Mashantucket Pequot Museum

Friday, 27 May 2011 15:24

The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center has been impressing visitors since it opened in August 1998. In addition to the history of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the museum includes histories and cultures of other tribes as well as natural history of the area. The 85,000-square-foot permanent exhibits include dioramas, text panels, interactive computer programs and a series of films. A glacial crevasse, a caribou hunt of 11,000 years ago, a 16th Century woodland Indian village, a 17th Century Pequot fort and an 18th Century farmstead with orchards and gardens are all included.

A special exhibit, Oct. 8-Dec. 30, 2011, is IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas, which is a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center is supplementing the exhibition with RACE Matters in Indian New England, using materials from the archives.

The museum, which also has an art gallery and gift shop, is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 to 4, with the last admission at 3. The Research Library and Archives are also open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 to 4 (closed major holidays). The museum restaurant is open 11 to 3:30 during museum hours. Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55 and older), $10 for children 6-15.

Details

Take I-95 north to Exit 92, go left on Route 2 West for eight miles, then take the Foxwoods Blvd. exit; move into the left lane for Rte. 214 West. At the Foxwoods Blvd. light go straight, .3 mile, to right onto Pequot Trail. Follow to the parking loot. For more information, pequotmuseum.org or 800-411-9671.