- City:
- Barkhamsted, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Education and Health, Museums, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
“[T]he historic Nature Museum features displays on forestry, flora and fauna native to Connecticut, local history artifacts, rocks and minerals, and insects. Programs are offered throughout the summer. The Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places.”
“The museum was built in 1934-35 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps based across the river in American Legion State Forest, and was formally dedicated by Governor Wilbur Cross in 1935. It closed in the early 1950s, and was reopened in 1992 after standing unused for many years.”
Source notes
Historical Museum of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shenipsit State Forest: exhibit information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_State_Forest_Nature_Museum
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 20, 2018.
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