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Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail

June 6, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Flotsam and GetSum Ashford/Willington (Google Maps Location) May 2017 For those of you unaware who may happen to care, there's a CTMQ Facebook page. I pretty much only use it to post new pages when I publish them. I'll spare you my Facebook hate for now. Because sometimes it actually does something good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Art, Ashford, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Willington

Gene Pitney “Museum”

April 21, 2017 by Steve 10 Comments

I Call Him the Vernon Rocket Rockville/Vernon (Google Maps location) 2017 & 2023 CT museum visit #346. I promise I won't bore you (again) with a dissertation and dissection of the whole Vernon vs. Rockville thing. Of course... I could... but I won't. I'll admit that The Vernon Rocket doesn't have the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Vernon

TSTL’17.3: Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

March 28, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #3 Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument, North Canaan February 26, 2017 Another cold Connecticut winter’s day... What to do, what to do... Oh, I know! Bundle up the boys, toss them into the car, and point the car west to pick up a couple more 2017 Sky’s the Limit Challenge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Museums, New Post Tagged With: beckley furnace, Calvin, Damian, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Industrial History, North Canaan, Other state owned trail, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Cheney Hall

February 6, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Silky Smooth Manchester (Google Maps location) January, 2017 Long time readers are surely tired of me writing the following: Yes, I know, this isn’t a museum. Get over it. By now everyone knows that the definition I use for museum on CTMQ is pretty broad and inclusive. And pretty necessary, if you ask me. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: cheney Brothers historic district, Manchester, National Historic Landmarks, Not Really a Museum Museum, theaters

Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum

January 28, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

For the Hard Corps Museum Fan Stafford (Google Maps location) June 20, 2015 CT Museum #296 As I begin writing about this place, I can’t get the thought out of my head that it’s probably on the state budget chopping block. The state runs fewer museums than you’d think and this one would be my guess for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, shenipsit state forest, Stafford

Dehn Gallery (Closed)

January 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

DEHN-DEH-DEHHHHHNNNN! Manchester (Google Maps location) December 10, 2016 MCC's Dehn Gallery closed in 2019. The space was converted to Work_Space, a co-working and meeting space which also contains three tiny art galleries if you care to check that out. I don't. Upon reflection, I should have saved the Dehn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Damian, Free Museums, Manchester

Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame

December 15, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

EnField of Dreams Enfield (Google Maps location) December 2016 CT museum visit #338. Easiest punned title ever? Certainly one of them, yes. This is yet another little place on my massive list of museums that we all agree is not a museum. But as you now know, I don't care. I made the effort to go there (and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Enfield, Free Museums, Halls of Fame, Not Really a Museum Museum

225. PEZ Visitor Center

September 19, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Orange: PEZ Orange (Google Maps location) February 18, 2012 Everyone knows that the World Wide Leader of Sports, ESPN, is located in Bristol, Connecticut. Many people know that GE is headquartered here as well. Um, New Haven has the best pizza in the world, but doesn’t exactly distribute its product. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Children's Museums, Damian, Hoang, Orange

208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park

September 6, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

A Monumental Park Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 Here's the deal: This place isn't a museum and this page isn't going to get you to hop in your car and drive there. When I originally visited in 2011, I had read/seen it somewhere that someone called this park an "outdoor museum." And it got on my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Forts, Free Museums, Not Really a Museum Museum, Old Saybrook, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Museum

July 4, 2016 by Steve 3 Comments

THE Kate at The Kate Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 This museum expanded and improved in 2022. Who doesn't love a little museum devoted to an impressive and/or famous person? At this one, Cynthia McFadden, the ABC/NBC newswoman who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Old Saybrook, Tiny Museums

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