Learn about the culture, history and people who created the many stories of Connecticut

• Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, in Storrs, Connecticut
• Charter Oak Cultural Center, in Hartford, Connecticut
• Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut State Archeology Center in Storrs, Connecticut
• Freedom Schooner Amistad in New Haven Connecticut
• Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center in Waterbury, Connecticut
• Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut
• Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury, Connecticut
• The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, Connecticut
• The Institute of American Indian Studies Museum and Research Center in Washington, Connecticut
• The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut
• The Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford, Connecticut
• The Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
• TIMEXPO The Timex Museum in Waterbury Connecticut

International Festivals

• St. George’s Annual Greek Festival
  Hartford, CT June 2-5
•  International Food Festival
  Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, CT Mystic, CT June 11 – 12, 2011
• International Festival of Arts & Ideas
  New Haven, CT June 11-25, 2011
• Connecticut Irish Festival
  North Haven Fairgrounds, 300 Washington Avenue
  North Haven, CT June 25 – 26, 2011

• Irish American Home Society
  Glastonbury, CT July 29-31
•  Festa! 2011 Italian Festival
  Father Salemi Drive, Downtown Ansonia, CT August 4 – 6, 2011
  203-735-1787
•  Caribbean and Jerk Festival
  Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, Columbus Boulevard
  Hartford, CT August 6, 2011
•  Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival
  Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, 300 Columbus Boulevard
  Hartford, CT August 20 – 21, 2011
  Phone: 860-713-3131