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Putnam Memorial State Park Visitor’s Center

April 24, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Put 'Er Here Redding September 2017 This page may be a little confusing for you. It sure is for me. For you see, Putnam Memorial State Park has a museum: The Putnam Memorial State Park Museum as well as this place, The Putnam Memorial State Park Visitor's Center which, by almost any measure, is also a museum. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Fairfield County, Military History, putnam memorial state park, Redding

Travelers Insurance Museum (Closed)

March 6, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Seeing Red (Umbrellas) Hartford Multiple non-visits True story: Back in the 1990's, when I was an idiot, I landed a "job" at a temp agency that placed me at Travelers in Hartford. Not in the cool Travelers Tower, but in that rectangle block next to it. I have no recollection of what my menial tasks were, but I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford, Hartford County

amArtHouse

February 16, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

I amArtHouse I Am Litchfield (Google Maps location) July 2022 Over the years of writing this website, I've seen the Bantam section of Litchfield grow up from a one stoplight, one gas station slice of Route 202 to a destination. Bantam Lake has always been there, and the cute little lakefront cottages have always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Litchfield, Litchfield County, private museum

Osborne Homestead Museum

February 8, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Land of Os Derby (Google Maps Location) December 2022 The Osborne Homestead Museum is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail and features a CT Historic Garden. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. On top of that, there are also trails to hike around the state park. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, derby, Free Museums, Historic Gardens, historic house museums, Historic Houses, New Haven County, Women's Heritage Trail

Hartford Police Museum (Closed)

January 31, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Five-Oh No Hartford This museum closed in... I don't know. I created this website in September 2006. The intent was to visit and write about every museum in Connecticut. With that in mind, I decided back then to write about museums that closed - even the ones I wasn't able to visit. And I think that's a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford, Hartford County

Bethany Museum of Impressionism

January 23, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

First Impressions... Bethany (Private home) December 2022 I don't often explain my page titles. Most of the time they are just so good and brilliant that they speak for themselves. Other times, they are just so great and beyond brilliant that only an elite few will appreciate them. (Those are the readers that know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Art, basement museums, Bethany, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, private museum

The Norwalk Art Space

January 18, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Art Space Needs to Continue Apace Norwalk (Google Maps location) December 2022 One of my favorite pastimes is reading internet comments from lower Fairfield County residents about how degenerate and awful Norwalk is. This "destitute" city has suffer the ignominy of being surrounded by New Canaan ($1.7M median … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Fairfield County, Free Museums, Norwalk

American Museum of Tort Law

January 9, 2023 by Steve 3 Comments

The Nadir of Connecticut Museums? Winchester (Google Maps location) October 2018 Out of the surfeit of Connecticut museums, you can count on one hand how many have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, and most importantly, CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Litchfield County, Winchester, Winsted

Andrews Homestead Museum

January 5, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Silver Metal Meriden (Google Maps location) September 2018 Meriden. What do you think of when someone mentions Meriden? The Police Academy? The formerly bustling silver industry? Both? Well, then do I have a museum for you! The Moses Andrews House is a historic house museum in Meriden. Built about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Industrial History, Meriden, New Haven County, Town History

400th Museum Visit Celebration!

January 2, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Play Well August 2018 I celebrated my 100th Connecticut museum with cake at home with family. 200 was an overnight at Foxwoods. 300? The Upscale Bernard's restaurant in Ridgefield. How would I ever outdo myself at 400? Oh, I know! At work! How exciting. I thought it would be kind of neat. I worked at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Milestones

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