Museums Make the World Go 'Round Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Over the decades, many "trails" have come and gone in Connecticut. A few are long-lasting like the Wine Trail and the Historic Gardens Trail, but most are fleeting ideas of someone in some marketing or tourism office that last only for … [Read more...]
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Center School History Museum
Wolcott All Dolled Up Center School History Museum, Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 2021 What am I gonna do? Pretend this is some revelatory museum? That its organization and deep research had me exploring every nook and cranny for hours on end? Sorry, I can't do that. I can only tell you about my … [Read more...]
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum (Closed)
Waltzing Through Another Museum West Hartford (Google Maps location) June 2015 Connecticut museum visit #292. This place probably closed uncermoniously during the pandemic or shortly thereafter. As a West Hartford resident since 2000, I've seen the building at 485 New Park Avenue rise and fall... and rise … [Read more...]
Deming-Young Farm & House
What's Old is Newington Again Deming-Young Farm & House, Newington (Google Maps location) June 2015 Connecticut museum visit #293. I have a skewed view of Newington's Deming-Young Farm and House Museum simply because I visited it on Connecticut's annual Open House Day. My sons and I got the full show with … [Read more...]
Gunn Memorial Historical Museum
Johnny, Get Your Gunn Washington (Google Maps location) October 25, 2014 When people talk Washington, they either talk "Gilmore Girls" or they talk Steep Rock Preserves. There's no denying the town has that "Newhart" New England charm and has some incredibly beauty spots. (If you're confused, the creator of … [Read more...]
Gasoline Alley Automotive/Ford Museum
Full Gas Stafford (Google Maps location) October 2017 I do not know if Donald Passardi still opens his private museum to visitors. Information on this place is very hard to come by these days - not that it was ever easy. Heck, I've never been sure what the name of this place is. I've seen it as Gasoline Alley … [Read more...]
The Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum & Art Gallery
This Place Gets Me Quite Animated Cheshire (Google Maps location) September 2014 & January 2017 Most readers know that I rarely visit the same museum twice. That's not a statement on the quality of the museums, but rather a simple function of logistics and my oh-so precious time. I've been to The Barker … [Read more...]
LEGO History Museum (Gone)
Studly LEGO History Museum, Enfield August 2018 CT museum visit #400, which is cause for a celebration! This museum was dismantled in 2020. By 2026, all Enfield LEGO business and employees will have moved to Boston. Alright, here's the deal. I worked at the LEGO North American headquarters in Enfield for a … [Read more...]
New England Motorcycle Museum
A True Triumph Vernon (Google Maps location) November 2018 CT museum visit #405. Here we are, at another museum that I can't do 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. … [Read more...]
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...]
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