NEWS RELEASE: New Haven Museum & Historical SocietyYes, that's right, people do not see the most interesting beautiful places and things in their own backyard. Here is a good chance for New Haven and CT people to make use of the opportunity of New Haven Historical society.
Backyard Tourism: Art, Architecture & History in Norwich and New London
Program: Art & Architecture in Historic Norwich & New London – Bus Tour
Debut! - Connecticut Heritage Discovery Tour Series
When: Saturday September 22, 2007, 8 am-6:30 pm
Where: Bus departs at 8am from New Haven Museum & Historical Society, 114 Whitney Ave.Contact: Maureen Montross 203-562-4183 x 10 or info@newhavenmuseum.org to register
Cost Per Person: $80 for New Haven Museum members, $90 non-members. Fee includes travel, site admissions, refreshments, and lunch. The New Haven Museum will debut its new Connecticut Heritage Discover Tours series - leisure/learning excursions that explore the hidden wonders of our state and region. Climb aboard our travel coach with museum Director Bill Hosley as we discover the treasures in historic Thames watershed of Norwich and New London.
The day begins in New London with a tour of the Customs House Maritime Museum (an Amistad site), followed by an architectural highlights tour including the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, Winthrop Mill, the colonial Hempstead Houses, and more. Then its on to Fort Trumbull where we will explore officer’s and enlisted men’s quarters, the only standing blockhouse in the nation, fabulous new exhibits about Connecticut in the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold’s
treachery and more; plus an extraordinary view of the Thames River.
Then, off to Norwich for lunch and a visit to the Slater Memorial Museum, the most intact and authentic Victorian art museum in America. There we will see plaster-casts of ancient Greek sculpture, Connecticut art and decorative arts and a few New Haven surprises, plus current exhibition on The Classicist: Remembering John Zito, a great Connecticut-Italian master whose oil paintings of classic mythological tales and operatic narratives are inspired by the Great Masters Titian, Rembrandt, DaVinci, Rubens and others.
The day will conclude with visits to a variety of Norwich sites including the Leffingwell House Museum, the Norwichtown historic district, the Norwichtown Burying Ground, and a surprise stop at 18th-century New Haven artist John Trumbull’s favorite tourist attraction.
Connecticut Heritage Discovery Tours, where Connecticut’s destinations and hidden treasures make memorable adventures.
To register call, email or mail checks payable to the New Haven Museum: 203-562-4183 x 10, info.newhavenmuseum.org or 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06510
Directions for parking the day of the tour, the museum is located near the intersection of Trumbull Street and Whitney Avenue in downtown New Haven. Abundant on site parking with overflow parking available at Yale Lot #23 on the opposite site of Whitney Avenue, just south of 155 Whitney (Yale Human Resources building).
About Us:Founded in 1862, The New Haven Museum and Historical Society, New Haven’s oldest civic organization, is committed to increasing knowledge and inquiry and providing an understanding and appreciation of greater New Haven history. Its programs, exhibitions and collections aim to stimulate discovery and awareness of our past. The museum and research library are open Tuesday – Friday, 10 to 5 and Saturdays, noon to 5pm.
www.newhavenmuseum.orgFor publication-quality digital pictures related to this program please contact
info@newhavenmuseum.org or 203-526-4183 x 10
Related Links:
www.ct.gov/depwww.norwichfreeacademy.com/museumwww.leffingwellhousemuseum.orgwww.nlmaritimesociety.org
