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: Art gallery
  • Description: art museum in New Britain, Connecticut
  • Also known as: “NBMAA”
  • Address: 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walnut Hill Park and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.

Park
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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
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is a historic former church building at 69 Main Street in , . Built in 1891 to a design by Amos P. is situated 3,000 feet east of New Britain Museum of American Art.

Church
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The South Congregational - First Baptist Church or "South Church" is a historic church at 90 Main Street in , . It is a large brownstone Gothic Revival structure, located at a central intersection in the city's heart. is situated 2,700 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
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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
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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
41.66428° or 41° 39′ 51″ north
Longitude
-72.79145° or 72° 47′ 29″ west
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
87H9M675+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 448995866
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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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