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...]
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Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn Museum
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...]
Abijah Rowe House Museum
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...]
64. Westmoor Park
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...]
Beardsley Zoo
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...]
Weed-Enders House
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...]
Brookside Farm Museum
You'll Always Be the Thomas Avery House To Me... You'll Always Be the Smith-Harris House To Me... You'll Always Be The Brookside Farm Museum To Me East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 2008 In 2018, The Smith-Harris House became the Brookside Farm Museum, with the tagline "Cultivating the Story: Avery, Smith and … [Read more...]
Somers Historical Society Museum
Somerstime, and the Livin' is Easy Somers (Google Maps Location) June 2008 CT Museum visit #62. My visit up to Somers was perhaps one of my most random forays ever done for this website. One fine Saturday I remember just putting Damian down to nap and telling Hoang I had to just "go." When you have a special … [Read more...]
72. New Britain Youth Museum
Youth of Today New Britain (Google Maps Location) September 27, 2008 Growing up, I was mostly influenced by my older brother. In the early to mid-eighties, he (and therefore, I) started getting into punk and hardcore music. I was never a social outcast or anything, I was simply drawn to the hard, fast, … [Read more...]
432. Submarine Library and Museum (Closed)
A Sinking Ship Submarine Library and Museum, Middletown RIP 2003 It is downright silly of me to attempt to write about this defunct museum. It shuttered its windows with the passing of its lone curator, Ben Bastura. And from all I can gather from the internet, Mr. Bastura was quite a figure. I will simply copy … [Read more...]
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