Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Historical Parks & Museums

Many of our state parks and forests offer sites to explore our state's and country's rich heritage.  The following sites have visitor centers, museums or exhibits. 

• Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

• Dinosaur State Park

• Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

• Fort Trumbull State Park

• Gillette Castle State Park

• Harkness Memorial State Park

• Osborne Homestead Museum

• Peoples State Forest / Stone Museum

• Putnam Memorial State Park

• Shenipsit State Forest / CCC Museum

• Stone Museum at Peoples State Forest

• Talcott Mountain State Park

• Topsmead State Forest

Osborne Homestead Museum

Last Edited January 2020