An Explosive Start... Simsbury Historical Society, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #533. If you're wanting to read about all of the Simsbury Historical Society buildings and exhibits, you've landed on the first of four pages about them, but the ordering doesn't matter. The Simsbury Historical … [Read more...]
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Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum
It Just Dawned on Me... Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum, Guilford (Google Maps location) September 2012 & October 2024 I revisited the Dawnland Collection in 2024 as it is now part of the Dudley Farm Museum complex. Update at bottom. I still consider it Connecticut museum visit #238. 2012 At the time of my … [Read more...]
Riverbound Farm Nature Center
Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]
Greater Middletown Military Museum
GMMMorning Middletown! Greater Middletown Military Museum, Middletown December 2023 Connecticut museum visit #515. As you read this page, keep in mind that this large museum has plans to expand quite a bit. Once funding is secured - largely through private donations and not just grants like the more well known … [Read more...]
Rocky Hill Fire Museum
A Rocky Future? Rocky Hill Fire Museum, Rocky Hill (Google Maps location) October 2024 Connecticut museum visit #525. There it is. Prominently standing tall in front of Rocky Hill's library, Congregational church, senior center, Academy Hall Museum, and town hall. Everyone who passes nearby sees it: The Rocky … [Read more...]
American Mural Project
AMPed Up, Up, Up... American Mural Project, Winchester September 2024 Connecticut museum visit #524. Also, this is billed as the "largest indoor collaborative artwork in the world." I love big, ambitious projects. Heck, you're reading a very big ambitious project right now. Look at that first italicized bit … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali Museum of Bethany
The Epiphany in Bethany Bethany (Private home) December 2022 CT museum visit #489 If you're unaware, Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay. The three-time world heavyweight champion, wordsmith, advocate, and showman died in 2016. I don't know how to begin this page. I don't know how to end this page. And … [Read more...]
The Rock School
School of Rock The Rock School, Colebrook (Google Maps location) June 2024 Connecticut museum visit #519. Here we are again. At yet another one-room school house museum. On the outside looking in. And that's fine. I came to a point in my decades-long adventure when I realized that there's really no need … [Read more...]
Gaylord House Museum
Just Some Guy 1845 Gaylord House Museum, Hartland January 2019 CT Museum #517 Hartland is a lovely town. Really and truly. The 17 (est.) people that live there will tell you the same. And their one museum is lovely as well. I mean, c'mon. Pure New England here: And, as is typical of rural New England … [Read more...]
Windham Textile and History Museum – The Mill Museum
Wait Just a Cotton Pickin' Minute... Windham Textile and History Museum -The Mill Museum, Windham January 2019 CT Museum #408 I do not know why this museum has two names. Or rather, one official name that is two different names. My 20 seconds of research into the important matter took me to the museum's … [Read more...]
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