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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center


category : Museums
Her words changed the world with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the groundbreaking anti-slavery novel (1852). Tour the Victorian Gothic home (1871), the Katharine Seymour Day House (1884), and the Victorian grounds and gardens. Stowe Visitor Center showcases exhibitions, museum shop.


Admission: Adults $8, seniors $7, children (4-12) $4.
Address: 77 Forest St.
Phone: (860) 522-9258

Come visit us in Hartford, Connecticut

Attractions and Upcoming Events

St. Paul Travelers' Tower

Office of a pioneer insurance company, the tower affords sweeping views of the surrounding area. Tours offered to groups by reservation;

Hartford, CT Tours



Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford

Final resting place of Revolutionary War soldiers and 17th-century settlers including African-Americans and Hartford's founder Thomas Hooker. Were orginally 6,000 graves, 435 markers still stand. (No grave rubbing)

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