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78. Phelps-Hatheway House Museum

February 19, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

I Saw Anne Hatheway's Underwear Drawer! Suffield (Google Maps location) October 13, 2008 This is embarrassing. On many levels. First, some background: Way back at CTMQ museum number 4, the Butler-McCook House Museum, I was admonished for attempting to take pictures inside the house. The house is owned by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Connecticut Landmarks, Historic Houses, Suffield, Town History

77. Beckley Furnace

February 17, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

It's Like a Furnace in Here! North Canaan (Google maps location) October 5, 2008 An absolutely brilliant and beautiful Fall day in Connecticut. Grandmom and Granddad up from Delaware watching Damian back in West Hartford. Hoang and I take a leisurely drive west on Route 44 through some of the prettiest October … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: beckley furnace, Free Museums, Hoang, Industrial History, Iron Heritage Trail, Iron Trail, North Canaan, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

76. Ezra & Cecile Zilkha Gallery

February 3, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Great Art! Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Fresh off my recently settled upon definition of museums, I'm now tasked with writing up this place. As it is a permanent gallery that only displays rather than sells, it is therefore a museum. (And really, you'd be hard pressed to argue.) It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Middletown, Wesleyan

75. Davison Art Center

February 3, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Bizarre and Beautiful Chewbacca Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Here I am, staring at my chapped fingers asking them to write a coherent post about an art museum. My diamond anniversary museum, if you will, and only my second art museum. At least at the first one, The Housatonic Museum of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Middletown, Wesleyan

74. Plainville Historic Center

January 20, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

Ah Oui, Ville-de-Plaine Plainville (Google Maps Location) October 1, 2008 Note: All early CTMQ posts have small, vertical, rather terrible pictures. Sorry. There comes a time in every person's life where surprising things become a little bit less surprising. Take, for instance, after going to 73 museums in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Aviation, Birds, Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, Plainville, Tools, Town History

Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn Museum

December 30, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

No Hayes in this Barn Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. Neither my blurry pictures nor the Salmon Brook Historical Society's website (they own the joint) do this place any amount of justice. The Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn is the largest and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Granby, salmon brook historical society, Tobacco, Town History

Abijah Rowe House Museum

December 13, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

Mahmoud Abijah'd in Granby Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. Writing up a museum visit on a dreary, icy-stormy day in December is always a great way to pass the idle time. Looking at the pictures and uncovering memories from a hot July day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Granby, Historic Houses, Leatherman, salmon brook historical society

64. Westmoor Park

December 2, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Crying Fowl West Hartford(Google Maps Location) Multiple Visits 2019 Update: This page is a bit... old. The pictures are bad and poorly formatted, but you'll get the gist. We've been here a million times. In fact, I was just there a few weeks ago in April 2019 chaperoning a field trip for my second grader, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Outdoor Museums, West Hartford

Beardsley Zoo

November 18, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

OceLotta Fun! Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) September 20, 2008 Connecticut only has one zoo, thankfully. You see, Hoang and I do have ethical issues with zoos - especially ones that don't go full bore trying to best replicate the animals' natural environs. But, on the other hand, we both love seeing animals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, BEARS!, Birds, Bridgeport, Calvin, Carousels, Damian, Giant Goofy Things, Greenhouses, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Zoos

Weed-Enders House

November 6, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

Totally Smokin' Weed-Enders, Man Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. As part of our four part museum tour of the Salmon Brook Historical Society's properties in Granby, I was granted a peek inside the Weed-Enders House. While it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Granby, Historic Houses, salmon brook historical society, Tiny Museums

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