New Haven Museum — Attraction in New Haven

Was very excited to visit the museum and certainly came away with something I hoped I'd see and that was a pic of my grandfather's store Chapel Army and Navy. It was still a surprise.

After that, I have to say I didn't get the feel I hoped I would. New Haven had a huge Italian immigration in the early 1900's and other than some minor brushing on it there was very little of that history covered and it was a disappointment.

The place is nice and clean, the exhibits are well marked and the people are nice and unobtrusive. It just seems to me that the last century history had no place there. Only some urban renewal things about Mayor Lee and it would've been nice if there were more pictures of downtown from the 1960's-90's. Just apparently didn't seem relevant. Almost nothing on the Coliseum and Mall really.

Hopefully more is coming to this place and they should hurry and talk to people who can tell you what New Haven was like before we start to lose them just as the immigrants are practically all...

This is another great free museum that I visited over the weekend. Even though it is free, they take donations for whatever a visitor is willing to give. I found the exhibits in this place truly fascinating. It really tells the story of the history of New Haven, whether is through art, technology or maritime. They have lovely paintings and sculptures from local artist, furniture that was used in the 17th through 19th centuries and a milling machine that was used by Eli Whitney.

The exhibits on the two small floors are well maintained. The bread maker that was owned by Frank Pepe looks in mint condition.

The staff here is friendly and helpful and they have a small gift shop as soon as you enter. If you buy anything, make sure you have cash as it might get complicated if you try using a credit card.

I definitely recommend checking this place out as it won't take up too much of your day and you can learn a little about the fine history...

A neat small museum that focuses on local New Haven history that had more information packed into it than I thought. They rotate exhibits around occasionally and when I went they had a pizza exhibit.

Tickets are not free for adults, but it's a cheap. Just $5 to get in.

I thought the pizza exhibit would be more interesting, but it frankly seemed somewhat low effort. It felt like the information was stuff you could find out online and displayed artifacts were surprisingly modern.

Also, the employees were talking loudly the entire time. Unfortunately with how the building was designed, their chatter carried throughout literally every room and was distracting to say the least.

Another thing is that I tried going to this museum a couple of times before. Even though it looks like they should be open according to Google Maps, the building was closed so be...