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FREE Admission to Connecticut Art Trail Museums! (2010-02-15)

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FREE Admission

to Connecticut Art Trail Museums!

February 15, 2010, CT … Enjoy FREE admission anytime to five museums on the statewide Connecticut Art Trail, where admission is always free and open to the public:

  • Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk
  • Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton
  • William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Mansfield/Storrs
  • Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
  • Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Recent studies show that over the past year “Americans have rejiggered their lives to elevate experiences over things”. The study suggests Americans are spending less time buying nonessentials and more time taking part in “experience consumption”*.

Museums on the Connecticut Art Trail offer a host of affordable experiences for couples and families. In addition to the museums listed above where admission is always free, the following museums offer admission from $3/adult to $10/adult, but are FREE on certain days:

  • Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield. Free every Tuesday
  • Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. Free Saturday, May 1, 2010
  • Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington. Grounds, including the c.1920 Sunken Garden and 152 acres with 3 miles of trails that include part of the MMM Trail System, are free to the publicdaily, open 7:30 am-5:30 pm
  • Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London. Free first Sunday of each month. Free anytime to New London residents (must show ID)
  • Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center, Waterbury. Under age 16 are free. Free Museum Sundays are offered on the second Sunday of every month
  • New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain. Free every Saturday 10-Noon
  • Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy Campus, Norwich. Free on exhibition opening reception days
  • Bruce Museum, Greenwich. Free on Tuesdays 10-5
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Free the last Saturday of every month from 10-1 with free programming in conjunction. Free to all Bank of America cardholders first Saturday of every month through April 2010, per "Museums on Us" program. Free to Hartford students (grades K-12). Free Juneteenth Celebration Saturday, June 12, 2010. Most evening lectures are free and open to the public.

Or, purchase the Art Pass for just $25/adult for admission to all fifteen museums and historic sites on the Connecticut Art Trail. Priced separately, admission fees exceed $75. The Art Pass is valid for any two-month period determined by the purchaser. Children twelve and under are free when accompanied by an adult. To purchase http://www.arttrail.org/.

From bucolic farms, art studios and former artists' boarding houses to grand and modern art museums in vibrant downtowns, visitors on the Connecticut Art Trail will discover diverse, quality collections rich in history and heritage, including European masterpieces, American Impressionism, ancient art and contemporary culture. Now more than ever, it's easy and affordable to make the Connecticut Art Trail the centerpiece of your next travel experience.

For more information on each museum including location maps and hours of operation,

http://www.arttrail.org/museums.htm.

*New York Times/CBS News poll, “In Recession, Americans Doing More, Buying Less”, New York Times, January 3 2010.

Connecticut Magazine (Jul, Sept and Oct - 2008)
Lyman Allyn Facade, Boy with a Hat - Michael Sweerts, Boy with a Hat, c. 1655-1660, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Caitlin Sumner Collection Fund, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Other Image - Piero di Cosimo, The Finding of Vulcan on the Island of Lemnos, 1490, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, The Wadsworth Atheneum

Yankee Magazine (2008)
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Leir Atrium, Photo © Peter Arron/Esto Snail - Jeremias Ritter, Nautilus Snail, German, Nuremberg, c. 1630, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, The Wadsworth Atheneum Contemporary Image - Cleve Gray, Zen Garden, 1982, Lyman Allyn Museum Other Image - Piero di Cosimo, The Finding of Vulcan on the Island of Lemnos, 1490, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, The Wadsworth Atheneum

New England Travel & Life Magazine (2008)
Yale University Art Gallery, Louis Kahn building; Photo © Elizabeth Felicella Norman Rockwell, Weighing In, 1958, New Britain Museum of American Art Claude Monet, Grainstacks, in Bright Sunlight, 1890, Hill-Stead Museum, Alfred Atmore Pope Collection, Hill-Stead Museum

Connecticut Magazine (August - 2008)
Claude Monet, Grainstacks, in Bright Sunlight, 1890, Hill-Stead Museum, Alfred Atmore Pope Collection, Hill-Stead Museum Piero di Cosimo, The Finding of Vulcan on the Island of Lemnos, 1490, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, The Wadsworth Atheneum Snail - Jeremias Ritter, Nautilus Snail, German, Nuremberg, c. 1630, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, The Wadsworth Atheneum The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Leir Atrium, Photo © Peter Arron/Esto Cleve Gray, Zen Garden, 1982, Lyman Allyn Museum
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