 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Hartford-New
England's Rising Star
http://www.hartford.com/
The Greater
Hartford Arts Council
http://www.connectthedots.org/
10 Free
Things to Do in Hartford
http://hartford.about.com/cs/attractions/a/aafreethings.htm
DINING IN
HARTFORD
Brochures will be handed out
at the hospitality table at the conference.
If you want to get a jump on planning, check out this
listing (scroll down to Hartford for places
in the city) from Hartford Magazine.
GETTING AROUND
HARTFORD
Greater
Hartford Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Website includes an interactive downtown map.
31 Pratt Street, 4th Floor
Toll Free: (800) 446-7811
http://www.enjoyhartford.com/index.cfm
Hartford
Star Shuttle Bus
Route map for fourteen
downtown locations. Arrives every twelve minutes and it’s free!
http://www.hartfordtransit.org/startshuttle.html
THEATERS
Hartford
Stage Company
Jean-Paul Sartre’s play
No Exit will be presented October 12 to November 12.
50 Church Street
Hartford
(860) 527-5151
http://www.hartfordstage.org/2005-2006/home/home0506/home.html
Theaterworks
Hartford’s
off-Broadway theater will be performing Take Me Out by Richard
Greenberg October 12 through December 3.
233 Pearl Street
Hartford
(860) 527-7838
http://www.theaterworkshartford.org/
MUSEUMS
Butler-McCook House and Garden/ Main Street History Center
An historic
home maintained by the Antiquarians and Landmarks Society. Built in 1782.
396 Main
Street Hartford
(860) 522-1806
http://www.hartnet.org/als
Connecticut Historical Society
Historic
Connecticut prints, photographs, furniture, costumes, and an extensive
library.
1 Elizabeth
Street
Hartford
(860) 236-5621
http://www.chs.org/
Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library
Exhibits of
Connecticut military, industrial, and government history in a restored
beaux-arts style gallery.
231 Capitol
Avenue
Hartford
(860) 757-6535
http://www.cslib.org/museum.htm
New Britain Museum of American Art
Featured
exhibit: Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic
56
Lexington Street
New Britain
(860) 229-0257
http://www.nbmaa.org
Noah Webster House
Noah
Webster’s eighteenth century birthplace and childhood home.
227 South
Main Street
West Hartford
(860) 521-5362
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/
Old State House
Designed by
noted architect Charles Bulfinch. Completed in 1796.
800 Main
Street
Hartford
(860) 522-6766
http://www.ctosh.org/
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hudson River
School landscapes, paintings by European masters, contemporary art as well
as a museum shop, and café.
600 Main
Street
Hartford
860/278-2670
http://www.wadsworthatheum.org
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