Attractions + Entertainment
Take a cultural field trip. You'll find historical houses, rare books, classical music and ground-breaking theater as close as Hamden and as far away (25 minutes!) as New Haven.
We make it easy with our student shuttles. Here are some details about cultural opportunities you’ll find nearby:
Art Galleries & Exhibits
Historic Sites
Museums
Performance
Art Galleries & Exhibits
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale
121 Wall St.
New Haven, Conn.
203-432-2972
Yale Center for British Arts
This collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, rare books and sculpture from the Elizabethan period to the present.
1080 Chapel St.
New Haven, Conn.
203-432-2800
Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel St.
New Haven, Conn.
203-432-0600
Historic Sites
Jonathan Dickerman House
This is a carefully preserved late-18th-century farmhouse, including an herb garden with plants used in folk medicines.
105 Mount Carmel Ave.
Hamden, Conn.
203-248-6030
Eli Whitney Barn
You’ll have a great time visiting this 1816 barn, which offers country dances, folk music and summer theater.
916 Whitney Ave.
Hamden, Conn.
203-248-5924
Museums
Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum
This is the place for comic-strip, cartoon and TV & advertising-character memorabilia.
1188 Highland Ave.
Cheshire, Conn.
203-272-2357
Eli Whitney Museum
This museum has frequently changing exhibits, a covered bridge and a wonderful outdoor water learning lab.
915 Whitney Ave.
Hamden, Conn.
203-777-1833
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
The museum strengthens and advances the University's commitment to educate more and more people about the Great Hunger and the lessons to be learned from this terrible human rights tragedy. The museum also contains many pieces of high quality of Irish art.
3011 Whitney Ave.
Hamden, Conn.
203-582-6500
Peabody Museum of Natural History
This museum features an outstanding permanent collection of dinosaur fossils, prehistoric mammals, dioramas, exhibits on human origins and more.
170 Whitney Ave.
New Haven, Conn.
203-432-5050
Performance Spaces + Movie Theaters
Criterion Cinemas
86 Temple Street, New Haven, Conn.
Hamden Symphony Orchestra
This volunteer orchestra features more than 50 members affiliated with Quinnipiac University.
203-248-3770
Long Wharf Theatre
This is a respected not-for-profit regional theater offering eclectic productions of classics and exciting new works.
222 Sargent Dr.
New Haven, Conn. 06511
203-787-4282
Rave Motion Pictures North Haven 12
550 Universal Dr.
North Haven, Conn.