The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum joins more than 130 museums and institutions across the state in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative. The program invites Connecticut children ages 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult to visit participating museums free of charge from July 1 through September 5, 2022. 

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From July 1 through September 5, the Museum will be offering all Connecticut children ages 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult free admission to guided tours of the Mansion. 

LMMM will be featuring three ongoing exhibitions, including: Making It Last: Sustainable Fashion in Victorian America, curated by Lynne Zacek Bassett and sponsored in part by CT Humanities; A Century of Dolls, curated by Stacey Danielson; and Fragments of Light, Impressions of Color, curated by Gail Ingis. Tours will be available Wed.-Sun., 12-4 p.m., and include a Kids’ Station with fun activities to engage our visitors ages 18 and under during their tour and to bring home. Please note that admission to A Century of Dolls is only available during a 90-minute Guided Tour, which is offered at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

To redeem this offer, choose “CT Summer at the Museum” admission during ticket purchase. Proof of residency is required at tour check-in. This program is for Connecticut residents only and geared towards families exploring together, not for group visits, such as visits from camps, youth groups, scouts, and Boys and Girls Clubs.

Click here for tour tickets and schedules*

*Tour capacity is limited. Double-booking is not permitted. Walk-ins are welcome to purchase tickets at the door, and subject to availability. Whether you’ve reserved a ticket ahead of time or are a walk-in on the day of, latecomers will not be guaranteed a spot on the tour. Please review our photography policy below:

Photography policy

By purchasing a ticket to a tour, you hereby give the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum of Norwalk, Inc. (LMMM), irrevocable consent to use and reproduce any and all photographs which have been taken of your image and/or that of your child(ren), in negative or positive form, for the express purpose of use on the LMMM website and for promotion of or use by the LMMM without any or further compensation to you or approval by you. Please alert a LMMM representative at tour check-in if you would not like your image and/or that of your child(ren) photographed and we will accommodate your request.

About CT Summer at the Museum

The program invites Connecticut children ages 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult to visit participating museums free of charge from July 1 through September 5, 2022. Funding for the initiative is provided by the CT General Assembly, with the support of Connecticut Humanities and the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the federal American Rescue Plan.

A visit to a museum provides a special opportunity that can positively impact mental health, demonstrably improve learning outcomes among children and youth, and offer positive activities and outlets in many of the neighborhoods, towns, and cities that we serve. As children and students missed out on more than two years of group and school visits to our institutions as part of hands-on, interactive learning, the CT Summer at the Museum Program gives these children and students a chance to experience our institutions and benefit from our programs, activities, and exhibits.