Art Museums and Cinema

New Haven has a large number of art galleries as well as two major art museums, the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. The Beineke Rare Book Library houses an original Gutenberg Bible as well as many other famous works for bibliophiles. Lists of some of the art galleries may be found on the New Haven Arts Council site. In addition, there are several excellent art museums in the surrounding towns including the Griswold Museum in Old Lyme which houses a major collection of American impressionism and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. Film is also well-represented with a number of local small art theaters as well as the up and coming annual New Haven independent film festival.

In New Haven

• Yale University Art Gallery
• Yale Center for British Art
• ArtBeat Organization (Arts Listings for New Haven)
• Artspace
• Beinecke Rare Book Library
• CityWide Open Artist Studios Events
• Creative Arts Workshop
• Criterion Cinema
• New Haven Arts Council site
• New Haven Festival of Arts & Ideas
• New Haven Film Festival
• PABA Gallery
• York Square Cinemas

Surrounding Towns

• Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
• Art Galleries with Web Sites
  Barker Animation Museum and Galleries
• Bruce Museum
• CT Impressionist Art Trail -impressionist painters worked heavily in Connecticut and the state has established a n Art Trail with all the relevant places and museums to visit
• Florence Griswold Museum
• Guilford Handcrafts Center
• Hans Wilhelm's Site (Artist & Illustrator from Westport) - great fun for kids
• Hill-Stead Museum
• Lyman Allen Museum
• New Britain Museum of American Art
• Wadsworth Atheneum