Museum sights in Hartford
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Trash Museum
JRun by the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA), it enlightens visitors on earth-friendly recycling techniques. A viewing platform overlooking the sorting operation takes center stage while cool sculptures made from trash and wormy composting displays plug the green side of it all. You'll also get the scoop on CRRA's trash-to-energy program that fuels a billion kilowatts of green electric power annually. To get to the museum take I-95 to exit 27, which dumps you right at the site.
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Museum of Connecticut History
While you’re up on Capitol Hill, have a look at this museum housed in the State Library and Supreme Court Building just across from the State Capitol. Nationally known for its genealogy library, it also holds Connecticut’s royal charter of 1662, a prime collection of Colt firearms (which were manufactured in Hartford), coins and the table at which Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of legendary author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, is now the Mark Twain House & Museum. It was here that Twain penned many of his greatest works, including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The house itself, a Victorian Gothic with fanciful turrets and gables, reflects Twain's quirky character.
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Wadsworth Atheneum
America's oldest art museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, showcases outstanding collections of Hudson River School paintings and sculptures by renowned Connecticut artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976).
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