It's Not All Academic East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 East Windsor is funny. Depending on how you count such things, there are either 9 museums or 2. Note: if you say two, you're not qualified to be a CTMQ reader. There are two "complexes" of museums in town; the Trolley Museum complex has three … [Read more...]
412. Energize CT Center
Workin' It North Haven (Google Maps location) April 11, 2019 Not every museum in Connecticut presents itself upfront as a museum. And we all know that I lump a lot of places under the museum umbrella that totally aren't what one typically refers to as a museum. But the Energize CT Center in North Haven … [Read more...]
316. Connecticut BioBlitz
"Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh" Multiple Locations (East Hartford for us) (Google Maps location) June 4, 2016 Do you want to know what my favorite part of Sweet's classic "Ballroom Blitz" is? It's how it begins: Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh Andy? Yeah Mick? Okay Alright fellas, let's go! As one … [Read more...]
336. Derrin House
They're Practically Derrin' Me to Revisit Derrin House Museum, Avon (Google Maps location) November 20, 2016 Is it fair to a fine historical preservation organization to visit one of their museums when it is more or less empty and gutted? Most would say no, I'd argue yes. Avon's Derrin House suffered a … [Read more...]
389. Elton Tavern Museum
Little Pink Houses, For You and Me Burlington (Google Maps location) June 9, 2018 Very few, if any, of you have stopped to think about all the Connecticut museums you've driven by a million times and have never visited. It's a refrain I hear all the time when people email me or speak with me about CTMQ. And it's … [Read more...]
314. Naugatuck Historical Society Museum
Where "Giving Nauga a Noogie" Isn't Weird Naugatuck April 2, 2016 I rarely revisit museums. With so many hundreds of them around the state, it just isn't feasible. I often get emails informing me of a new exhibit at some long-ago visited museum, but what can I do? However, I will be revisiting the Naugatuck … [Read more...]
251. Moor’s Charity School Museum
Give. Me. Moor. Museums. Columbia (Google Maps location) June 7, 2013 Connecticut history superfans are surely aware of the mild controversy regarding the origins of the state's most famous university. There is some argument whether is started in Old Saybrook or Wethersfield... or perhaps Killingworth. Or maybe … [Read more...]
339. Widener Gallery
Jury Duty Hartford (Google Maps location) December 8, 2016 Jury Duty. The bane of everyone's proud duty of all American citizens. After decades of apparent invisibility, I'm now getting called every three years... or whatever the minimum time period in between each is. At least now I know I can show up an hour … [Read more...]
341. Carriage Barn Arts Center
Judgmental Bathrooms are Fun! New Canaan (Google Maps location) October 2, 2016 Most barns in Connecticut are decrepit and if they are filled with anything, they are filled with rotting old equipment. Or tobacco leaves. Barns are often seen as romantic relics of days gone by… but in some cases, especially in … [Read more...]
149. Mercy Gallery @ Richmond Art Center
Oh Mercy Me Windsor (Google Maps location) January 24, 2010 Even though I grew up in Delaware, which has a higher percentage of students attending private schools than any other state, the schools are just different up here in Connecticut. In fact, it seems that the entire private/prep school archetype is always … [Read more...]
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