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Museums

 

    

Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum

55 Bridge St., Willimantic

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: Adult: $5.00, Seniors (62+) $4.00, Children (8 -12):  $1.00,

Under 8: FREE

Contact: (860) 456-9999

http://www.cteastrrmuseum.org

On the original site of the Columbia Junction Freight Yard. The museum includes locomotives and rolling stock, as well as vintage railroad buildings and a six-stall roundhouse reconstructed on the original foundation. Also includes a replica 1850's-style pump car. See website for more info.

 

Windham Textile and History Museum

157 Union & Main St., Willimantic

Age Group: 5 and up

Cost: Adults $5, seniors and students $3.50, children (under 6) free

Contact: (860)-456-2178

http://www.millmuseum.org/

The Mill Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of the textile industry, as well as the working people of the mills. The focus is on the cotton thread manufacture.  The museum preserves two buildings of a mill complex formerly owned by the Willimantic Linen Company, which later became the American Thread Company. See website for more info.

 

  

 

Nature Adventures

 

 

River Bend Mining & Gemstone Panning & Wildlife Exhibit

41 Pond St., Oneco

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: Fees vary, call for info

Contact: (860) 564-3440

http://www.riverbendcamp.com

A unique campground which offers, aqua cycles, paddle boats, mini-golf, mining and panning, arcade games, sand volleyball, basketball, mounted wildlife exhibits,  kids crafts, adult crafts, children’s story time, and canoe rentals. See website for more info.

 

Buell's Orchard

108 Crystal Pond Road, Eastford

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: See website for info

Contact: 860-974-1150

http://www.buellsorchard.com/

100 acres of pristine orchards, with pick your own, or you may purchase peaches and apples freshly picked. Hosts a wonderful fall festival every year. See website for more info.

 

Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret

189 Pomfret St, Pomfret

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: FREE

Contact: 860-928-4948

http://www.ctaudubon.org/visit/pomfret.htm

The 700-acre Connecticut Audubon Bafflin Sanctuary has beautiful rolling meadows, forests, streams, and grassland habitats. The new nature center facility also offers many programs and events through out the year. See website for more info.

 

 

Animal Encounters

 

 

Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery

Trout Hatchery Rd., Central Village

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: FREE

Contact: (860) 564-7542

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A very large hatchery it  produces about 6000,000 pounds of trout annually. Glass wall allows visitors to see into hatchery. A neat place for kids.  Call for more info.

 

Creamery Brook Bison

19 Purvis Rd., Brooklyn

Age Group: All Ages

Cost: Adults: $6.00 Children (ages 3 -11): $4.50 Children under 3: FREE

Contact: (860) 779-0837

http://www.creamerybrookbison.com/

Creamery Brook Bison was established as a buffalo farm in 1990. Come see where the buffalo roam! Take a wagon ride through the farm, or a guided walk, then stop in the shop for an ice cream. A neat place for kids. Call for more info.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sports & Fitness Outings

 

The Trampoline Place

275 Putnam Road, Wauregan

Age Group: 4 and Up

Cost: Varies contact for info

Contact: (860) 779-7999

http://www.trampolineplace.com

The Trampoline Place is high flying fun. A trampoline training facility that hosts birthday parties, field trips, and open gyms. Contact for more info.

 

 

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