Bristol Historical Society Museum, Bristol

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The Bristol Historical Society Museum, located in Bristol, Connecticut, is a museum dedicated to the promotion of interest in Bristol history and encouraging an appreciation for its importance. The Bristol Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets significant historical resources to enhance the present community and provide a historical context for future growth. ()

Coordinates: 41°40'34"N, 72°56'38"W

Address

98 Summer StBristol 06010-5051 United States

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+1 860-583-6309

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Bristol Historical Society Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Muzzy Field, American Clock & Watch Museum, Rockwell Park, The New England Carousel Museum.

0.9 miW
Historical place, Arenas and stadiums, Baseball field
Muzzy Field, Bristol
23 min walk • Muzzy Field is a stadium in Bristol, Connecticut adjacent to Rockwell Park. It has been in use since 1912 for both baseball and football. The brick-faced grandstand, with a capacity of 4,900 people, was built in 1939. It features a ring of tall pine trees that line the outside of the outfield wall and the grandstand.
~1390 ftNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol
7 min walk • The American Clock & Watch Museum, located in Bristol, Connecticut, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and timekeepers.
0.9 miW
Playground, Skate park, Park
Rockwell Park, Bristol
24 min walk • Rockwell Park is a public park in Bristol, Connecticut. Located in a residential area west of downtown Bristol, it includes open spaces and woodlands on either side of the Pequabuck River.
0.4 miSE
41°40'15"N • 72°56'23"W
The New England Carousel Museum, Bristol
11 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
0.4 miNW
Church
St. Stanislaus Parish, Bristol
12 min walk • St. Stanislaus Parish was originally built to serve Polish immigrants in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1919 and is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
~420 ftN
41°40'38"N • 72°56'36"W
The Ingraham House, Bristol
3 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.4 miS
41°40'12"N • 72°56'45"W
Imagine Nation, Bristol
12 min walk • Museum, Children's museum
~1110 ftSE
41°40'24"N • 72°56'32"W
Bristol Public Library, Bristol
6 min walk • Library
0.8 miS
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
South End Historic District, Bristol
20 min walk • The South End Historic District encompasses one of the oldest residential areas of Bristol, Connecticut.
0.7 miW
Neighbourhood
Endee Manor Historic District, Bristol
19 min walk • The Endee Manor Historic District encompasses a well-preserved and cohesive early 20th-century worker housing area in Bristol, Connecticut. Located on Sherman, Mills and Putnam Streets, the area was built out in a four-month period in 1916-17, and is the largest such development in the city.
0.5 miNE
Tudor Revival architecture
Copper Ledges and Chimney Crest, Bristol
14 min walk • Copper Ledges and Chimney Crest are a pair of luxurious mansion estates on Founders Drive in Bristol, Connecticut. They were built in 1924 and 1930 for brothers Fuller and Harry Barnes, owners of the locally prominent Wallace Barnes Company, later American Spring.

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Nearby attractions include The Ingraham House, Bristol (3 min walk), Federal Hill Historic District, Bristol (5 min walk), Bristol Public Library, Bristol (6 min walk), American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol (7 min walk).