"She's dead. Wrapped in plastic." UConn Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 A few of the Babbidge Library pictures are from Jerry Dougherty's incredible compendium of photos of EVERYTHING in Connecticut. Stop hurting your brain; my title makes no sense whatsoever. Well, it does to me but not to … [Read more...]
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Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center
At least I saw a Water Scorpion Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center, Simsbury (Google Maps location) July 2009 Connecticut museum visit #122. I'm sure it very rarely open these days. At one point I think I had a plan to visit all the state parks in Connecticut and blog about them too. Who knows, maybe I … [Read more...]
89. Husky Heritage Sports Museum
U-C-O-N-N, UConn! UConn! UConn! UConn-Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 This page is about a 2009 visit. Many more championships have been won since then in basketball and field hockey, the football team has reached the Fiesta Bowl and then record futility, the hockey program joined Hockey East... … [Read more...]
Wood Memorial Library and Museum
Fact Check: This Isn't Named After Me South Windsor (Google Maps Location) February 2009 Connecticut museum visit #88. Weird. No, not the fact that a rarely open library has a museum that they advertise as a museum. What's weird is going somewhere named the Wood Memorial. Seeing as though my last name … [Read more...]
The Children’s Museum (Closed)
A Whale of a Museum The Children's Museum, West Hartford December 2008 and January 31, 2009 2022-25: This long-running museum and its iconic whale sculpture have been booted from their home in favor of luxury condos. The collection was moved into a temporary home at West Hartford's Emanuel Synagogue where they … [Read more...]
104. Buttolph-Williams House
Get Olph Your Butt Already Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 This was perhaps the easiest pun-title on all of CTMQ. It's been in my head for years and after finally visiting this easily accessible historic house museum and learning "Buttolph" is actually pronounced "Butt-off," I was ecstatic. I … [Read more...]
Vernon Historical Society Museum
Ver-nonentities vs. Rockvillains Vernon Historical Society Museum, Vernon (Location) May 2009 Not to be confused with the Vernon Historical Society Outdoor Museum. This is Connecticut museum visit #106. How about some music to accompany your reading. "Rockville?" you say? "But you're in Vernon. … [Read more...]
94. St. Joseph College* Art Gallery
Gettin' Nasty West Hartford (Google Maps Location) March 11, 2009 Update: This is now the "Art Gallery at the University of St. Joseph" as the school stepped it up a bit in 2012. Also, it is now part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I really should revisit this place and get better pictures, as it's only a few … [Read more...]
108. Plainville Library Museum
All of Their Eggs in One Basket Plainville (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Adhering to CTMQ bylaw 9.7 - "If they call themselves a museum, it's a museum" - I hereby present to you the smallest museum I’ve visited to date. I'll be quite surprised to find one smaller on my quest... But one never knows. (Which … [Read more...]
102. CT Audubon Society Center at Pomfret
Don't Fret; A Title Pun is in the Pom of my Hands... Pomfret (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2009 I'm pretty certain we are the only family who gets in their car, drives up and down hills for an hour east to Pomfret in order to check out a small Audubon Society nature center. After all, there are larger Audubon and … [Read more...]
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