Top rated History museums in Hartford, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated History museums in Hartford

Experience the best that Hartford has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 33 places from History museum category.

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Samuel Slater Experience

History museum

👍👍 This museum uses the best of new and old. It is full of actual period items from the later 1800s/early 1900s, situated in recreated settings, put along side modern tech for the telling of the history of Webster, MA. Other senses are drawn in with sounds and sensations you may have felt if you were a...

5.00 (84 reviews) (~75 km from centre)

New England Air Museum

History museum

Museum housing vintage planes & helicopters, plus simulators & hands-on educational exhibits.

4.80 (1.8K reviews) (~20.36 km from centre)

Heublein Tower

History museum

Historic home & museum on a mountaintop, accessible via a 1.25-mi. hiking trail.

4.80 (566 reviews) (~11.23 km from centre)

Submarine Force Library & Museum

Museum

U.S. Navy–run submarine museum featuring photos, documents & vessels, including the USS Nautilus.

4.80 (515 reviews) (~65.44 km from centre)

Emily Dickinson Museum

History museum

Birthplace & home of the famous poet & recluse, now offering exhibits, guided tours & a bookshop.

4.80 (282 reviews) (~69.54 km from centre)

Tomaquag Museum

Museum

👍👍 Great museum with well organized exhibits, fascinating details and information, and knowledgeable staff. We got a 20 minute tour by a wonderful young lady that knew a lot about the artifacts in the museum and the history of the tribes in the area. They also had a gift shop with a great selection of...

4.80 (83 reviews) (~85.65 km from centre)

Leffingwell House Museum

History museum

👍👍 Very interesting history, with guided tour by knowledgeable docent.

4.80 (73 reviews) (~55.68 km from centre)

William Cullen Bryant Homestead

History museum

👍👍 For the most part, the lower trails are accessible right now. There is a lot to see. The upper trail into the Sugar bush is Bear territory, and should be used with caution. There are two active bear cubs, and need to be given as much space to play as possible. In other places around the valley, bear...

4.80 (37 reviews) (~81.07 km from centre)

Old Sturbridge Village

History museum

Re-creation of an 1830s settlement with a costumed staff, rides & activities for family edutainment.

4.70 (4K reviews) (~62.14 km from centre)

Springfield Museums

Museum

Leafy complex with a science museum, history museum & 2 art museums around a grassy quad.

4.70 (2.5K reviews) (~38.77 km from centre)

Worcester Art Museum

Art museum

Vast art collection from ancient to contemporary , including European master works & a Gothic house.

4.70 (1.2K reviews) (~92.68 km from centre)

Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center (formerly Knights of Columbus Museum)

History museum

👍👍 A wonderful museum for the whole family. Set up excellent! There is an awesome gift shop on the first floor.The staff are very friendly and well informed about exhibitions. It's a gem in the city of New Haven Free parking under the building with elevators to the museum and benches throughout the mus...

4.70 (288 reviews) (~54.94 km from centre)

Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

History museum

Expansive museum of Native American history, with life-sized dioramas & a 16th-century village.

4.70 (263 reviews) (~69.03 km from centre)

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center

Museum

18th-century tavern now housing a living Colonial museum with period furnishings & costumed guides.

4.70 (96 reviews) (~86.51 km from centre)

Chester Railway Station & Museum

History museum

👍 This is not big but small nice good enough railway station. Here get lift facilities. Nice tickets window and waiting room as well. This not over crowded nor less people station. Taxi of 6/8sitter gets easily outside to station.

4.70 (81 reviews) (~62.08 km from centre)

Smith-Appleby House

Local history museum

👍👍 House tours were $8. The people volunteering are very nice! They do reenactments & weddings. The owner goes out of his way, the best he can to please every person. He is very kind and funny. This place is well kept up and historic history is well preserved and showing for people to see in great cond...

4.70 (38 reviews) (~98.4 km from centre)

Mystic Seaport Museum

Museum

Reimagined waterfront settlement featuring a 19th-century village, historic ships, a museum & more.

4.60 (3.9K reviews) (~75.3 km from centre)

Hancock Shaker Village

History museum

A living Shaker history museum with restored buildings, crafts & activities plus a cafe & shop.

4.60 (1K reviews) (~91.34 km from centre)

Historic Deerfield

History museum

Cluster of preserved, early New England houses with textile exhibits, tours & craft demonstrations.

4.60 (300 reviews) (~87.26 km from centre)

Storrowton Village Museum

History museum

Period costumes & other historic touches at a mock 18th & 19th-century village with seasonal tours.

4.60 (227 reviews) (~36.76 km from centre)

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Top rated History museums in Hartford, United States