Eli Whitney Museum

Thursday, 03 June 2010 23:00

The tradition and spirit of America’s Industrial Age live on at Hamden’s Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop. Located at the Eli Whitney Armory, built by the American inventor/entrepreneur early in the 19th Century, the museum, in addition to exhibits about Whitney, including his famous cotton gin, also devotes space to the A.G. Gilbert Company, which created educational toys like microscopes, chemistry sets, puzzles, Erector Sets and the famous American Flyer Trains. The workshop, with eight teaching studios, each year hosts thousands of students and apprentices, who develop and construct a variety of projects. In addition to school programs, there are walk-in programs, which change from week to week, for children 6 to 12, who work with teenage apprentices who’ve been trained by well established designers, artisans, and artists. According to the Web site, “There are 1001 things to build before you grow up.”

Details

The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop at 915 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, is open Wednesday-Friday, noon to 5, Saturday, 10 to 3, and Sunday, noon to 5. Take Exit 61 from the Merritt Parkway North (Rte. 15), turn south on Whitney Avenue, 3 miles to Armory St. intersection; museum is on the left just past the light. Phone 203-777-1833; Web: eliwhitney.org.

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