Golf in New Britain

New Britain is the Hardware City of Connecticut, a central Hartford County city whose manufacturing heritage—in precision hardware, drills, and tools—has defined its economic identity and working-class character. Stanley Golf Course's 27-hole municipal complex serves the New Britain community with accessible golf that reflects the city's practical approach to public recreation, and Central Connecticut State University's presence adds an academic dimension to a community in the midst of economic transition from manufacturing toward education and healthcare-based employment. The New Britain Museum of American Art—one of the country's finest collections of American painting, with particular strength in the Impressionist period—gives the Hardware City a cultural institution of unexpected sophistication that complements the practical, working-city identity of Connecticut's most authentically industrial urban community.