She's a Brick... (School)House! Coventry (Google Maps Location) May 20, 2007 "Baby, I'm going to a museum in Coventry. Be home in a couple hours - I'll be seein' ya!" I would venture to guess that 99.9% of the time when someone says that to their spouse, they are on their way to the Nathan Hale homestead - one … [Read more...]
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Berlin Historical Society Museum
Ich Bin Ein Berliner! Berlin (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2007 Wow, it's been more than a month since our last museum visit; at this rate, we'll be doing this until we are retired. Truth be told, we did go to another museum (the Putnam Cottage in Greenwich) on our way back from a trip to see family in Delaware, … [Read more...]
The Barnes Museum
Barnes & Noblesse The Barnes Museum, Southington (Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #6. This was written back when this site was mere months old. So I apologize in advance for the tiny pictures and the tone, although 20 years later I did laugh at a few lines. In 2025 I was told by a longtime … [Read more...]
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
Tobacco Rowed Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, Windsor (Location) April 2007 Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum was called the Luddy/Taylor Tobacco Museum when I visited in 2007. I cringe at these early pages. This page used to combine the tobacco museum and the Northwest Park Nature Center. I've separated the … [Read more...]
Chatham Historical Society Museum & School House
Ringing in the Museum Season East Hampton (Google Maps Location) April 1, 2007 Connecticut museum visit #7. My son Damian's first museum! Keep in mind this experience below documents a 2007 visit and things do change over time, including my ability to write about small town museums like this. With winter … [Read more...]
The Edward E. King Museum (Gone)
Flying High with the Tobacco King of East Hartford The Edward E. King Museum, East Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #5. The library closed for a huge renovation in 2014. As part of that renovation, this awesome little museum ceased to exist in any meaningful way. Some of … [Read more...]
Butler-McCook House and Garden
The Butler Did it - Or Maybe it was the McCook... Butler-McCook House and Garden,Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #4. The garden here one of Connecticut's Historic Gardens. The Scott mentioned below has become a friend and of course he was only doing his job. As with these … [Read more...]
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
Putting the "Horror" in "Horrorible" Bristol (Google Maps Location) October 2006 Connecticut museum visit #3. Since my visit, the museum moved to the beautiful Bristol Historical Society building in 2014, and then moved again to its own building in Plainville in 2021. This makes everything below moot, but it's … [Read more...]
Connecticut River Museum
Something's Fishy in Essex Connecticut River Museum, Essex (Google Maps Location) October & December 2006, with some February 2020 too Connecticut museum visit #2. As you can see, I've returned to this museum more than once - and as a result the picture formatting is all over the place. I'm not sure how many … [Read more...]
New Britain Industrial Museum
Not Just Boring Machines New Britain Industrial Museum, New Britain (Google Maps Location) October 2006 Connecticut museum visit #1. 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 … [Read more...]