Sloane-Stanley Museum & Kent Furnace

This unique museum features the works of Eric Sloane and a reconstruction of his art studio. Sloane's career as an artist comes alive in his studio, re-created with his painting easel and rows of jars filled with brushes. On display is a vast compilation of tools used in early America. Near the Museum, visitors can walk the grounds and examine the pioneer cabin built by Sloane to honor the "Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805" which he published. While in the museum visitors can see Sloane's collection of hand tools, woodworking items, and farm implements. The collection is quite extensive and plans are in the works to have many of the items remounted. The State of Connecticut owns and operates the Sloane-Stanley Museum and houses an extraordinary collection of Sloane's paintings depicting America of days long gone. His landscapes and painted barns are reminiscent of a reflective time period in our Nation's history. Sloane was also well known for his cloud formation paintings. The background for the planes at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum is one of Sloane's famous works.

Guests at the Museum will also want to visit the granite remains of the Kent Iron Furnace. Built in 1826 the blast furnace produced pig iron for nearly 70 years, and its Gothic style arches are located a short distance from the museum. The Museum operates from mid-May through the end of October.