Connecticut River Museum -

Located on the Connecticut River. The museum is housed in an 1878 warehouse at the old Essex Steamboat Dock, the Museum exhibits the history of the Connecticut River Valley and its people, amd emphasizes the lower Valley's maritime heritage. Exhibits include ship models, a full-size reproduction of the world's first submarine, navigational instruments and shipbuilding tools, Indian artifacts, Valley industry and agriculture, and a small water craft used on the River.

Also on the site, in an 1813 Federal-style chandlery, is the Thomas A. Stevens Library, a non-circulating research facility for the study of Valley and maritime history.

The Museum is open year round.