Over 850,000 adults and children have engaged with Hill-Stead’s varied programs since the museum’s inception in 1947. Today, over 45,000 visitors a year enjoy tours, lectures, family festivals, poetry and curriculum–based school activities.

Renowned French Impressionist paintings—four by Claude Monet, three by Edgar Degas— and notable works by Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt and James McNeill Whistler are highlights of the in situ exhibition. The collection also includes 250 prints and photographs, 290 ceramics, 400 pieces of furniture, a 3,300-volume library and 16,000-plus archival documents. The 152-acre property features an Arts and Crafts carriage barn and theater, stone garages, woodland trails, a pond and dairy complex, and a Sunken Garden designed by Beatrix Farrand c. 1920.

Hill-Stead is a National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of Save America’s Treasures. In 2003, the American Association of Museums awarded Hill-Stead accreditation. Hill-Stead is a member of the Connecticut Art Trail, the Connecticut Women’s Heritage Trail and Connecticut’s Historic Gardens.

Association of American Museums: www.aam-us.org
Connecticut Art Trail: www.arttrail.org
Connecticut Women’s Heritage Trail: www.cwhf.org/womens_heritage_trail.htm
Connecticut’s Historic Gardens: http://cthistoricgardens.org