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462. SCELBI Computer Virtual Museum

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462. SCELBI Computer Virtual Museum

SCELBI Date Milford August 1, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic is a strange time. I'm writing this in early August, now five months into this nightmare... thinking about the year that should have been. And how much we simply couldn't do. Sigh. Way, way, way down the list of "stuff I didn't do" is, of course, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Milford, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, virtual museum

460. Art Gallery at UConn Stamford

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460. Art Gallery at UConn Stamford

The Kids are Alright Stamford (Google Maps location) February 28, 2020 The state's flagship university has refocused its branch locations in the early 2000's. They closed the Torrington branch, moved the Hartford one, and invested fairly heavily in the Stamford one. (Which, as Connecticut's most modern city, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Damian, Fairfield County, Free Museums, Not Really a Museum Museum, Stamford, UConn

267. Dolan Nursing Museum

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267. Dolan Nursing Museum

Will I Nurse This Review, Or Just Milk It? Mansfield (Google Maps location) May 30, 2014 What up, SON? I said, What up, SON?" Oh, hello. That's George, a heart patient simulator at UConn's School of Nursing (SON) program in Storrs. He lies in the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of nursing history and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, Tolland County, UConn

281. Ritz Crystal Balloom Lighting and Style Museums

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281. Ritz Crystal Balloom Lighting and Style Museums

Just Plain Crackers Torrington (Google Maps location) November 1, 2014 The Ritz Crystal Room and Ritz Cafe have permanently closed, but everything on this page remains open as as January 2021. This place confuses me. It confused me when I visited and it confuses me now as I write. The confusion stems from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Litchfield County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Torrington, video

458. SeaQuest

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458. SeaQuest

Mall Promotes Sloth SeaQuest (Google Maps location) January 25, 2020 I hate malls. All malls, y’all. I also kind of care about animal welfare and have a moral issue with sketchy small zoos and the like. And I hate overpriced money grabs. So buckle up for a fun visit to SeaQuest! A cramped zoo/aquarium money grab … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Aquaria, Calvin, Fairfield County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Petting Zoos, Trumbull, Zoos

285. The Paul Mellon Arts Center Galleries

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285. The Paul Mellon Arts Center Galleries

Another Museum Off My Honeydew List Wallingford (Google Maps location) February 28, 2015 I have a weird and perhaps unhealthy fascination with Connecticut's $60k+ per year private boarding schools. Jealousy? Nah. I think it's that I live very near several of them and they are just alien worlds to me. At … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Damian, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Private School, Wallingford

254. Payne Whitney Gym

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254. Payne Whitney Gym

Poola-Poola New Haven (Google Maps location) October 12, 2013 You know what? I’m not going to do what I always do on pages like this and spend two paragraphs weakly explaining why I consider a certain place a museum when it is clearly not a museum. This is a gym on the Yale campus in New Haven that I’m including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, collegiate sports, New Haven, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Yale

420. Thrall Hall

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420. Thrall Hall

enThralling East Windsor May 21, 2019 Thrall Hall, y’al! Yo, I said, THRALL HALL, Y'ALL! Yeah, that's right. You better recognize. Recognize what? Recognize THRALL DANG HALL, that's all. Since y'all likely have no idea what so enthralling about Thrall Halling, I'll begin with two quick statements from my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Cool Architecture, East Windsor, folk architecture, Hartford County, Not Really a Museum Museum

452. Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk

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452. Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk

Honestly, Abe, Take a Shower East Hartford & Hartford (Google Maps location) May 28, 2019 I don't want to make this more confusing than necessary. Riverfront Recapture is an organization that seeks to reclaim the land along the Connecticut River in Hartford and East Hartford. A reconfiguration of the horrible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, Hartford, Hartford County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art, riverfront recapture

419. Farmington Valley Arts Center

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419. Farmington Valley Arts Center

Fusing Art and History Avon (Google Maps location) May 19, 2019 When I wrote about Avon's nearby Climax Road, it reminded me about the Farmington Valley Arts Center. I had poked my head in a few times over the years for various reasons, one being my friend Eina Rieger had an exhibition there for her work with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Avon, Free Museums, Hartford County, Not Really a Museum Museum

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