- The list below includes 407 free or cheap things to do in or near Meriden, Connecticut, including 117 different types of inexpensive activities like Parks, Walking Trails, Art Gallery and Paintball.
- From Hubbard Park to Meriden Linear Trails, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Meriden and in nearby cities within 25 miles like New Haven, Hartford, West Hartford and Hamden.
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The Foster Family Farm offers fieldtrips and private birthday events throughout most of the year. It is only open to the general public during the fall when it features two full-sized corn mazes, a family play yard, pumpkin patch, and a farm animal petting zoo.
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One of Connecticut's most unusual parks is Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam. The park takes its name from its central waterfall, which is riddled with holes that, according to local legend, stretch down into Hell.
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The Litchfield First Congregational Church is a Christian church that operates a wide variety of outreach and mission programs. The church welcomes visitors, and even maintains a gift shop on the premises.
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At the Tapping Reeve House and Law School, visitors can learn about the life of the 19th-century student through role playing activities and interpretive exhibits. At the beginning of each visit, an interpretive video serves as a introduction to life in Litchfield.
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A 20-lane bowling facility, Sky Top Lanes offers open and league bowling with automatic scoring and bumpers. The center provides arcade games, a snack bar, private event and party hosting, a lounge and a pro shop.
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Featuring works from over 40 local and national artists, Art Essex Gallery is an art gallery with a large variety of creations for sale. Paintings, prints, ceramics, and jewelry are among the products customers can view and purchase.
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Focusing on educating young children, the KidsPlay Children's Museum strives to make learning fun. The museum teaches through multi-sensory, hands-on exhibits that allow children to become fully immersed in the educational experience.
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Litchfield Historical Society is an organization that is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of the county of Litchfield. The society has a museum, a research library, and a historic house.
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An art gallery named for its featured artist, Thomas F McKnight features a wide selection of paintings, silk screen prints, and posters. McKnight's subject matter is eclectic, and includes landscapes, scenes from myth, and whimsical scenes.
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Artwell provides gallery space to exhibit contemporary works by both professional and amateur artists. They offer instruction in traditional visual art forms and emerging and technology-based visual art forms and also provide educational lectures on the visual arts.