Gurrrlll North Haven (Google Maps location) May 2019 The best story from my visit to the McGuff Museum of Girl Scout History does not lie in the artifacts lovingly collected and placed for exhibit in the bowels of a large building in North Haven. No, the best story surrounds the fact that I, a 40-something man … [Read more...]
Latest Museum Visits Below...
Old Stone Schoolhouse History Museum
Virulent History Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 2021 According to my accounting, Wolcott's Old Stone Schoolhouse Museum is the 468th Connecticut museum I've visited. Give or take. As you can well imagine, I've been to several old museums, several stone museums, and several schoolhouse museums at this point. … [Read more...]
Watertown History Museum
Watered Down Watertown (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 At some point during my decades-long journey of chronicling visits to every museum in Connecticut I decided to be nicer to the tiny little town history museums. They are volunteer-staffed and donation dependent. They are labors of love and are often in … [Read more...]
New England Carousel Museum
Museums Make the World Go 'Round New England Carousel Museum, Bristol (Location) June 2016 This was part of the Connecticut Art Trail, but is no more. Connecticut museum visit #320. Over the decades, many "trails" have come and gone in Connecticut. A few are long-lasting like the Wine Trail and the Historic … [Read more...]
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...]
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