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Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House

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Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House

D'EsoPow! Chrissie D'Esopo's Flower House Avon I view this page two ways. One, it's ridiculous. I can't be driving around the state every June taking drive-by pictures of every house with nice landscaping. C'mon now. Or... it's awesome. Surely I'm highlighting the immense labor and cost put into this place on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Avon, Gardens, Hartford County, Rarely Open

407. Guilford Smith Library Museum

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407. Guilford Smith Library Museum

... Where They Bury the Lies Windham (Google Maps location) January 5, 2019 For the thousands of you who have already read about my visit to the Edward A. Card Photography Museum, you know the deal here. For those that shamefully haven't, the deal is that there are two museums at the Guilford Smith Library, and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, Libraries, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Windham, Windham County

406. Edward A. Card Photography Museum

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406. Edward A. Card Photography Museum

Card Catalog Windham (Google Maps location) January 5, 2019 Okay procrastination, you've got me. You've got me good. Fortunately, very few people read the vast collection of CTMQ museum pages. Yeah, it's true. Even though this website began as a blog in 2006 chronicling my visits to Connecticut's wide and wild … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, Libraries, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Windham, Windham County

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

438. Middlebury History Museum

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438. Middlebury History Museum

Buried in the Middle of a Monday Middlebury (Google Maps location) June 3, 2019 Straight up, the most “interesting” thing at the Middlebury Historical Society Museum is being able to view the Middlebury Historical Society Museum. Yes friends, it’s another White Whale Museum! After all, how many people are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, Middlebury, New Haven County, Rarely Open, Town History

250. Hartford Public High School Museum

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250. Hartford Public High School Museum

I-84 Lumber Hartford (Google Maps location) May 9, 2013 Does your high school have a museum? Mine certainly doesn't - nor does it deserve one. And I can't imagine many high schools anywhere do. One that does is Hartford High School. Whereas your high school was probably built in the mid-20th century and is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Hartford, Hartford County, Rarely Open

453. Union Historical Society Museum

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453. Union Historical Society Museum

Union Jacked Union (Google Maps location) August 6, 2019 Union, Connecticut. You know, that town name on the last Connecticut exit sign on I-84 East that you pass on your way to Boston? The town that you’ve never been sure is a real town? Union. First inhabited by Nipmucks, and later, in 1727, settled by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Tolland County, Town History, Union

414. Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum

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414. Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum

HangArn a Minute! East Hartford (Google Maps location) May 7, 2019 After I left my job at LEGO in late April 2019, I had a few weeks before starting at my new place of employment. With some free time, I did what anyone would do and began seeking out a bunch of museums that are only open during weekdays. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Aviation, East Hartford, Free Museums, Hartford County, Military History, Rarely Open

356. Burnham Blacksmith Shop

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356. Burnham Blacksmith Shop

I’m Plane Nuts East Hartford (Google Maps location) June 10, 2017 Ahhh, yes, June 10, 2017. A fine day that was. Another year, another fantabulous Connecticut Open House Day! An annual event that I treat like the holiday it should be. I went to a bunch of places in the Connecticut River Valley, but found myself … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, East Hartford, Free Museums, Hartford County, Historical Society of East Hartford, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Tools

294. Makens Bemont House

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294. Makens Bemont House

Just Maken Stuff up East Hartford (Google Maps location) June 13, 2015 When it comes to Connecticut's Hartfords, East Hartford struggles a bit to be in the conversation. No other Hartford can ever be the OG Hartford Hartford, and West Hartford seems to have skyrocketed since the late 80's as one of the more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, Free Museums, Hartford County, Historic Houses, Historical Society of East Hartford, Rarely Open

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