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Historic Homes & Buildings

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (circa 1868)
295 West Avenue • Norwalk, CT 06850
203-838-9799
The 62-room Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is "one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire-style country houses ever built in the United States." This National Historic Landmark serves as a valuable resource of 19th-century American history. Tours of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum are available hourly, Wednesday through Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. more... map

Norwalk Museum
41 North Main Street • Norwalk, CT 06854
203-866-0202
Norwalk Museum's collections and exhibitions reflect the history, lives, and cultures of the local people from its settlement to the present. The Museum includes a gift shop, the Lockwood Gallery, Dunne’s Hardware Store exhibit, Merchants’ Court, archives and more. more... map
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
303 West Avenue • Norwalk, CT 06850
Located in Mathews Park
203-899-0606
"With four main galleries, a toddlers-only gallery and over 100 hands-on activities, Stepping Stones offers children ages ten and under plenty to explore and discover." Exhibits include Build It!, Toddler Terrain, ColorCoaster, Waterscape, and Healthyville. more... map

Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
10 North Water Street • Norwalk, CT 06854
203-852-0700
The Maritime Aquarium includes an IMAX theater, the 110,000 gallon Open Ocean exhibit, a harbor seal pool, river otter habitat, the Ray Touch Pool with three types of stingray species, colorful and unusual frogs from around the world, the Rocky Intertidal Zone Touch Tank, Jellyfish Encounter, Marine Lab, a 15,000-gallon habitat with loggerhead sea turtles, and the Cascade Cafe. more... map