Downtown Hartford, CT
Hartford
![Connecticut Science Center featuring a garden](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87033-Connecticut-Science-Center.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
![Bushnell Park showing a garden](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/238000/238249-Bushnell-Park.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
![Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts featuring theater scenes and interior views](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87134-Bushnell-Center-For-The-Performing-Arts.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
![Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts which includes theater scenes and street scenes](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87140-Bushnell-Center-For-The-Performing-Arts.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
![Bushnell Park featuring a garden, heritage architecture and a castle](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87112-Bushnell-Park.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
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Popular places to visit
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Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Get tickets for a show at Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, a theater with a story to tell in Hartford. Experience the area's great live music and acclaimed theater scene.
![Connecticut Science Center which includes interior views as well as children](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87030-Connecticut-Science-Center.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Connecticut Science Center
You can browse the exhibits at Connecticut Science Center, a museum with a story of its own, during your trip to Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices and acclaimed theater scene.
![Bushnell Park featuring a garden, heritage architecture and a castle](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87112-Bushnell-Park.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Bushnell Park
Explore the great outdoors at Bushnell Park, a lovely green space in Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theater scene and entertainment choices.
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Connecticut State Capital
After visiting Connecticut State Capital, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices or attend a sporting event.
![The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum located in Hartford, Connecticut.](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/2/c31ba5f3e60460dd3c1cacb96a4e6e64.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
You can browse the exhibits at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a museum with a story of its own, during your travels to Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theater scene and great live music.
![Mark Twain House featuring a house and heritage architecture](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/86000/86975-Mark-Twain-House.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Mark Twain House & Museum
You can browse the exhibits at Mark Twain House & Museum, a museum with a story of its own, during your travels to Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices and great live music.
Downtown Hartford Hotel Deals
![DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/10000/1700/1637/27e2ba43_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on 10 February 2025
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Reviewed on 30 January 2025
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Reviewed on 4 February 2025
![Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown, an IHG Hotel](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/16000000/15690000/15682300/15682208/30ed0547_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on 21 January 2025
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Reviewed on 22 December 2024
![Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/490000/482400/482380/40ea2d03_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on 25 January 2025
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Other neighborhoods around Downtown Hartford
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Clay-Arsenal
While Clay-Arsenal isn't home to many top sights, Dunkin' Donuts Park and Xfinity Theatre are some notable places to visit nearby.
![Underneath that blue dome lies the east armory of a factory once owned by a man who changed American history, the innovator of the revolver, Samuel Colt. Sprawling around the crumbling red brickwork of the old Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, once the largest private armory in the world, are the remnants of Coltsville, the utopian village he built for his workers.
A model of 19th century industrial paternalism, Coltsville included a church, a social hall for dances and lectures, workers’ housing, a giant landscaped park home to deer and peacocks, sculpted botanical gardens, and thousands of feet of greenhouses filled with tropical fruit and flowers. Samuel Colt felt such responsibility for the welfare of his workers outside the factory that he went so far as to build Potsdam Village, to replicate the feel of the German village from which he imported his skilled craftsmen to work in his willow ware factory.
The National Park Service began having on-site presence in 2015, with workshops and tours, including up into the Blue Onion Dome which affords magnificent views of downtown Hartford, the Connecticut River and Colt Park, formerly the back yard of Armsmear, Samuel & Elizabeth Colt’s mansion. By 2016, an NPS ranger had taken up residence in the South Armory and was giving walking tours of Coltsville.
The old South, East and North armories are under renovation and the two 1855 brownstone buildings, the oldest structures on site, will become the National Park Service Visitor Center. The armories themselves have been or are being renovated into apartments, offices and education facilities.](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/2/69cc37147bd6607a51867798efaad477.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=350&h=192&q=medium)
Sheldon-Charter Oak
While visiting Sheldon-Charter Oak, you might make a stop by sights like Connecticut River and Colt Park.
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South Green
Though South Green might not have many top sights, you can venture to the surrounding area to see attractions like Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Hartford City Hall.
![Mark Twain House which includes signage](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/86000/86971-Mark-Twain-House.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=350&h=192&q=medium)
Asylum Hill
You'll enjoy the museums and churches in Asylum Hill. You might want to make time for a stop at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center or Mark Twain House & Museum.
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Frog Hollow
If you're spending some time in Frog Hollow, Pope Park and Connecticut State Library are top sights worth seeing.
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Upper Albany
While Upper Albany isn't home to many top sights, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Mark Twain House & Museum are some notable places to visit nearby.