ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) — A new exhibit opens today at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. It is called “Rising Waters,” and it takes a look at the history of flooding along the river, with ...

ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) — Nearly 20 decorated boats participated in the Connecticut River Museum boat parade on Thursday. Executive Director of the Connecticut River Museum Elizabeth Kaeser said ...

ESSEX — Executive director of the Connecticut River Museum Gainor B. Davis resigned her post this week after seven months of leading the institution.

Essex — home of the Connecticut River Museum — was the site of one of the major actions of the War of 1812, when 27 American "privateers" were burned at anchor by the British.

But for Jerry Roberts, executive director of the Connecticut River Museum, the most significant detail might be a little hole in the parlor wall.

ESSEX — The Connecticut River Museum will host its 26th Annual RiverFare on Thursday, June 6, 6-9 p.m. The event is presented by Tower Laboratories and the Ivoryton Playhouse and all proceeds ...

Wooden sailing ships lived remarkable lives, and the strange tale of the Niantic, built in Middletown, is part of a new exhibit at the Connecticut River Museum. “I just love the story of the ...

"The river for a very long time prior to the 1960s was incredibly polluted," Lauren Bennett-Dionne, director of education at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex, said.