Arts and Theatre in New Britain
The purpose of the Greater New Britain Arts Alliance is to promote the creative, performing and visual arts, to provide a unified voice for the arts organizations, to serve as a catalyst for arts-related collaborations, to nurture individual creative abilities, and to advocate the arts as vital to the economic health and quality of life in the region.
Museums in New Britain
The New Britain Museum of American Art's founding in 1903 entitles the institution to be designated the first museum of strictly American art in the country.