Eli Whitney Museum

Eli Whitney Gun Factory
1827 painting of the Gun Factory by William Giles Munson
Eli Whitney Museum is located in Connecticut
Eli Whitney Museum
Eli Whitney Museum is located in the United States
Eli Whitney Museum
Location915-940 Whitney Ave., Hamden, Connecticut
Coordinates41°20′09″N 72°54′38″W / 41.33583°N 72.91056°W / 41.33583; -72.91056
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1798 (1798)
NRHP reference No.74002049[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1974
Eli Whitney Museum
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Established1979
LocationHamden, Connecticut
DirectorRyan Paxton
Websitewww.eliwhitney.org

The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798. The museum focuses on teaching experiments that are the roots of design and invention, featuring hands-on building projects and exhibits on Whitney and A. C. Gilbert.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Eli Whitney Museum