10 North Water Street, South Norwalk, CT Phone: (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.

Many weekends through mid-March 2013. Dates and times vary by low tide. Journey out onto Long Island Sound in hopes of seeing some of the seals that spend the winter just off our shores during The Maritime Aquarium's new season of Winter Creature Cruises. These invigorating cruises seek out the harbor seals, gray seals and even harp seals that have been coming down into the Sound in growing numbers each winter. Educators on board the research vessel Oceanic will point out these federally protected marine mammals and talk about their natural histories. They'll also help identify such winter waterfowl as buffleheads, mergansers and Old Squaws.

303 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850. Phone: 203-899-0606 .

The Stepping Stones Museum exhibit: Framed: Step Into Art will run from January 21, 2013 to May 12th.  One of the unique exhibits to be enjoyed at Stepping Stones.   A chance for children to interact with paintings, with fun activities like climbing into a tent and exploring the camping gear in John Singer Sargent's Camp at Lake O'Hara, adding corn husks to the flower tower in Diego Rivera's Corn Festival or substituting their own smiles in a cut-out of the Mona Lisa.  The exhibit, produced by the Minnesota Children's Museum is a must see.  Check the website for further information.

303 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850. Phone: 203-899-0606.

Our Framed: Step into Art™ exhibit is scheduled to run from Monday, January 21 – Sunday, May 12, 2013
Enter the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before.  Art viewers become art as they physically enter a scene and are encouraged to interpret, express and connect with art.  They can ride a giant chicken attached to a wagon, set up a camp in the Canadian Rockies, prepare dinner for a group of hungry farmers.  They can become an art gallery director, selecting and exhibiting art in their own gallery, as well as explore the exhibit through Art Hunt Cards.  Framed: Step into Art ™ supports the National Standards for Art Education. Framed: Step into Art ™ was produced by the Minnesota Children's Museum for the members of the Youth Museum Exhibit Collaborative.

1 Museum Dr., Greenwich, CT Phone: 203.869.0376.

Chinasaurs: Dinosaur Discoveries from China welcomes visitors to walk among the skeletons, skulls, nests and eggs of more than a dozen of these rare Asian dinosaurs. From the huge 30-foot long, meat-eating Yangchuanosaurus to the gazelle-sized plant eaters such as Psittacosaurus, the prehistoric fossils of the Far East provide an exciting experience for dinosaur enthusiasts.  Chinasaurs offers a glimpse of the unprecedented evolution of dinosaurs and their dominance over the world for more than 155 million years.

25 Avery Place, Westport, CT Phone: (203)222-1424.

Treasures Revealed, in the main Sheffer Gallery, summarizes the size and scope of Archival vault and Collections holdings and displays selected artifacts. To share what cannot be exposed to sunlight, the Oral History Committee’s video tour of Wheeler House’s period rooms and “off limits” storage spaces, narrated by Archives and Collections volunteers, will provide unprecedented public access. the Inside Story Exhibit in the Mollie Donovan Gallery affirms, the WHS’s best known treasures are Bradley-Wheeler House, which dates to 1795, and its rare octagonal cobblestone barn.

96 Broad St, Stamford, CT Phone: 203-325-1139.

Ferguson, 3rd floor. Juried Exhibition. Opening: Thurs. Jan. 31 6-8pm. (203) 964-1000.

295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850. Phone: 203-838-9799 ext. 4.

The State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded a $179,558.00 planning grant to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to move forward with ADA improvements and a new basement stair egress. The State Historic Preservation Office Historic Restoration Fund most generously provides the funding that permits the Museum to be wholly accessible to the public allowing for the expansion of the visitor groups and programming of the Museum’s full facility. … all sixty-two rooms! The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a National Historic Landmark. For more information on tours and programs please email info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203-838-9799.

One Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT Phone: 203.869.0376.

The exhibition features approximately 30 oil paintings by Meltzoff, many that are three to four feet long, that portray fish in their environments from the New Jersey shores to the shallows of the Carribean and the deep Atlantic waters.

10 N. Water Street, Norwalk, CT Phone: (203) 852-0700.

Free with admission. Back for a celebratory but brief encore, a small exhibit of Africa penguins will be on special display for two months at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, CT 06903. Phone: 203.322.1646.

TWO ARTISTS LOOK AT THE SKY. Saturday, February 16 through Monday, May 27, 2013 NIGHTWATCH: THE ART OF GREG MORT Greg Mort, a Maryland artist with a well-established national reputation, has his eyes firmly in the sky in this selection of original artworks. With his crisp hand, impeccable technique, and lyrical view of the universe, Mort conveys his awe, respect, and love of nature in his artworks, which can be found at the White House, the Smithsonian Institution and in the collection of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). THE PRINTS OF ETIENNE LEOPOLD TROUVELOT, Today, Trouvelout's works endure as the most detailed and meticulous illustrations of celestial phenomena ever complied. Included in the exhibition will be images as varied as the Planet Jupiter, The Great Comet of 1881 and the Partial Eclipse of the Moon. These detailed lithographs may appear to be photographs, but don't be fooled, they were created exclusively by the keen eye and steady hand of Mr. Trouvelot. Members: Free | Non-Members: Free with gate admission. For more information call 203.322-1646, e-mail or visit the websie.