Stamford Museum & Nature Center

The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, located in Stamford, Connecticut, is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences museum. The property covers 118 acres beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway.

Photo: Koulighan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Park
Description: American museum
Also known as: “Stamford Museum and Nature Center”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glass House and Turn-of-River Bridge.

Glass House

Museum

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Glass House is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It was built in 1948–49 by the architect Philip Johnson, who designed the home as his weekend retreat. Glass House is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

Turn-of-River Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Turn-of-River Bridge, also known as Old North Stamford Road Bridge, is a single-span lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892. Turn-of-River Bridge is situated 1 mile south of Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Stamford and Springdale.

North Stamford

Suburb

North Stamford is an affluent section of Stamford, Connecticut, United States, north of the Merritt Parkway. Mostly woody and hilly, it is the least densely populated, and highest income section of the city, with a 2021 median household income in excess of $250,000.

Springdale

Suburb

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Springdale is a neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut. Located in the eastern portion of Stamford, close to the border of Darien and New Canaan, Springdale is noted for its "small town feel". Springdale is situated 3 miles southeast of Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

New Canaan

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

New Canaan is a town in Connecticut. The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. In 2008, CNN Money ranked New Canaan first in the nation with the highest median family income.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Categories: museum and recreation area
Location: Town of Stamford, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.12606° or 41° 7′ 34″ north

Longitude

-73.54829° or 73° 32′ 54″ west

Open location code

87H84FG2+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43398271

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q7597404

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In Other Languages

“Stamford Museum & Nature Center” goes by many names.

Czech: “Stamford Museum & Nature Center”

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Highlights include SMNC Nature’s Playground and Stamford Observatory.

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