Will I Nurse This Review, Or Just Milk It? Mansfield (Google Maps location) May 30, 2014 What up, SON? I said, What up, SON?" Oh, hello. That's George, a heart patient simulator at UConn's School of Nursing (SON) program in Storrs. He lies in the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of nursing history and … [Read more...]
457. The Academy
Threat Level: Orange Orange (Google Maps location) January 11, 2020 With a new year dawning, I asked my son Calvin to pick a Connecticut town to focus on for possible CTMQ completion. After thinking about several others, he settled on Orange. Because… it’s named Orange and that’s a straight up funny name … [Read more...]
438. Middlebury History Museum
Buried in the Middle of a Monday Middlebury (Google Maps location) June 3, 2019 Straight up, the most “interesting” thing at the Middlebury Historical Society Museum is being able to view the Middlebury Historical Society Museum. Yes friends, it’s another White Whale Museum! After all, how many people are … [Read more...]
Saponare Christmas House
Scary Christmas George Saponare Christmas House, Windsor December 2018 I’m not a decorator. Of course I’m not an interior decorator; what I mean by my opening salvo is that I just don’t decorate anything. Once, while helping my wife get the Christmas decorations out of their basement lair, I asked, “if you lived … [Read more...]
367. Osborn House Museum
Re(Os)Born East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 12, 2017 No use beating around the bush here. I don't have much information for you about the Osborn House Museum of East Windsor Connecticut. Oh, sure, I have a bunch of pictures. And I can make a bunch of stuff up. It wouldn't be the first time... and it … [Read more...]
270. East Windsor Academy Museum
It's Not All Academic East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 East Windsor is funny. Depending on how you count such things, there are either 9 museums or 2. Note: if you say two, you're not qualified to be a CTMQ reader. There are two "complexes" of museums in town; the Trolley Museum complex has three … [Read more...]
300. Keeler Tavern Museum
I Can’t Keep an Even Keel, Because... Ridgefield (Google Maps location) September 12, 2015 2019 Update: A new visitor center has been added to this museum and barn and good for them! I Can’t Keep an Even Keel, Because... This was my 300th Connecticut museum! Craziness! Who would ever have thought that there … [Read more...]
386. The T.A. Hungerford Memorial Library and Museum
Never Lose That Museum Hunger Harwinton (Google Maps location) June 9, 2018 Regarding my title above... as I close in on 400 Connecticut museum visits, I’m happy to report that I have not “lost the hunger” to visit maybe 400 more. Absurd? You bet. But I’m still game. This often surprises those who know … [Read more...]
381. Kellogg-Eddy House & Museum
In the Swirl of Historic House Museums... Newington, (Google Maps location) April 22, 2018 This historic house museum was the 381st Connecticut museum I have visited for the purposes of this very website. I sometimes don’t really “step back” and think about that number. That is a lot of museums. The world is … [Read more...]
228. Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland History
The Callander Says April Fools, But I’m Not Kidding Around Portland (Google Maps location) April 1, 2012 This is it, folks. I'm done. There are just far too many town history museums in historic houses in Connecticut. I quit. Checks "Callander" visit date... April Fools! C'mon, now. With our … [Read more...]
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