Connecticut Open House Day June 9

More than 180 museums, galleries, historic properties, theaters, farms, vineyards and nature centers will participate in 2007's Connecticut Open House Day.

In its third year, this event has grown from 120 participants in 2005 to more than 180 this ear.

For a complete listing of participating properties and their specific offers, please visit:
http://www.ctvisit.com/open_house_properties.htm

Venues participating in Connecticut Open House Day include:


Barnum Museum
820 Main St., Bridgeport, CT
Phone: (203) 331-1104
http://www.barnum-museum.org
Free admission from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.


Discovery Museum
4450 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT
Phone: (203) 372-3521
http://www.discoverymuseum.org
Free admission all day (planetarium seats on a first-come first-served basis).


Family Center's Imagine Nation Museum
One Pleasant St., Bristol, CT
Phone: (860) 314-1400
http://www.imaginemuseum.org
Free admission for the first 200 visitors from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.


Brookfield Craft Center
286 Whisconier Rd., (Rte. 25), Brookfield, CT
Phone: (203) 775-4526
http://www.brookfieldcraftcenter.org
Offering free T-shirts to the first 20 visitors.


Creamery Brook Bison
19 Purvis Rd., Brooklyn, CT
Phone: (860) 779-0837
http://www.creamerybrookbison.com
Visit behind the scenes of a bison farm with a walk through fields and down a dirt road to see the bison and their handling facilities. Tour the dairy milking barn, enjoy some ice cream and bison burgers for purchase after the tour. Tour begins at 11 a.m.



Prudence Crandall House Museum
1 South Canterbury Rd., (Jct. Rtes. 14 &169), Canterbury, CT
Phone: (860) 546-7800
http://www.cultureandtourism.org
Free admission all day.


Leif Nilsson Spring Street Studio & Gallery
One Spring St., Chester, CT
Phone: (860) 526-2077
http://www.nilssonstudio.com
Connecticut Impressionist artists open studio from 12 noon until 6 p.m. Oil paintings of the lower Connecticut River Valley, the village of Chester, the artist's garden and world travels by Leif Nilsson and photographs by Connecticut photographer Caryn B. Davis.



Old New-gate Prison & Copper Mine
115 Newgate Rd. East Granby, CT
Phone: (860) 653-3563
http://www.cultureandtourism.org
Free admission from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with entertainment by a strolling "prisoner" musician.


Goodspeed Opera House
6 Main St. (Rte. 82), East Haddam, CT
Phone: (860) 873-8668
http://www.goodspeed.org
Free tour of the historic Victorian theater built in 1876 by shipping magnate William Goodspeed, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.


Connecticut River Expeditions
Departs from Steamboat Dock,
67 Main St. Essex, CT
Phone: (860) 662-0577
http://www.ctriverexpeditions.org
Experience the Connecticut River aboard RiverQuest. Offering $5 admission for the 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. public cruises.


Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride
Valley Railroad
1 Railroad Ave., Essex, CT
Phone: (800) 377-3987
http://www.essexsteamtrain.com
Children (up to age 11) ride for free all day.


Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Rd., Farmington, CT
Phone: (860) 677-4787
http://www.hillstead.org
Free admission from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.


Museum on the Green
1944 Main St., Glastonbury, CT
Phone: (860) 633-6890
http://www.hsgct.org
Free walking tour book of the Glastonbury Local Historic District.


Bruce Museum
One Museum Dr., Greenwich, CT
Phone: (203) 869-0376
http://www.brucemuseum.org
Free admission all day.


Clemens Green (Nook Farm)
381 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT
Phone: (860) 233-6993
http://www.farmingtonavenue.org
Street festival showcasing the music, art, crafts, theater and restaurants of the West End and Asylum Hill.


Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest St., Hartford, CT
Phone: (860) 522-9258
http://www.harrietbeecherstowe.org
Come to the Stowe Center for a free day of family fun to honor the 196th birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet's Garden party will celebrate Stowe's love of gardens, plants and flowers with activities and performances for everyone. Events include music, dancing, craft activities, Victorian lawn games, tours of the first floor of Stowe's Victorian Gothic house, horse-drawn wagon rides, and more. This year, there will be a special unveiling of the new Harriet Beecher Stowe stamp. Free admission from 12 noon until 5 p.m.


New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park
191 Farmington Ave., (Rte. 372)
Kensington, CT
Phone: (860) 225-3020
http://www.newbritainyouthmuseum.org
Free admission all day.


Graywall Farms & The Farmer's Cow
49 Chappell Rd., Lebanon, CT
Phone: (860) 642-4600
http://www.thefarmerscow.com
Take a tour of an operating dairy farm that is a member of the Farmer's Cow. View the milking facility and dairy barns.


"Crown Jewel" at Jarnoval Bay at Bassett's Bridge
Ten Kaya Lane, Mansfield Center, CT
Phone: (860) 455-0232
Events include live music, artists and their work, refreshments.


Lyman Orchards
Rtes. 147 & 157, Middlefield, CT
Phone: (860) 349-1793
http://www.lymanorchards.com
From 12 noon until 4 p.m.; free ice cream cones served to the first 100 visitors.


Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT
Phone: (860) 572-5955
http://www.mysticaquarium.org
Offering a limited number of behind the scenes tours that will be made available to visitors. The tours are free with your admission, but the number of participants is limited so it is asked to sign up when you arrive.


Arts Council of Greater New Haven
70 Audubon St., New Haven, CT
Phone: (203) 772-2788
http://www.artscouncilgnh.org
Special activities throughout the day as part of the Audubon Art on the Edge street festival. Gallery reception from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.