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118. Center for Contemporary Printmaking

May 12, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stop the Presses! CTMQ is Here! Norwalk (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 The CCP is a Connecticut Art Trail site Tucked into the midst of a full day of traditional museum going, I wasn't sure what the Center for Contemporary Printmaking was all about. And to tell you the truth, I'm still not entirely sure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Connecticut Art Trail, Free Museums, Norwalk

141. Topsmead

May 5, 2010 by Steve 8 Comments

Totally Tops Litchfield (Google Maps location) October 10, 2009 I used to maintain a personalized list on CTMQ called "Hidden Gems." After a while, however, I realized that there were just too many and defining what was hidden became impossible. So I scrapped the whole thing. If I had kept up with it, Topsmead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Cool Architecture, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Litchfield, topsmead state forest

156. Charter Oak Cultural Center

May 4, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Original Charter Oaksters Would Be Proud Hartford (Google Maps location) March 4, 2010 Let the record show that it was this place, the Charter Oak Cultural Center, more than any other that opened up the world of small quasi-museums to me and this blog. I made the decision in the weeks (yes, it took weeks) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford

132. Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC

April 13, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

They Couldn’t Chase Us Away West Hartford (Google Maps location) July 30, 2009 It’s 100 degrees outside and you have to do something with your three-year-old. I can’t think of anything better than going to a nearby art gallery! Woo-hoo! Or, as Damian seems to be saying here, "Lawwwwds!" After some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Jewish, West Hartford

157. Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

March 27, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do Not to Passover This Place (Pt. 2) West Hartford (Google Maps location) March 11, 2010 Spurred on to experience more of the Jewish experience after enjoying the Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization at the University of Hartford, I crossed the street (a week later) and made some time for the Jewish Historical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, Jewish, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, West Hartford

154. Museum of Jewish Civilization

March 21, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

Do Not to Passover This Place (Pt. 1) West Hartford (Google Maps location) March 3, 2010 2019 Update: The museum dropped Sherman's name and is now just the Museum of Jewish Civilization. References to "the Sherman" below are historical. Let’s dispense with it right away: The University of Hartford has a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Religious Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Jewish, uHart, West Hartford

155. The Joseloff Gallery

March 4, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hung Juried West Hartford (Google Maps Location) March 3, 2010 I don’t know how many college and private boarding/prep school art galleries there are in the state, but since I started including them, I can’t stop now. And really, what would the dividing line be? Trust me, it’s impossible to determine. Not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, uHart, West Hartford

C.H. Pease Museum of Natural History

February 23, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

May I Pease See Your Museum North Canaan (Google Maps Location) February 20, 2010 CT Museum #153 No one will complain about me writing too much about this little museum. That’s because I don’t have anything to say about it. There is no information online anywhere at all and the signage at the museum was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: BEARS!, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, Natural History, North Canaan

147. James Morris Museum

February 19, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

He Knew George Washington! And Nathan Hale! And Alexander Hamilton! Morris (Google Maps Location) January 23, 2010 I often have recurring day-dreams of appearing on some "Connecticut Trivia" game show where they happen to ask picayune questions that only I know. After learning a lot about the unheralded town of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Morris, Town History

112. Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy

February 17, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Duck, Duck, Emperor Goose Litchfield (Google Maps Location) June 7, 2009 People always ask me how I find stuff for my giant museum list. Short answer: Every which way you can imagine - and then some. Well over three years into this thing now, I'm still finding out about new places on a fairly frequent basis. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Litchfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

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