He Knew George Washington! And Nathan Hale! And Alexander Hamilton! Morris (Google Maps Location) January 23, 2010 I often have recurring day-dreams of appearing on some "Connecticut Trivia" game show where they happen to ask picayune questions that only I know. After learning a lot about the unheralded town of … [Read more...]
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112. Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Duck, Duck, Emperor Goose Litchfield (Google Maps Location) June 7, 2009 People always ask me how I find stuff for my giant museum list. Short answer: Every which way you can imagine - and then some. Well over three years into this thing now, I'm still finding out about new places on a fairly frequent basis. … [Read more...]
151. Lamothe’s Sugar House
Sweeeeeeet! Burlington (Google Maps Location) February 7, 2010 It just occurred to me that if I assume I go to about 600 museums in Connecticut when all is said and done - which is a fair assumption - I'm now about one quarter done. That took about 3.5 years so that means I'll be at this another 10 years or so. … [Read more...]
148. Clare Art Gallery
Who Knew I Was So catholic? (Not Catholic) Hartford (Google Maps Location) January 23, 2010 Ah, I see I’m up to my old clever tricks again with the title of this post. For some reason, I’ve always remembered my 7th grade vocabulary words and “catholic” was one of them. Small c catholic is an adjective which … [Read more...]
126. Wilbur Cross Gallery (Gone)
No Need to Get Cross With Me Storrs/Mansfield (Google Maps Location) July 17, 2009 Please note that this was written in 2009 and that I am pretty sure this gallery no longer exists as it did back then. I spent four (and, ahem, a half, ahem) years and several tens of thousands of my father’s hard-earned money at … [Read more...]
113. Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
Are You Peregrinning at Me? Fairfield (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 “Happy Holidays! Merry Open House Day!” Why does everybody look at me funny when I shout that out on the second Saturday of June every year? After all, Connecticut Open House Day is one of the greatest days of the entire year. What is … [Read more...]
Haddam Shad Museum
Shadrach, InnaShack and AwayWeGo Haddam Google Maps Location May 2009 The singular Dr. Joseph Zaientz passed away in March of 2023, but his beloved Shad Museum will continue. The building was moved to the grounds of the Haddam Historical Society and will continue on into the future. It lost a lot of its … [Read more...]
136. Nellie E. McKnight Museum
Whoa Nellie Ellington (Google Maps Location) August 13, 2009 Ellington. Ellington. Ellington. Hm. I’m stumped. I don’t have anything to say about the rural community in north central Connecticut. Other than it’s rural and in the north central part of the state. Ellington, in fact, is very proud and … [Read more...]
107. Lock Museum of America
The Key To My Heart Terryville section of Plymouth (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Come. Come with me on a journey into the mind of a madman. No, not me, but Tom Hennessey – the guy most responsible for the wonderful insanity (some blowhards would say inanity) of the Lock Museum of America. At the outset … [Read more...]
Manchester History Center
A Fine Museum is Looming... Manchester History Center, Manchester (Location) May 2009 Connecticut museum visit #105. Perhaps inspired by the … [Read more...]
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