Hartford and Surrounding Areas

Hartford is also known as the "Insurance Capital of the World" because it is home to many of the world's insurance company headquarters. Located mid-way between Boston and New York, Hartford is also the capital city for the state of Connecticut.

The greater Hartford region is made up of thirty-one towns, and is serves as home to 32 higher education institutions including Trinity College, the University of Hartford, the University of Connecticut, Amherst College along with the University of Massachusetts. The region is also home to postgraduate institutions such as Rensselaer at Hartford, Hartford Seminary, and Quinnipiac University.

Cultural options abound at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts along with the Hartford Conservatory for the Performing Arts along with the John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center. Music lovers can experience the sounds of some of music's biggest names at the Meadows Music Centre. History buffs can explore the city's rich history at the homes of literary legends Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Isham-Terry House, the Old State House, or the impressive collections at the nation's oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

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