New Haven is home to many world class museums, libraries, schools, theaters, and festivals.  As the home of Yale University, it boasts a wide array of speakers, concerts, and programs, unavailable elsewhere in a city of its size.  In fact, New Haven boasts many "firsts."  The following links will provide you will a guide to the many interesting and exciting things happening in New Haven.

New Haven's Firsts:
1784 - First city charter in New England
1798 - First use of interchangeable parts for mass production- Eli Whitney
1809 - First assembly line- James Brewster's Carriage Factory
1820 - First lattice truss bridge, patented by Ithiel Town
1832 - First University art museum in the U.S.- Yale University Art Gallery
1878 - First telephone switchboard, George C. Coy
1879 - First American football game, codified by Yale coach Walter Camp
1892 - First lollipop, George C. Smith of Smith Candy Company
1900 - First Pizza, Frank Pepe
1995 - 200 Premiers of Broadway Shows, Shubert Performing Arts Center, First commission of a public statue of an African in U.S., the Amistad Memorial

Other New Haven, Connecticut Area Sites and Links

Greater New Haven Calendar of Events - provided by www.INFONewHaven.com
New Haven Dining Information - provided by www.INFONewHaven.com
The City of New Haven- Great guide to the city, with other local links and a Downtown Map.
New Haven Register - New Haven newspaper
Hartford Courant - Hartford newspaper
New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Tweed-New Haven Airport
Yale University
Visit Connecticut - A guide to help you plan your trip to Connecticut.
Visit New England - A guide to help you plan your trip to New England.
Beinecke Rare Book Library- Yale University
University of New Haven
Quinnipiac University
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven Web- Comprehensive guide to What's Going On in New Haven.
C. A. White, Inc.- Moving to New Haven?  For Yale Apartments, click here.  Say you saw it on the Internet and receive $50 off your first month's rent!
Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven, CT