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Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum

May 27, 2007 by Steve 8 Comments

Putting the "Horror" in "Horrorible" Bristol (Google Maps Location) October 29, 2006 Since my visit, the museum moved to the beautiful Bristol Historical Society building in 2014, and then moved again to a building in Plainville in 2021. This makes everything below moot, but it's still entertaining. Wow. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Superlatives Tagged With: Bristol, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Plainville, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums

Connecticut River Museum

May 27, 2007 by Steve 6 Comments

Something's Fishy in Essex Essex (Google Maps Location) October & December 2006, with some February 2020 too It sure didn't take long for me to rope my wife Hoang into joining me to visit a museum! We hadn't really planned on going to the River Museum, due to some scheduling conflicts and a nor’easter - we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Damian, Essex, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Middlesex County, Military History, Model Trains, Nautical History, Ships & Boats & Submarines

New Britain Industrial Museum

May 26, 2007 by Steve 14 Comments

Not Just Boring Machines New Britain (Google Maps Location) October 6, 2006 There’s a lot going on here. First and foremost, my good friend and partner in crime who appears in some pictures below and even contributed a few paragraphs, passed away in May 2016. Ed was largely responsible for the creation of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, EdHill, Free Museums, Hartford County, Industrial History, New Britain, Tools, Town History

Museums

February 11, 2007 by Steve

Every Museum in Connecticut Circa 2000 onward This is it. The list that started it all. If you're looking for more than museums in a particular town, please check out the CTMQ Town Guides. Everything on CTMQ is based on our 169 towns. So there are no separate listings for non-towns like Mystic, Danielson, … [Read more...]

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