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 the CTMQ Town Guides: everything to do in the state … [Read more...]
LEGO History Museum (Gone)
Studly LEGO History Museum, Enfield August 2018 Alright, here's the deal. I worked at the LEGO North American headquarters in Enfield for a while. Just doing what I've done professionally for a long time. I was their "Consumer Insights Manager" and it was a cool role at a very cool company. Without boring … [Read more...]
New England Motorcycle Museum
A True Triumph Vernon (Google Maps location) November 11, 2018 Here we are, at another museum that I can't due proper justice to while writing about it. I just don't have any motorcycle knowledge or background and since I had Damian with me, I didn't quite absorb all that my guide told me. And he, for his … [Read more...]
275. The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village
Digging Into Your Wallet Montville (Google Maps location) June 15, 2014 I'm wavering. Do I spend three paragraphs lamenting the prices at this place or do I celebrate the fact that Connecticut has an honest-to-goodness tourist trap? Actually, I think I can do both. And for the record, I don't consider our few … [Read more...]
274. Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum is part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that is the oldest or largest or the only in the US. The list grows every more often than you'd think. Like today. Right now I … [Read more...]
464. Eliot Noyes House
Bring the Noyes New Canaan (Google Maps location) November 13, 2020 The pandemic year of 2020, we can all agree, was pretty terrible. My little family of four was fortunate to make it through the year uninfected, but we knew many who were not so lucky. Calvin and I remained as active as we could, hiking and … [Read more...]
288. Timexpo, The Timex Museum (Closed)
Time To Pretend Waterbury March 14, 2015 The museum closed in late 2015. The Easter Island head still stands in early 2021. Whilst sitting in traffic in Waterbury, you probably notice two things every time. The cross up on the hill at Holy Land, USA and the Easter Island Mo'ai head near the mall. I'm fairly … [Read more...]
264. Bush-Holley House Museum
"A Museum in the Hand is Worth Two at the Bush-Holley" Greenwich (Google Maps location) May 25, 2014 The Bush-Holley House is part of the CT Art Trail, the CT Women's Heritage Trail, and is also a National Historic Landmark. Greenwich. Ah, Greenwich. That town we all know is wealthy but so few of us … [Read more...]
463. Riverside Reptiles Education Center
Sliding Into Your DM's Enfield (Google Maps location) October 10, 2020 I'd had this place on my radar for quite some time. When I worked in Enfield, I'd somehow heard about plans to bring a large, indoor reptile and amphibian education center to town. I was curious how (and if) it would come to fruition, but the … [Read more...]
401. Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
From Copper to Coppers East Granby (Google Maps location) September 1, 2018 I didn't think this page would ever happen. Soon after I began writing this website in 2006, Newgate was "closed temporarily for repairs." I thought, "good, maybe I'll sort out if it's 'Newgate," "New-Gate," or "New Gate" by the time it … [Read more...]
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