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...]
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63. Meigs Point Nature Center Museum
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...]
52. Barnum Museum
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...]
54. Merritt Parkway Museum
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...]
Cooley School Museum
Too Cooley For Schooley Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. 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... … [Read more...]
Flamig Educational Farm
You Know What Really Gets My Goat? Flamig Educational Farm, Simsbury (Google Maps Location) June 2008 Connecticut museum visit #61. 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 … [Read more...]
Museum on the Green
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...]
CT Audubon Society Coastal Center
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...]
The Museum of Connecticut History
Shh! Order in the Court/Library/Museum! Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 "The big 5-Oh." "Fitty." "Still Nifty at Fifty!" Yes folks, CTMQ has made it to the 50th museum plateau with nary a scrape nor defamation suit! While this may sound impressive, any pride is immediately mitigated by the fact … [Read more...]
Somers Mtn Museum of Natural History and Primitive Technology (Closed)
The Drumbeat of Death Somers This museum closed around 2000. As CTMQ readers are acutely aware, I love museums. And I hate when they close - most often due to lack of funding, awareness, and visitations. However, this particular museum may have "had" to go by the wayside. Somehow, "Somers Mountain Museum of … [Read more...]
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