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Medad Stone Tavern Museum

March 21, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

"But What About Me, Dad?" Guilford (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 For whatever reason I've always thought in my head that the guy's name was Stone Medad. And I always thought that was funny. Now, as I begin writing about my visit to the museum with my son Damian and notice the guy's name was actually Medad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Guilford, guilford keeping society, historic house museums, Historic Houses

Bristol Memorial Military Museum

March 14, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not Worth the Battle Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 If you've happened to have read my page on the Bristol Sports Hall of Fame, you may remember I hinted at the fact that the wing of the building that the Bristol Historical Society Museum inhabits elsewhere was dark and effectively closed. I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, bristol historical society, Military History

Salisbury Cannon Museum (Closed)

March 9, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Adding to the Canon Salisbury When I began this website in 2006, the Salisbury Cannon Museum's website was exactly the same as it is in 2022. The same pictures, the same URL, and the same note that it is "currently closed." I don't know about you, but "currently closed" offers hope that it will reopen someday. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Industrial History, Military History, Salisbury

Bristol Sports Hall of Fame

March 3, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Taking Jabs Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 So there we were, my son Calvin and I, finishing up at the Bristol Historical Society Museum, also located in the stately old Bristol High School, looking to explore and enjoy the Bristol Sports Hall of Fame. I don't visit and write about every town's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, Calvin, Halls of Fame, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tiny Museums

New England Accordion Museum

February 22, 2022 by Steve 6 Comments

Accordion To My Notes... North Canaan (Google Maps location) February 2022 The accordion was invented some 200 years ago, and its American heyday stretched from 1925 to 1960. The instrument is heavy and unwieldy. It cannot play quietly and it can be as piercing as a garbage truck's squealing brakes. The accordion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, North Canaan

Earthplace

February 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

"Hi. I’m Mike. Mike the Mockingbird. I'm Here to Mock You.” Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 Earthplace, "Where science, conservation, and education meet." Load up the minivan honey, we're taking the boys to... school? The way Earthplace sells itself, it almost sounds like that. But I'm here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Children's Museums, Damian, Hoang, Nature Centers, Westport

Rick Nicita Gallery & Cinema Archives

February 8, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

NiceTaSeeya Nicita, if Only for a Minute Middletown (Google Maps location) February 20, 2016 How many words can I possibly write about this tiny little place? Movies. Film. Cinema. I went decades of my adult life not caring a whit about this whole world of culture and art. I probably went years without seeing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Colleges & Universities, Cool Architecture, Damian, Free Museums, Middletown, Modern Architecture, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tiny Museums, Wesleyan

The Discovery Science Center & Planetarium

February 2, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

We're Over the Moon Bridgeport (Google Maps location) December 5, 2015 COVID almost closed this museum for good in 2020, but Sacred Heart University stepped in and assumed management of it. During the 18-month closure, it was renovated by the University and it it reopened in 2021 as The Discovery Science Center & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bridgeport, Calvin, Children's Museums, Damian, Hoang

R.W. Woolworth Library and Research Center

January 25, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut’s Other Boat Building Stonington (Google Maps location) January 2016 There are a lot of reasons to head to Stonington. Restaurants, seaside walks, breweries, wineries, shopping, all the Mystic stuff... interesting little museum-like library hybrids. That's right. Interesting little museum-like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Stonington, stonington historical society

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

January 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Otters, Udders, and... Light Sabers? Stamford (Google Maps location) December 2015 The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a Connecticut Art Trail site We visited the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in 2015 and I'll state here at the outset that this is the rare Connecticut museum that I will definitely be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Art, Calvin, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Natural History, Nature Centers, Stamford, Town History

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