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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. |
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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. |
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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.  |
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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.  |
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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... |
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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.
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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...  |
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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. |
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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...  |
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