Tours 2020
In this time of social isolation, it's more important than ever to get outside, breathe some fresh air, and feel the sun on your face. We're working with our community partners to bring you self-guided walking tours of New Haven's most beautiful and fascinating spots, bike tours that will take you down city streets and further afield to peaceful pastures, and virtual tours of your favorite museum spaces. More tours will be added throughout the spring and summer. Check back often for new adventures!
Bike Tour: Shoreline Greenway
presented in partnership with Elm City Cycling
Step away from Zoom and hop onto your stationary bike to explore the New Haven Shoreline.
Or click on the link below for a map of the ride that you can enjoy on your own.
A Joint Bike Tour/Walking Tour of the Pardee-Morris House
presented in partnership with Elm City Cycling & The New Haven Museum
Twilight concerts at the Pardee-Morris House are a summer ritual. This year, Elm City Cycling takes you on a virtual ride from the New Haven Green to this historic home while you enjoy the music of Ed Fast & Congabop, complete with a virtual house tour.
Bike Tour: Hindinger Farm
presented in partnership with Elm City Cycling
Step away from Zoom, hop onto your stationary bike and ride along with Elm City Cycling to Hindinger Farm.
Or click on the link below for a map of the ride that you can enjoy on your own.
Diary Discs
Public Art Installation
Be part of the conversation in this public art installation that asks the public to respond to prompts on disks!
Windowed Worlds
Stroll through downtown and see storefronts transformed by artist Francisco del Carpio-Beltran.
Arboretum Tour of the Grove Street Cemetery
This self-guided arboretum tour takes visitors on a 1.3-mile loop around the only arboretum in Greater New Haven to view an impressive selection of 40 plant species, with special highlights in a brochure complete with original leaf drawings from live specimens.
New Haven's African American, Indigenous, and Latinx History
This map was co-created by students in the African American and Latinx History class at Metropolitan, a local New Haven high school. It includes sites from across the city, spanning hundreds of years, from before European colonization of this land, to the present.
New Haven Notables
The Chapel West Special Services district commissioned a series of murals to celebrate 31 New Haven Notables, and the map below is your guide to finding them all. Download the map, set out on a walk, and see if you can spot all 31 murals.
Bike Tour: East Coast Greenway North
presented in partnership with Elm City Cycling
Hop on your stationary bike and travel north from New Haven to Cheshire and learn about plans to connect the former rail trail to Northampton, Mass, then visit historic Locks 12 and 14 along with our bike tour partners Elm City Cycling.
Or click on the link below for a map of the ride that you can enjoy on your own.
Bike Tour: Water, Water Everywhere
presented in partnership with Elm City Cycling
Hop on your stationary bike and explore New Haven's rich and varied water resources, its rivers, estuaries and harbor. Learn about the ways we enjoy and protect these fragile assets in a time of climate change and increasing ecological awareness.
Or click on the link below for a map of the ride that you can enjoy on your own.