Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford

Any art, history, or art history enthusiast will absolutely love this museum. It doesn't get crowded, has a very beautiful collection of American art and a smaller but still as beautiful, European art collection. As with all art museums, it's a very peaceful walk through the halls here. Takes about 3.5 hours to go through it all.

We pre-registered for the before hours tour. It was amazing, and fun! There were only 3 of us on the tour, and while there were additional staff in the museum, it felt like we had the place to ourselves. Being able to see these pieces in person was definitely the highlight, but also some interesting lesser known pieces were fun to learn about, and exploring the cabinet of curiosity gave me so much joy!

I’m accustomed to museums in DC that are usually free, and so I’m annoyed at the expense, but I had a great experience. I went when there were special Christmas trees decorated for a fundraiser at the museum. I loved the creativity of the designs and ended up being extremely pleasantly surprised about how much I enjoyed the other exhibits that are probably there year round. You can get much much cheaper tickets for the last hour before closing, but be warned, you’ll need more than an hour to see and appreciate everything and the staff are kind but prompt about ushering you out at closing time.

This was a great museum to visit. The classical and modern artwork on display was awesome. I also enjoyed the exhibits on display, as well. The docents/students around the galleries were helpful and informative also.

Beautiful museum. Great place to spend time in Hartford. The collection was very extensive. Come after 4 pm and it was free admission. I gotta say 1 hr wasn't enough to explore this museum. I learned a lot about art around the world. The staffs were knowledgeable and very friendly. The shop sell cute souvenirs.