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Groton, CT
Population: 10,010

  
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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.


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.

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...


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...

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.

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


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