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This site shows off our favorite things to do and see in the Mystic Country Connecticut region. Enjoy exploring. We know you will love it as much as we do! - Karin, Liz and crew at Mystic Country
The Indian & Colonial Research Center re-opens. One-stop information shop on Native American and colonial times.
An excellent resource for Native American and colonial artifacts has re-opened. The Indian & Colonial Research Center in Old Mystic, a victim of the 2010 floods, has been completely restored and is now open Tuesdays and Thursdays for exploration. The research center exhibits the extensive collection of historian, teacher and anthropologist Eva Lutz Butler....
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Touring retro in Eastern Connecticut’s Mystic Country.
To some retro is a hot trend, to others, it’s the way things used to be. Whatever your take you can taste from a bygone era here in Mystic Country. We are certainly well known for our coastline, wineries, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, and the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Less known are small, classic American businesses that have been going strong through...
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Easter eggs, dino eggs or pet-friendly eggs. Hunt for them all this weekend!
The Easter Bunny is visiting eastern Connecticut next weekend to celebrate his trademark holiday and hide eggs for hunts. Well, in the case of the Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art, Monty the Dino helped out and hid Dino eggs instead. Whichever kind of eggs you’re looking for, Easter weekend is the time to head out and hunt. Friday , April 6 the Denison...
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Mystic Seaport’s “Treasures from the Collections” tells maritime stories like never before.
Ditty Box, 1877, panbone, wood, ivory, baleen, and horn, 6 1/2 x 8 5/8. Capt. Frederick Howland Smith (1840-1924) rose through the whaling ranks to command a number of vessels, inclusing the OHIO and JOHN P. WEST, in the 1870s and 1880s. His wife, Sarah G. "Sallie" Wordell Smith (1840-1896), accompanied him on several voyages and recorded some of his...
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Coventry Connecticut celebrates 300 years–all year long.
Coventry, home of the famous Patriot spy and Connecticut state hero Nathan Hale, celebrates quite the milestone birthday this year–300 years. And celebrate they will, all year long with events ranging from parades to time capsules to the unveiling of a statue featuring Hale himself. Check out the full schedule. The main event will be the Past, Present &...
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Enter the land of shadow puppets. Beginning April 1 at the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry.
The Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry’s season kicks off from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 1, 2012 with the exhibit “Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater in the United States.” The hundreds of notably rare figures in this exhibit are from Benton’s extensive collection–a treat, since Benton is known as an American puppetry “innovator”...
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Celebrate the environment. Spring Thanksgiving with the Mashantuckets, March 23-24.
If you only know the Mashantucket Pequots for the Foxwoods Resort Casino, you’re missing out. The tribal nation brings so much more to the southeastern Connecticut area – like the Spring Thanksgiving: Gifts of the Land & Waters event where they invite the public to join in their celebration of the environment. The annual spring seasonal thanksgiving...
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..isms at the Florence Griswold Museum. Art 101 in one visit.
Art 101 is a college course that should be required for anyone who enjoys art. The class complete with full screen imagery, lectures and visits to galleries is a must for truly understanding all that fine art has to offer. Closest thing to a good art educating right now (outside of college) is the new exhibit “…isms: Unlocking Art’s Mysteries”...
Continue ReadingA video visit to Stonington Borough, Connecticut
I just stumbled across this video that presents Stonington Borough (just 15 minutes from Mystic) in all of its classically, elegant simplicity. Enjoy!
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Bling bling…11 Eastern CT businesses earn coveted AAA Four Diamonds.
See that bling? You know it’s good. Congrats to the eleven eastern Connecticut restaurants and hotels who garnered 2012 AAA Four Diamond Awards.* Restaurants: Octagon at Mystic Marriott, Groton Craftsteak, MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Ledyard Paragon at Foxwoods, Ledyard Still River Café, Eastford Lodgings: Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa, Groton (11th...
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