concerts using instruments from Europe and American ranging from modern back to hundreds of years ago. The Lighthouse Point Park had many different kinds of trails, exhibits, and an antique carousel to ride. If you like nature make sure to stop at the Pardee Rose Gardens. They show over a dozen varieties of roses in addition to other flowers and greens.
The Annual Pilot Pens Womens Tennis Championship is also held in New Haven, Connecticut during the summer. Come and see some of the best tennis players in the world. Don't miss the Annual Celebration of American Crafts. This event hosts over 400 craft exhibitors both showing and selling their work.
The Knights of Columbus Museum has exhibits about the organization and Christopher Columbus. The Irish- American Historical Museum features the history of the Irish and the great potato famine. There also is a Jewish Historical Society that tell of the lives of Jewish immigrants. The New Haven Crypt lies under a chuch in New Haven, Connecticut, and has tombstones goint back to the 1600's.
