New Britain Youth Museum

The New Britain Youth Museum is committed to enhancing the educational environment for children, young adults, and adults in central Connecticut. The museum was founded in 1956 and encourages children and their families to explore the world around them. The museum strives to create a better understanding and appreciation of the arts, natural history, and science through the preservation and exhibition of cultural and natural history collections, plants and live animals. Admission is free. Located in downtown New Britain, The New Britain Youth Museum offers outreach programs, exhibits and unique events that center on history, art and the ethnic heritage of the various peoples of central Connecticut. Youngsters can enjoy a number of creative activities while exploring the museum. There is a puppet theater, construction type toys and games, and the popular Dinosaur Room. Movies are also shown at specific times during the week. This little museum may not be the best youth focused facility, but it's a fun and free place for the youngsters to interact with others, make paper crafts, and learn about dinosaurs and Asia and Mexican holidays. If the youngsters and their adult companions still have some energy after spending time in the downtown New Britain Museum there is another New Britain Youth Museum at nearby Hungerford Park in Kensington, Connecticut. This museum also has a wide array of attractions and activities for the young and young at heart.