This website began as Connecticut MuseumQuest in 2006 and only later became CTMQ. Regardless, museums were and are the core of what I do. And fortunately for all of us, Connecticut has a ton of museums - two tons if you define them loosely like I do! Also, see: CTMQ Town Guides, everything to do in the state … [Read more...]
398: Old Farm School Museum
Reserve Time For This One Bloomfield (Google Maps location) July 29, 2018 Y'know... After nearly 400 museums and a fairly decent grasp of Connecticut's history, there's still plenty for me to learn. Sure, I was familiar with the old fanciful charter in which Connecticut claimed the land west all the way to the … [Read more...]
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...]
399. Fannie R. Gabriel History Center
Fannie Farmer Bloomfield (Google Maps location) July 29, 2018 The Fannie R. Gabriel History Center is next door to the Wintonbury (Bloomfield) Historical Society's Old Farm School museum. The two buildings share a parking lot. Other people who are visiting the 700+ museums in Connecticut would probably lump to two … [Read more...]
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...]
280. KidsPlay
And Play And Play And Play And Play... Torrington (Google Maps location) November 1, 2014 As the only person who has ever even thought about visiting all of Connecticut's museums, I do often think about how lucky I am to have children. Not only do they provide great cover at many places I drag them to, they have … [Read more...]
266. Tourtellotte Memorial Room Museum
Nice $&^$! Museum... #$&$! Thompson (Google Maps location) May 28, 2014 I apologize for my crude title, but it's just very hard for me to say "Tourtellote" without thinking of Tourettes Syndrome. As a parent of a special needs child with very different, but similarly debilitating behaviors, I'm not making fun of … [Read more...]
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...]
457. The Academy
Threat Level: Orange Orange (Google Maps location) January 11, 2020 With a new year dawning, I asked my son Calvin to pick a Connecticut town to focus on for possible CTMQ completion. After thinking about several others, he settled on Orange. Because… it’s named Orange and that’s a straight up funny name … [Read more...]
363. Peter Parley School House
Peter Parley Picked a Pristine Place Ridgefield (Google Maps location) June 27, 2017 After a long day in Ridgefield with Damian, we had an appointment at the Peter Parley Schoolhouse. This was one of my genius scheduling moves: setting up an appointment after a few hikes, lunch, and a couple museums - all with my … [Read more...]
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