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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut
(860) 278-2670
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With more than 50,000 artworks and artifacts spanning 5,000 years, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the second-largest public art museum in New England and the oldest in the nation. The first American museum to acquire works by Salvador Dalí and the Italian artist Caravaggio, the museum also houses 7,000 items documenting African-American history and culture in partnership with the Amistad Foundation. Particularly impressive are the museum's collections of baroque, impressionist, and Hudson River School artists.
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