For a state that was colonized in the early 1600’s, this museum is surprisingly small. The walls of the beautiful large hall pictured above are lined with portraits of all of the Connecticut governors. It also has displays of important state documents and, in a special shallow vault with a heavy locking door, the original Royal Charter of 1662 granted by Charles II. An addition gallery has display cases containing examples of many products that have been manufactured in Connecticut plus a brief overall history of the state.
The museum is accessible but entry is complicated. The wheelchair accessible entrance is at the back of the building. Push the button and hold to talk to the guard who will come and open the door. You’ll be led through a series of doors to the elevator, up a floor and through a storage area and up a ramp to the main hall. To get to the other section, go down the ramp, through the storage area, and up another ramp. Some of the display cases are too high to easily view the contents.
We visited on a Saturday and parked across the street in the state capitol building lot. Small RVs can back into the spaces and hang over the grass, larger ones can park across the spaces. The museum closes at 2:00 on Saturday and unfortunately the state capitol is not opened on the weekends. It’s a very elaborate building on the outside and we would have liked to get a peek at the interior.
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Capitol building-
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