Museum Day
Science exhibits, LEGO table, iPad table, digital media lab and studio, sensory table, dinosaur dig, animals, flight lab, other science- and imagination-oriented activities. everwondermuseum.org.
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last day for exhibit “Hildreth Meière: The Art of Commerce.” Also exhibit of Rodin sculptures in the Walsh gallery inside the Quick Center on campus. This museum is free every day. fairfield.edu/museum/
Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden, 49 Hollow Road in Woodbury, 1 to 4 p.m. Historical home built in 1740, with adjacent garden. glebehousemuseum.org.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest St. in Hartford, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Home of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author Harriet Beecher Stowe. harrietbeecherstowecenter.org.
Hempsted Houses, 11 Hempstead St. in New London, 1 to 4 p.m. Historic home built in 1678. ctlandmarks.org/hempsted
Henry Whitfield State Museum, 248 Old Whitfield St. in Guilford, noon to 4:30 p.m. Connecticut’s oldest house, built in 1639. facebook.com/HenryWhitfieldStateMuseum/
Imagine Nation, 1 Pleasant St. in Bristol, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Studios that teach about art, water, design, engineering, wellness, light and reflection, wildlife, food, science, energy, kinetic activities. imaginenation.org.
Institute for American Indian Studies, 38 Curtis Road in Washington, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibits “Quinnetukut: Our Homeland, Our Story,” “We Are Still Here: Communities, Social Change, and Cultural Endurance,” a replicated Algonkian village, nature trails and a kids’ discovery room. iaismuseum.org.
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk, noon to 4 p.m. Important example of Second Empire Style country houses. Exhibit on “From Corsets to Suffrage: Victorian Women Trailblazers.” Musical performances by The Serendipity Chorale at 2 p.m. and The Suffragist Choir of the Unitarian Church of Westport at 3 p.m. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St. in New London, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibits of European paintings, knot sculptures, opening day of “Legends,” sports photography by Walter Iooss. Also “Science Saturday” event making galaxy paintings. lymanallyn.org.
Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South St. in Coventry, noon to 4 p.m. Historic homestead of the family of Revolutionary War hero. ctlandmarks.org/nathan-hale
New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave. in Bristol, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum housing more than 100 years of carousel history. thecarouselmuseum.org
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave., noon to 5 p.m. Museum focused on New Haven history. newhavenmuseum.org.
Prudence Crandall Museum, 1 S. Canterbury Road in Canterbury, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Historic building that housed the Canterbury Female Boarding School for “young ladies of color” founded in 1833 by Prudence Crandall, Connecticut’s state heroine. friendsofprudencecrandallmuseum.org.
Slater Memorial Museum at Norwich Free Academy, 108 Crescent St. in Norwich, 1 to 4 p.m. Plaster cast collection and Connecticut Pastel Society exhibit. slatermuseum.org.
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibits on the Peterloo massacre, John Ruskin and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. This museum is free every day. britishart.yale.edu.
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave. in New Haven, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibits on ancient Mesopotamia, saltwater fly fishing, California gold, beads, dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, birds of Connecticut and minerals. Climate change tour at 2:30 p.m. peabody.yale.edu.