South Meadows
Visit South Meadows
Popular places to visit
![Mark Twain House showing heritage architecture and a house](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
Walk in Mark Twain’s footsteps at the author’s beloved Hartford home. The museum next door will complete your Twain education.
![Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts featuring interior views](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/87000/87132-Bushnell-Center-For-The-Performing-Arts.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
While seeing a play or concert in Hartford’s historic venue, look up to admire one of the largest ceiling murals in the United States.
![Bushnell Park showing heritage architecture, chateau or palace and a garden](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
Relax near the pond or take a ride on the antique carousel at one of America’s oldest publicly funded parks, located in the heart of Hartford.
![Connecticut Science Center featuring 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
Leave your textbooks at home and learn about science by playing, exploring and inventing your way through this interactive science center in Hartford.
![Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art](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 entertainment choices and great live music.
![Connecticut State Capital](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/1/b467bc8d657cca73c9dba2dbb00ff4dd.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Connecticut State Capital
After visiting Connecticut State Capital, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Hartford. Experience the area's great live music or attend a sporting event.
Things to do
Top hotels in South Meadows
![Best Western Hartford Hotel & Suites](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/20000/12200/12156/d1b8e5f0_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 15, 2024
![The Capitol Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/10000/6800/6777/3163450a_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 8, 2024
![Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/10000/4700/4632/c96d9ee8_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 16, 2024
![Days Inn by Wyndham Windsor Locks / Bradley Intl Airport](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/20000/17600/17518/38773b32_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 14, 2024
![La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Hartford - Bradley Airport](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/50000/50000/49978/1212ba14_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 17, 2024
![Hampton Inn & Suites Hartford/East Hartford](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2950000/2943100/2943093/6a3f3167_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Dec 17, 2024
Other neighbourhoods around South Meadows
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South End
While there might not be top attractions in South End, you can explore the larger area and discover places like Webster Theater and Charter Oak Cultural Center.
![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 Charter Oak Cultural Center and Connecticut River.
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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 Charter Oak Cultural Center and Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.
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Barry Square
If you're spending some time in Barry Square, Webster Theater and Cinestudio are top sights worth seeing.
![Side view of the beautiful memorial to the first dentist to use nitrous oxide— he had quite a tragic tale of addiction, violence, and suicide so check out the audio tour!](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/2/1f614480d7b164f5fbb249dfd3edf807.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=350&h=192&q=medium)
South West
While South West might not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Webster Theater and Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.
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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.