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  Weekday Tours   Saturday Tours

Monday-Friday
(Year-round)

9:15Red Star10:15Red Star11:15Red Star12:15Red Star1:15
(Also 2:15 in July and August)
Closed for all State Holidays, the day after Thanksgiving and December 24 through January 1.

Self-Guided Tour booklets are available.

Saturday
(April-October)

10:15Red Star11:15Red Star12:15Red Star1:15Red Star2:15
(Closed Saturdays of holiday weekends)
Building admittance is only available to those who take a guided tour. Visitors must remain with the tour guide during the entire tour (1 hour). The Capitol is not open for self-guided tours on Saturdays.

  Group Reservations   Parking

Group reservations may be made by calling (860) 240-0222 weekdays 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., or by using the on-line request form under "Request a Tour". Student groups must be 3rd Grade or above; see Guidelines.

Limited free parking is available in the Legislative Office Building parking garage (Monday to Friday) and on the north Capitol grounds.

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  How to Get Here

Directions to the State Capitol
(210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT)
and Legislative Office Building
(300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT)

Map of Directions to Connecticut State Capitol Bulidings

 Maps by Expedia.com Travel

Going East on I-84: Take the Capitol Ave. Exit 48B. The Capitol is on the left and the Legislative Office Building (LOB) on the right.

Going West on I-84: Take the Asylum Street Exit 48.   Turn right at the light, then immediately take the left fork, which is Farmington Avenue.  Turn left at the next light onto Broad Street.  After one light and the State Armory, turn left into the Legislative Office Building driveway and continue left to the LOB Garage.   To park at the Capitol (which has very limited space) - from Broad Street, turn left at the second light onto Capitol Avenue. Turn left onto Trinity Street at the third light, and left onto the Capitol Grounds.

From I-91, Northbound and Southbound: Take the Capitol Area Exit 29A. Follow the Whitehead Highway; go halfway around the rotary onto Elm St., left onto Trinity St., and bear right onto Capitol Ave.

The Capitol and the Legislative Office Building (LOB) are on the right.

Parking: Limited free parking is available in the Legislative Office Building parking garage (weekdays only) accessible from both Capitol Avenue and Broad Street and on the north Capitol grounds off Trinity Street.

On-street metered parking and commercial parking lots are also nearby.

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