Lyre! Lyre! Clavicytherium on Fire! New Haven (Google Maps Location) January 29, 2009 Yale is an amazing place. It is renowned worldwide for its academics and famous alumni. That's great, but what I care about is the fact that the campus houses several museums. Hoang and I seem to be collecting them by two's … [Read more...]
81. Yale University Art & Architecture Galleries
Brutal... In a Good Way New Haven November 26, 2008 Exhibition during visit: "Model City: Buildings and Projects by Paul Rudolph for Yale and New Haven" Hoang and I had taken the day before Thanksgiving off months before in order to make the drive to my parent's house in Delaware. Actually, anyone who drives … [Read more...]
91. UConn Contemporary Art Gallery (Storrs)
So This is Where Basket Weaving 101 Was Taught UConn Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 Exhibition during visit: Peter Waite's "sculpture/fetish/object things." I appreciate two things about this museum. One, its name is clear, concise and to-the-point. Two, it's very, very small. … [Read more...]
76. Ezra & Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Great Art! Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Fresh off my recently settled upon definition of museums, I'm now tasked with writing up this place. As it is a permanent gallery that only displays rather than sells, it is therefore a museum. (And really, you'd be hard pressed to argue.) It's … [Read more...]
75. Davison Art Center
The Bizarre and Beautiful Chewbacca Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Here I am, staring at my chapped fingers asking them to write a coherent post about an art museum. My diamond anniversary museum, if you will, and only my second art museum. At least at the first one, The Housatonic Museum of … [Read more...]
14. Wesleyan’s College Row
Wesleyan's College Row Middletown Heritage Trail Site 14 High Street (at top of William Street) Ahhh, Wesleyan. Such memories I have of this fine institution of higher learning. Without delving too much into it, my high school girlfriend went to "Wes" as the cool kids call it and I attended UConn a ways north. … [Read more...]
13. Freedom Church
Freedom Church Middletown Heritage Trail Site 13 Cross Street (by Freeman Athletic Center) This church originated in 1823 in the home of Asa Jeffrey on this spot. A true church building was not erected until 1830 under the leadership of Jeheil Beman. Beman, the son of a Revolutionary War soldier and the son of … [Read more...]
10. Russell House
Russell House Middletown Heritage Trail Site 10 350 High Street Continuing the tradition of completely useless information other than locations, the Heritage Trail brochure states, "Samuel Russell & the China trade; an elite neighborhood; presidents in Middletown." I don't understand that, so lets dig a bit … [Read more...]
71. The Lewis Walpole Library
Shhh! It's a Secret Library Museum! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 24, 2008 *Portions of text and the next to last 2 pictures are from the Lewis Walpole Library website. My 71st museum marks a milestone: My first "private tours given by appointment only" visit. How exciting! At least now I know … [Read more...]
51. Housatonic Museum of Art
Bring Some Gin For This Housatonic Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 *This museum was made part of the CT Art Trail in 2011. 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...]
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