Take a Flyer Old Lyme, (Google Maps location) March 2018 They have since moved into the former Bee & Thistle Inn, necessitating a revisit. I feel like I shouldn't be writing about the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center based upon an opening day visit. After all, the "center" is quite unlike all of the other … [Read more...]
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376. The Monastery Gallery of Art
Oh, Brother Farmington, (Google Maps location) March 18, 2018 There’s a lot going on here. Here at the Holy Family Retreat and Conference Center, here in the woods nearby, and heck, here in Farmington. Of Connecticut’s 169 towns, I’m submitting Farmington as one of the top 5 with the most... interesting things … [Read more...]
375. Unionville Museum
Kids These Days Farmington, (Google Maps location) March 4, 2018 I've thought about going to the Unionville Museum for years. Literally years. It's not far from my house and it is open fairly frequently. I figured it would be a quick visit and an easy check-off from my museum list. I was more right than I … [Read more...]
344. Best Video Film & Cultural Center
When “Best” Also Means “Only” Hamden (Google Maps location) February 25, 2017 Too often, I feel the need to explain myself as to why I lump certain places into my liberal definition of what constitutes a museum. I fully realize that many places I categorize as such are not museums in anything but the broadest … [Read more...]
Durham Historical Society Museum
Derrr, Uhhhmm Durham Historical Society Museum, Durham (Location) September 2012 CT museum visit #239. This is one of those (probably) totally (maybe) unfair "reviews" of an innocent little town history historical society museum. Note the date of my visit: 2012. So whenever you're reading this in the … [Read more...]
236. Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room
The Thorny Issue of What Is and What Is Not a Museum Guilford (Google Maps location) September 8, 2012 Rgarding my title (and ignoring the "nettle"/"thorny" pun), of course this little room at the Guilford Free Library isn't a museum. But I started making note of "local history rooms" at town libraries years … [Read more...]
Stevens-Frisbie House
Served up on a Platter Cromwell, (Google Maps location) December 10, 2017 There are a distinct “museum seasons” in Connecticut. The biggest one is generally Memorial Day through Labor Day, as that is when the majority of our smaller museums are open. Another “season” is September – Christmas and February-April. … [Read more...]
228. Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland History
The Callander Says April Fools, But I’m Not Kidding Around Portland (Google Maps location) April 1, 2012 This is it, folks. I'm done. There are just far too many town history museums in historic houses in Connecticut. I quit. Checks "Callander" visit date... April Fools! C'mon, now. With our … [Read more...]
Kellogg Environmental Center
Not Corny or Flakey Derby (Google Maps location) March 2012 Connecticut museum visit #227. Since you lot are undoubtedly smarter than I, you will be sure to visit the Kellogg Environmental Center between May and October. That’s when the Kellogg’s sister museum, located right there is also open. We, on … [Read more...]
226. Sharon Audubon Center
Sharon and Sharon Not Alike Sharon (Google Maps location) February 25, 2012 There are a lot of Audubon Centers in Connecticut. Certainly not as many as there are in other states, but we have more than you realize. And, as is always the case with most everything I write about, it's more confusing than you realize … [Read more...]
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