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Talcottville Outdoor Museum

July 25, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Main Thing Here Is.. Talcottville Outdoor Museum, Vernon (Location) May, 2017 CT museum visit #350. I have and will visit similar “outdoor museums” around the state. But those museums bill themselves as outdoor museums. Heck, there's even one right here in Vernon! This one doesn’t. But the fine folks at … [Read more...]

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

Arts Center East

July 17, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

This Place is ACEs Arts Center East, Vernon (Location) May 2017 CT museum visit #349. What a joy it is to visit a little art gallery/museum with a just-turned-six-year-old who is totally into it. I could write 4,000 words on Calvin’s burgeoning art career, and perhaps I will on other pages more relevant to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Vernon

Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children Museum

July 10, 2017 by Steve 2 Comments

Literally a Boxcar Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children Museum, Putnam (Location) October 2016 Connecticut museum visit #335. I like books. I still actually read books, believe it or not. Lots of books. This wasn’t always the case when I was a kid and perhaps that’s why I had never heard of The Boxcar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, putnam, Tiny Museums

Woodbridge Farmstead Museum

July 2, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Milkin’ It Woodbridge Farmstead Museum, Manchester (Location) July 2017 Connecticut museum visit #363. I'm very close to completing everything there is to do in the first five towns I've set out to complete. In fact, I completed Manchester a couple months ago. So here's a new post from a place in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Manchester, manchester historical society

Wallop School Museum

June 20, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

When a Wallop was OK Enfield (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #358. When your hobby is visiting every museum in Connecticut, you must – wait. Stop. Don’t make this your hobby. People will think you weird. For real. Well, at least get married before you do this like I did. As I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Enfield, enfield historical society, Free Museums, School Houses

Martha A. Parsons House Museum

June 16, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

“Parsons Me, But I Need to Take Pictures” Enfield (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #360 and is a site along the Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail. Remember back in the day when I started this website? Damian was a wee baby, Calvin not yet a twinkle in my eye, my hair was dark and my abs were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: CT Women's Hall of Fame, Dubious Claims, Enfield, enfield historical society, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Women's Heritage Trail

Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail

June 6, 2017 by Steve 4 Comments

Flotsam and GetSum Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail, Ashford/Willington (Location) May 2017 Connecticut museum visit #351. 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. … [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 Gene Pitney Stuff, Rockville/Vernon (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 … [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 Cheney Hall, Manchester (Location) January 2017 Connecticut museum visit #342. 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 … [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

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