Amusements

• Avery Point Playhouse
  1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
  UConn Avery Point Campus
  860-405-9059
  Dedicated to developing and staging works of the brightest new playwrights in southeastern Connecticut.  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Avery-Copp House
  154 Thames Street • Groton, CT 06340
  860-445-1637
  "The Hundred-Year House" is a Victorian home overlooking the Thames River on Groton Bank - a true time-capsule of turn-of-the-century American family life rather than typical museum recreation.   map

• Ebenezer Avery House
  Fort Street
  860-446-9257
  Center chimney, 18th century house built by naval ensign wounded in Battle of Groton Heights. Period kitchen, weaving room and original furnishings throughout.   map

• Jabez Smith House, The (circa 1783)
  259 North Road, Route 117 • Groton, CT 06340
  860-445-6689
  Built on the site of one of Groton's earliest settlements, the house has remained virtually unchanged.  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Avery Point Lighthouse
  UConn Campus at Avery Point
  860-445-5417
  Constructed in 1942 by the U.S. Coast Guard, it sits on property once owned by wealthy industrialist Morton Plant. It was the last lighthouse built in Connecticut. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Alexey von Schlippe Gallery
  1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
  860-405-9019
  The Gallery provides four separate but contiguous exhibition spaces. One of these spaces is most often dedicated to the exhibition of works from what they regard as a unique treasure--a permanent collection of paintings by the late Alexey von Schlippe (1915-1988), an innovative and accomplished painter of international reputation, and former Professor of Art at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus.  more...  map

• Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
  1 Crystal Lake Road • Groton, CT 06340
  860-694-3558, 800-343-0079
  This museum contains the world's first nuclear powered submarine. This is the United States Navy's official submarine museum. more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• Downeast Lighthouse Cruises
  916R Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
  Pine Island Marina
  860-460-1802
  See up close some of New England's most charming lighthouses on Long Island Sound.   map

• Project Oceanology
  1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
  860-445-9007, 800-364-8472
  A nationally recognized, hands-on 2.5 hour ocenographic program on Long Island Sound aboard a marine research vessel. Cruise Fishers Island Sound to study harbor seals during winter months, cruise the Thames River to study historic lighthouses or step aboard for a research cruise to study the ocean.  more...  map