New Britain Museum of American Art

The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in . Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in New Britain, Connecticut
  • Also known as: NBMAA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walnut Hill Park and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.

Park
is a large public park west of downtown . Developed beginning in the 1860s, it is an early work of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, with winding lanes, a band shell, and the city's monument to its World War I soldiers.

Theater building
is a historic former church building at 69 Main Street in , . Built in 1891 to a design by Amos P. is situated 2,800 feet east of New Britain Museum of American Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West End Historic District and Walnut Hill District.

Neighborhood
The encompasses a predominantly residential area west of downtown . Forming a rough C shape around the west part of , the area was developed in the late 19th century as one of its premier upper-class neighborhoods, home to business and civic leaders, with a fine array of late 19th and early 20th century architecture.

Neighborhood
The in , is a historic district that primarily showcases residential architecture reflecting the city's growth as an industrial hub from the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.

Neighborhood
The encompasses the city hall complex and central municipal park of . A prominent part of the city's downtown business district, the city hall is an architecturally distinguished former hotel, while the park includes a substantial Beaux Arts Civil War memorial.

New Britain Museum of American Art

Latitude
41.66482° or 41° 39′ 53″ north
Longitude
-72.79093° or 72° 47′ 27″ west
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
Open location code
87H9M675+WJ
Geo­Names ID
4839304
Wiki­data ID
Q7005718
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“New Britain Museum of American Art” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • Chinese: 新不列顛美國藝術博物館
  • Czech: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • Esperanto: Nov-Britia Muzeo de Usona Arto
  • French: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • German: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • Japanese: ニューブリテン・ミュージアム・オブ・アメリカンアート
  • Polish: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • Portuguese: Museu de Arte Americana de New Britain
  • Portuguese: NBMAA
  • Russian: Музей американского искусства Новой Британии
  • Russian: Нью-Бритенский музей американского искусства
  • Turkish: New Britain Amerikan Sanat Müzesi
  • Turkish: New Britain Museum of American Art
  • Ukrainian: Нью Бритн музей американського мистецтва
  • Ukrainian: Нью-Бритенський музей американського мистецтва

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