Not Just Marsh Plants New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 I went to a lot of places on August 4, 2010. It was my one day per year I purposely take off from work in order to visit as many weekday-only joints and I was on the go all day. I went to a few places you wouldn't necessarily call museums, … [Read more...]
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158. Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Get to Stepping! Norwalk (Google Maps location) March 13, 2010 Go to enough children's museums and they all start running together in your memory. Of course, I can’t imagine many people would go to every children's museum in the state, so in reality, there’s nothing wrong with that. Especially if they are all … [Read more...]
146. Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Merry Christmas in July Bethlehem (Google Maps location) December 5, 2009 Here’s the deal: The Bellamy-Ferriday House is only open from May until October like most Connecticut Landmarks properties. But, you ask, you’re obviously there during Christmas! Yup… The house is open during Bethlehem’s Christmas … [Read more...]
The Peters Railroad Museum
Dave Peters: CTMQ Hero Wallingford (Private Home) November 25, 2009 All aboarrrrd! All aboard the Peters Rail Road Museum bandwagon. There’s plenty of room right now, but once this page gets read and zipped around, it may be too late. Why? Because the Peters Rail Road Museum is just plain awesome. … [Read more...]
Connecticut Science Center
Too Big to Fail Hartford (Google Maps location) October 2009 Connecticut Museum Visit #142. Hm. Um. Uh-huh. Here in Connecticut there are only a few gigantor museums, so my experience thus far in blogging about them is scant. And I’m scared. Scared for a couple reasons, really… One, the sheer size and … [Read more...]
140. White Memorial Conservation Center Nature Museum
Stuff White People Like Litchfield (Google Maps location) October 3, 2009 Yet again, I’m forced to remind anyone reading this that there are plenty of things to do in Connecticut, year-round - and with kids. When people think of Litchfield, they almost universally think of the town green, the beautiful church … [Read more...]
PhotoSynthesis Gallery
Down the Dark Alleys of Manchester* PhotoSynthesis Gallery, Manchester November 2010 *Photosynthesis moved to East Hartford and I revisited, at bottom, in 2019. This was Connecticut museum visit #197. What a day. A surprise visit from EdHill, a hastily thrown together itinerary, A fairly well-behaved Damian, … [Read more...]
200th Museum Visit Celebration!
Q... CTMQ January 2011 Remember back on my 100th Museum celebration post how I said that I wouldn’t revisit the idea for a while, like maybe at 250 or halfway or something? Of course you do, because you – yes, you – read every single thing I ever post on CTMQ. And I love you for it. The funny thing is, … [Read more...]
Wickham Park Nature Center & Aviary
Wick, Wick, Quack Wickham Park Nature Center & Aviary, Manchester (Location) September 2009 Connecticut museum visit #139. I used to live in Manchester and always thought Wickham Park was in East Hartford. Only part of it is. Wickham Park is a non-profit, private foundation whose property extends into both … [Read more...]
Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center
History! Industry! Art! Buttons! Phew… I’m MattaTuckered Out. Waterbury (Google Maps location) August 9, 2009 The Mattatuck is a Conneticut Art Trail site. I’ve procrastinated writing about the Mattatuck for all the right reasons: It’s huge, it’s excellent and it’s more or less four museums in one. There is … [Read more...]
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