Shhh! It's a Secret Library Museum! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 24, 2008 My 71st museum marks a milestone: My first "private tours given by appointment only" visit. How exciting! At least now I know I can handle them, as there are many others or so that require such TLC. And such tours are to … [Read more...]
Connecticut Art Trail
Who Arted? Connecticut Art Trail I first published this page in 2009. The CT Art Trail has gone through many changes since then, and keeping up with it has been a challenge. As such, I can't pretend that the listing here is 100% accurate at the day and time you are reading this. So go to the Connecticut Art … [Read more...]
Elephant Rock (Simsbury)
I am Not an Animal! I am a Rock! I... Am... A Glacial Erratic! Elephant Rock, West Simsbury June 22, 2008 True, I originally intended to only capture the quirky roadside animal rocks, like Frog Rock in Eastford and Turtle Rock in Marlborough, but upon seeing Elephant Rock at Flamig Farm in West Simsbury, I had … [Read more...]
47. Connecticut Legislative Office Building
There Oughtta Be a Law: Visit Museums Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 First, an aside regarding my awkward title. I have received more then a few emails pointing me to various articles about the impending demise of the Mark Twain House Museum - one of CT's most popular and important sites. While I'm … [Read more...]
51. Housatonic Museum of Art
Bring Some Gin For This Housatonic Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 Housatonic Museum of Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. My first art museum! Finally! After only 50 other museum visits! It's not that I've been purposely avoiding them... I did try to go to at least one other art museum … [Read more...]
Defunct 5: The Frank Chiarenza Museum of Glass
Shattered Dreams Meriden RIP, mid-00's Astute readers and Nutmegger museum-goers know that the Frank Chiarenza Museum of Glass closed along with it's sister Lester Dequaine Foundation museums, The Rosa Ponselle Museum and of course the National Shaving and Barbershop Museum a few years ago. But I don't care how … [Read more...]
Turtle Rock (Marlborough)
I Like Turtles Turtle Rock, Marlborough February 2, 2008 My original intent was merely to document Connecticut's fascination/tradition with painting roadside rocks as the animal passersby feel they resemble. There are quite a few, as most Nutmeggers know. But when I: a) convinced Internet uberstar EdHill to … [Read more...]
Frog Rock (Eastford)
"Well, You Can Rock It You Can Roll It You Can Stop And You Can Stroll It At The Hop" Frog Rock, Eastford February 2, 2008 This is one of those pages that still surprises me 10 years after I originally wrote it. It gets lots of traffic to this day - and that's great! Frog Rock is the state's largest roadside … [Read more...]
23. New Haven History Museum
A Safe, Good, and New Haven New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 Friend of CTMQ RobC and I arrived at the New Haven Colony History Museum still full of energy - despite having already been to three museums and two so-called curiosities on our New Haven MegaQuest. This would be our final museum of the … [Read more...]
20. Knights of Columbus Museum
KFC: We Do Insurance Right! New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 On my massive list of over 650 museums, there have always been a few that have stuck out in my mind as being oddly fascinating to me. The KFC Museum in New Haven was one - for no reason that I can explain. I suppose I was just sort of … [Read more...]
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