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Mystic Seaport

October 6, 2007 by Steve 2 Comments

A Whale of a Good Time Mystic Section of Stonington (Google Maps Location) August 11, 2007 This page is... embarrassing. The Seaport is, to me, Connecticut's premier attraction. I'm writing this statement 13 years after writing this page, and the only reason I keep it intact is so you all can laugh at me. I will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Damian, Hoang, Mystic, Nautical History, New London County, Outdoor Museums, Ships & Boats & Submarines, Stonington, Town History

New Haven History Museum

September 27, 2007 by Steve 9 Comments

A Safe, Good, and New Haven New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 My friend Rob and I arrived at the New Haven Colony History Museum still full of energy - despite having already been to five places already on our full CTMQ New Haven day. This would be our final museum of the day and the large banner out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, New Haven, New Haven County, Town History

Fort Nathan Hale and Black Rock Fort

September 17, 2007 by Steve 6 Comments

Holding (it) Down (at) The Fort(s) New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 My friend Rob and I visited Fort Nathan Hale and Black Rock Fort as part of a New Haven CTMQ full day out. I very much feel that these forts are very much outdoor museums of sorts. Never mind that everything here is a replica. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Forts, Free Museums, Military History, New Haven, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

Knights of Columbus Museum/Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center

September 11, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

KFC: We Do Insurance Right! New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 The museum changed its name to The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center in 2022. On my massive list of Connecticut museums, there have always been a few that have stuck out in my mind as being oddly fascinating to me. The KFC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Modern Architecture, New Haven, New Haven County, Religulous

Pardee-Morris House Museum

September 2, 2007 by Steve 16 Comments

Pardee Like It's 1699 New Haven Location July 21, 2007 Summer 2010 Update: The house has re-opened! This is the very rare Zombie Museum here on CTMQ; one that rose from the dead. And in fact, I'm writing this sentence in 2020 and can report that it is still open. I will, of course, revisit and re-do this page, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: historic house museums, Historic Houses, New Haven, New Haven County

Canton Historical Museum

September 2, 2007 by Steve 8 Comments

Let Me Axe You a Question... Collinsville Section of Canton (Google Maps Location) June 28, 2007 "...Can we get in to see the museum? No? Why not? Oh, we can? Good. Let me axe you another question - Can we take pictures here? No? Why not?" And so began one of the stranger introductions to any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Canton, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Hartford County, Industrial History, Model Trains, Tools, Town History

East Haddam Historical Society Museum

August 18, 2007 by Steve 7 Comments

I Haddam at Hello East Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 9, 2007 A couple years after this visit, the museum added a fairly large new wing. Perhaps I'll revisit someday when I have all my faculties. To catch y'all up, I had just visited East Haddam's Nathan Hale Schoolhouse. On the drive down to this part of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Town History

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse (E. Haddam)

August 15, 2007 by Steve 7 Comments

Hale, Hale, The Gang's All Here East Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 9, 2007 There are at least four, yes four, separate and distinct museums in Connecticut honoring Nathan Hale. Two schoolhouses in which he taught (New London and East Haddam), one homestead (Coventry), and one fort (New Haven). This is all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: East Haddam, Free Museums, Middlesex County, School Houses, Tiny Museums

Pratt House Museum

July 29, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

Another Museum To Prattle On About Essex (Google Maps Location) June 2, 2007 Flashback to October 20, 2006: Essex, CT on our way to the Connecticut River Museum; "We also passed the Pratt House, another museum in town - but it was closed." Flashback to December 10, 2006: Essex, CT on our way back to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Essex, essex historical society, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Hoang, Middlesex County

Cove Warehouse Maritime Museum

July 24, 2007 by Steve 2 Comments

By Cove, I Think We've Got It! Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 So you're saying to yourself, "A warehouse? An old warehouse at that? Um... why?" Good questions... Ones which I'm happy to answer for you. After having been to both the Wethersfield Museum and the Hurlbut-Dunham House a mile or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Hartford County, Nautical History, Town History, Wethersfield, wethersfield historical society

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