A, B, C! School - house 3! R-I-P! Avon History Museum, Avon (Location) December 2025 Ignore everything on this page. The new museum did open in September 2025 and I have visited and I will write about it soon! This museum will remain RIP for the foreseeable future. In the world of historical museums, progress … [Read more...]
Pine Grove Schoolhouse
Pining For the Past Avon (Google Maps location) June 2019 Connecticut museum visit #436. Someone asked me the other day a question I love ("OMG! You read and care about CTMQ?!") and hate ("OMG! If I answer you honestly, you'll think I'm nuts!"). Part of the question was related to the whole "town completion" … [Read more...]
Derrin House
They're Practically Derrin' Me to Revisit Derrin House Museum, Avon (Location) November 2016 Connecticut museum visit #336. Is it fair to a fine historical preservation organization to visit one of their museums when it is more or less empty and gutted? Most would say no, I'd argue yes. Avon's Derrin … [Read more...]