"...an opening in the heart of the city..., to which citizens will naturally flow in their walks; ...a place where children play; ...a place for holiday scenes and celebrations; ...where rich and poor will exchange looks and make acquaintance through the eyes; ...a place of life and motion that will make us more completely conscious of being one people."
– The Rev. Horace Bushnell, proposing the park, 1853.
The Hartford Donates $10,000 to the Bushnell Park Foundation Thursday, August 26, is Bushnell Park Day under Mayor Segarra's Week of the Parks initiative. Volunteers needed! Please contact us at (860) 232-6710 or meet us at the pond at 11 a.m. Thanks to the Knox Parks Foundation for contributing some of the plantings and the City of Hartford for donating mulch and the tree work for Bushnell Park Day.
Bushnell Park Carousel / New England Carousel Museum One of the few remaining antique wooden carousels in the US, only $1/ride all season. Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $1 per ride. Carousel closes October 31 for the season.
Greater Hartford Arts Council New England’s largest independent arts council, connecting the public to arts & entertainment.
