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59. Little Boston School House Museum

September 22, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Err-ah, Lahhn Ya Three Ahhhhs East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 Bostonese-to-English title translation of the title above: "Hello, Learn Your Three R's." Nestled next to the far more expansive and interesting Thomas Lee House Museumis this little one-room schoolhouse museum. I won't lie to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: East Lyme, Free Museums, New London County, School House, Tiny Museums

57. Thankful Arnold House Museum

September 22, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

For CTMQ, We Are Thankful Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 The Thankful Arnold House is part of The Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail and the Connecticut Historic Gardens Trail. First things first: Yes, Thankful Arnold was the name of a person. A woman, actually, who lived in a house in Haddam in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Haddam, Historic Gardens, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Middlesex County, Women's Heritage Trail

403. The Winchester Center Kerosene Lamp Museum (Closed)

September 14, 2008 by Steve 9 Comments

Not Leaving the Light on for You Winchester Closed 2003? It is evident to me, as I visit these defunct museums, that those with a singular passion - dare I say obsession - are often the ones fallen by the wayside. And I can't think of a better example than a museum located in a very far flung place, in a town … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Litchfield County, Winchester

63. Meigs Point Nature Center Museum

September 10, 2008 by Steve 17 Comments

The Fish Scale: Do, Re, Meigs! Madison (Google Maps Location) July 12, 2008 Update: Meigs Point has a brand new building, so a revisit is in order! If you go to Hammonasset Beach just once a year, please visit this excellent nature center. If you go several times a year as we used to do, please make it a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Animals, Beach, Birds, Damian, Hammonassett Beach State Park, Madison, Natural History, Nature Centers, New Haven County

52. Barnum Museum

September 9, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

I'm a Sucker For This Museum Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 Update: On June 24, 2010, an EF-1 tornado struck the Barnum Museum. Colossal winds slammed into the historic structure compromising structural integrity of the building, contaminating the environmental and mechanical systems, shattering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Bridgeport, Dubious Claims, Fairfield County, pt barnum

54. Merritt Parkway Museum

August 12, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Museum Not Without Merritt Stratford (Google Maps Location) June 2, 2008 2019 update: Since writing this, there have been widening, tree-clearing, and off/on-ramp improvements to the Merritt. It's still mildly charming and dangerous however. What is a museum? According to Webster's (and since Noah Webster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Fairfield County, Free Museums, National Scenic Byways, Roads and Tunnels, Stratford, Tiny Museums

68. Cooley School Museum

August 11, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

Too Cooley For Schooley Granby (Google Maps Location) July 27, 2008 This place has changed quite a bit since 2008 and is now open as part of regular tours. Looks like I"ll have to revisit someday. Granby, Connecticut. Famous for... err... Famous for my friends Lisa and Tim? Famous for being the town … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Granby, Hartford County, salmon brook historical society, School House, Tiny Museums

61. Flamig Educational Farm

August 11, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

You Know What Really Gets My Goat? West Simsbury (Google Maps Location) June 22, 2008 Note: An incredible amount of search engine traffic comes here looking for "Flaming Farm." This farm is not on fire. At some point along this crazy CTMQ journey I decided to incorporate things like "petting zoos" and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Hartford County, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Simsbury, Zoos

Museum on the Green

July 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Come and Drink the Green Kool-Aid Glastonbury (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 This is the greatest museum not only in Connecticut, but in the world. I love Glastonbury's Museum on the Green and all my readers must flock to it in droves and genuflect before the great brick building. Come... Drink the Green … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Glastonbury, Hartford County, historical society of glastonbury, Industrial History, Nautical History, Town History

CT Audubon Society Coastal Center

July 9, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

As The Museum Terns... Milford (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 The irony was not lost on myself nor my traveling companions for the day (Rob and Yvonne); that is, on the way to the Audubon Society Center we passed a bunch of huge invasive Monk Parakeet nests along the coastline. Monk parakeets, of course, are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, audubon, Birds, Long Island Sound, Milford, Nature Centers, New Haven County

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