The summer months in Connecticut serve up a bounty of  art, music and beautiful vistas that makes it easy to find a destination for all of these checkpoints within easy driving range. As a teaser for the summer, I set off in early June for the Mattatuck, Lyman Allyn and Florence Griswold museums, where I found each flourishing with imaginative exhibitions and plenty of enrichment activities. The MATT, as it’s known, has long dipped into the industrial history of the Naugatuck Valley, a region known for its clocks, watches and rubber, as well as its waves of immigrants. While the downtown-based museum is undergoing a significant expansion, it has been using this time to display to the public the charms of Rose Hill, the Henry Austin — prominent 19th century Connecticut-based architect — designed estates once occupied by the Scovills, the Chases and the Weltons, leading 19th century … [Read more...] about CONTEMPORARY CONNECTICUT: TIFFANY GLASS, RIVER WALKS, FRESH VIEWS BECKON