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...]
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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 (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 museums my … [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! The museum moved to a storefront on Main Street in downtown New Britain in 2019, then to a different location in 2026, and will hopefully reopen in 2027. There’s a lot going on … [Read more...]
Museums
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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