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From
List: Cultural Attractions_CT
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F/T CT Emply.
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Annual Revenue
in '000s
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Senior Officer
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Title
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Rank
BOL CT
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Rank
BNH BOL
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Name
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Annual Attendance
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Description
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Admission
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Open
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76
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Amy Meyers
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Director
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100,000
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Largest comprehensive collection of
British art outside the UK
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Free
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10-5 Tues-Sat, noon-5
Sun, closed major holidays
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75
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Michael Donoghue
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Director
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140,000
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Great Hall of Dinosaurs, world cultures,
history of man & earth
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$7 adults, $6 seniors,
$5 children 3-18
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10-5 daily, noon-5 Sun,
closed major holidays
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88
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Jock Reynolds
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Director
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150,000
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Encyclopedic collection of 185,000+ works
of art from ancient times to the present
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Free
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10-5 Tues-Sat, ‘til 8 Thurs, Sept-June, 1-6 Sun
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6
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Christopher R. Cloud
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President & CEO
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125,000
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Freedom Schooner Amistad shares
the lessons of the Amistad Incident of 1839
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$6 adults, $4 youth 17& under & seniors
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June 13 - June 25
July 11 - July 16
July 26 - August 7
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2
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Donna Lindgren
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Director
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25,000
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Nature trails, gardens, fishing pond,
cross country skiing, picnic pavilions on 150 acres
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Free
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9-5 daily
(extended in summer)
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32
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Peter C. Sutton
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Executive director
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100,000
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Changing exhib., environmental galleries, marine touch tank, lectures & workshops
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$5 adults, $4 seniors
& children 5-12, free on Tues
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Tues-Sat, 10-5
Sun, 11-5
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10
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Debra Mecky
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director
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19,000
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Connecticut’s first art colony & the
cradle of American Impressionism
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$6 adults, $4 students
& seniors
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12:15 pm-3:15 pm Tues-Sun by tour only, wekends only Jan & Feb
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3
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Tony Mollica
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Executive director
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68,200
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Indoor & outdoor humanities-based,
hands-on interactive activities & exhibits
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$5
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9:30-4:30 Tues-Sat,
’til 8 Fri, noon-4 Sun
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35
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2.5 - $4.9 million
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David M. Kahn
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Executive director
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51,486
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Interactive exhibits, special
events & programs, library
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$6 adults, $3 seniors,
students, & youths 6-17
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Noon-5 pm Tues-Sun,
library 10 am-5 pm
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7
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Stuart Parnes
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Executive director
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20,000
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Celebrating the cultural and natural history of the Connecticut River.
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$6 adults, $5 seniors, $3 children
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10-5 Tues-Sun
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6
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Leanne Harty
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Director
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70,000
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Natural & cultural history of Connecticut
& New England; 200 events/yr. for all ages
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Free (donations welcome)
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9-4 weekdays,
1-4 Sun
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12
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Sandra Malmquist
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Director
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15,000
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Activities, literacy program, creating readers, educational field trips, family visits
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$5
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12-5 Fri & Sat
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15
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Linda Malkin
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Executive director
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65,000
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Interactive science museum
w/planetarium
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$8.50 adults, $7 children, seniors, college students
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10-5 Tues-Sat,
12-5 Sun
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8
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DOES NOT APPLY
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William Brown
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Director
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72,000
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Outdoor water learning lab, 1816 barn,
1/3 scale model of Whitney’s first armory
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Free, fee for projects
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12-5 Wed-Fri, Sun; 10-3
Sat, summer 11-4 daily
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2
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Marie Dalton-Meyer
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Executive Director
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16,000
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Fine arts & crafts from across the U.S.,
on-site artists, classes, workshops
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Free
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11-5 Wed-Sat, noon-4 Sun
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16
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Jeff Andersen
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Director
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54,000
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Historic site incl. 1817 Griswold House & Museum, river front art gallery, gardens
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$7 adults, $6 seniors &
students, $4 children 6-12
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10-5 Tues-Sat,
1-5 Sun
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4
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Donald Goss
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Park supervisor
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340,000
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1919 castle set on park on
Connecticut River
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Park grounds & parking free; castle $4 adults, $2 children
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Year round 8 am-sunset, castle seasonal 10-4:30
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15
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1.3 million
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Katherine Kane
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Executive Director
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25,000
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Tour the 1871 Victorian Gothic home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the influential anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In addition to house tours and garden tours, the Stowe Center offers public and family programs, symposia, lectures, exhibits and events. The research library, located in the 1884 Day House, is open by appointment.
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$8.00 adults, $7.00 seniors,
$4.00 children, 5-12
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9:30-4:30 Tues-Sat,
Noon-4:30 Sun
Mondays: Memorial Day - Columbus Day
9:30 - 4:30 pm
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15
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Linda Steigleder
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director
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38,000
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National Historic Landmark w/Impressionist paintings & historic landscape
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$9 adults, $8 seniors,
$7 students, $4 children 6-12
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11-4 Tues-Sun Nov-April; 10-5 May-Oct
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1
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Robbin Zella
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Director
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15,500
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Collections of Rodin, Picasso,
Matisse, Miro, Chagall, artifacts
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Free
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8:30-5:30 weekdays;
til 7 Thurs; 9-3 Sat; 12-4 Sun
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2
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Jennifer Alexander
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Executive director
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80,000
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Hands-on educational playground for
kids ages 6 months to 8 years
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$5 adults & children, free for children under 12 months
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11-5 Sun-Tues,
9-5 Wed-Sat
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14
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Lawrence Sowinski
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Museum director
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47,000
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Museum of history & art with permanent & temporary collections and exhibitions that include significant history of the Knights of Columbus
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Free
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7 days a week, Winter hours: Labor day - April 30 Summer hours: May 1 - Labor day, 10-5 Wed-Sat, 11-5 Sun. Closed on Christmas, Thanksgiving & Good Friday
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10
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Ronald Crusan
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Director
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25,000
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Museum featuring American paintings & decorative arts, galleries
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$5 adults, $4 students &
seniors, 8 & under free
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10-5 Tues-Sat, 1-5 Sun
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62
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DOES NOT APPLY
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Jennifer E. Herring
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President
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545,000
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Aquarium exhibits, IMAX theater,
study cruises
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$9.75 adults, $9 seniors,
$7.75 children, IMAX extra
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10-5 daily
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29
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DOES NOT APPLY
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John Boyer
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