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262. Danbury Railway Museum

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262. Danbury Railway Museum

Hoppin’ The Turnstiles Danbury (Google Maps location) May 24, 2014 It may surprise you to learn that the Danbury Railway Museum has only existed since 1996. It just seems like the kind of place that has always been there... in the heart of Danbury and its serpentine maze of streets. Which, now that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Danbury, Fairfield County, Hoang, Model Trains, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

259. I-Park

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259. I-Park

I-Park, I-Walk, I-Freeze My-Butt-Off East Haddam (Google Maps location) November 24, 2013 For friends and long-time readers, it will come as no surprise to read that I-Love I-Park. I have always been drawn to outdoor sculpture/art parks the world over. Andy Goldsworthy is one of my favorite artists and Storm King … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, East Haddam, Free Museums, Middlesex County, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art, Rarely Open

256. Boothe Memorial Park & Museum

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256. Boothe Memorial Park & Museum

Great Connecticut Park? Or Greatest? Stratford (Google Maps location) October 19, 2013 A'ight, look, Boothe Memorial Park & Museum is actually a free, 32-acre park in Stratford just off the Merritt Parkway along the Housatonic River. I find it difficult to call the place a "Park & Museum" as it is a collection of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: boothe memorial park, Calvin, Damian, Fairfield County, Free Museums, Hoang, Outdoor Museums, Stratford

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

252. Fort Stamford

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252. Fort Stamford

It's a Fort. In Stamford. Stamford (Google Maps location) July 25, 2013 Fort Trumbull, Fort Griswold, Fort Saybrook, Pequot Fort... maybe even Forts Black Rock and Nathan Hale. These are all Connecticut forts people may have heard of. But Fort Stamford? Miles inland from the Long Island Sound? Tucked away along … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Fairfield County, Forts, Free Museums, Gardens, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Stamford

291. Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds

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291. Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds

Frenetic and Kinetic Old Lyme (Google Maps location) April 16, 2015 We are nothing if not intrepid. Having visited the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Gallery next door in early March, we attempted to walk the grounds here. Unfortunately, the two feet of snow on the ground made that rather difficult. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, New London County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Old Lyme, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art

380. Wells Dinosaur Haven

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380. Wells Dinosaur Haven

Oh Well(s) Montville, (Google Maps location) March 30, 2018 This little place is super cool and the artist that created it is super cool. My kids thought it was super cool. I want to be sure you understand this before you continue... For the Wells Dinosaur Haven has clearly seen better days. Heck, it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Free Museums, Montville, New London County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

353. Kouros Sculpture Center

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353. Kouros Sculpture Center

Rain Sculpted Ridgefield (Google Maps location) May 25, 2017 One of my favorite sub-sub categories of museums is outdoor sculpture gardens. We have several here in Connecticut and all of them are under the radar. Most are appointment only places and the hands-down best one is only open once per year - Hogpen Hill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Art, Fairfield County, Free Museums, Hoang, Outdoor Museums, Ridgefield

350. Talcottville Outdoor Museum

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350. Talcottville Outdoor Museum

The Main Thing Here Is.. Vernon (Google Maps location) May 7, 2017 I am hastily writing this page and probably won’t ever call attention to it. This is not a museum. [Update: Now that I've written it, it turned out to be way longer and more interesting than I initially thought.] Now, it is true that I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, geo-oddities, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Tolland County, Vernon

208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park

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208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park

A Monumental Park Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 Here's the deal: This place isn't a museum and this page isn't going to get you to hop in your car and drive there. When I originally visited in 2011, I had read/seen it somewhere that someone called this park an "outdoor museum." And it got on my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Forts, Free Museums, Middlesex County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Old Saybrook, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

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