Where "Giving Nauga a Noogie" Isn't Weird Naugatuck April 2, 2016 I rarely revisit museums. With so many hundreds of them around the state, it just isn't feasible. I often get emails informing me of a new exhibit at some long-ago visited museum, but what can I do? However, I will be revisiting the Naugatuck … [Read more...]
Moor’s Charity School Museum
Give. Me. Moor. Museums. Columbia (Google Maps location) June 7, 2013 Connecticut history superfans are surely aware of the mild controversy regarding the origins of the state's most famous university. There is some argument whether is started in Old Saybrook or Wethersfield... or perhaps Killingworth. Or maybe … [Read more...]
339. Widener Gallery
Jury Duty Hartford (Google Maps location) December 8, 2016 Jury Duty. The bane of everyone's proud duty of all American citizens. After decades of apparent invisibility, I'm now getting called every three years... or whatever the minimum time period in between each is. At least now I know I can show up an hour … [Read more...]
341. Carriage Barn Arts Center
Judgmental Bathrooms are Fun! New Canaan (Google Maps location) October 2, 2016 Most barns in Connecticut are decrepit and if they are filled with anything, they are filled with rotting old equipment. Or tobacco leaves. Barns are often seen as romantic relics of days gone by… but in some cases, especially in … [Read more...]
Mercy Gallery @ Richmond Art Center
Oh Mercy Me Windsor (Google Maps location) January 24, 2010 Even though I grew up in Delaware, which has a higher percentage of students attending private schools than any other state, the schools are just different up here in Connecticut. In fact, it seems that the entire private/prep school archetype is always … [Read more...]
Ansonia Nature Center
Sticks and Stones... Ansonia (Google Maps location) February 2013 There are a lot of nature centers in Connecticut. Some are state-run, some are Audubon centers, some are private entities, and some are town-run. Having visited dozens of them, very few stand apart. I’m happy to report that Ansonia’s version does, … [Read more...]
Tolland Military Museum
War! Huh! What is it Good For? (Museums) Tolland Google Maps location July 15, 2018 Admission time: When it became apparent to me in late spring/early summer of 2018 that I could make it to 400 Connecticut museums, I made sure I made it to 400 museums. One trick to getting there is to go to places like Tolland … [Read more...]
The Florence Warren Latham Museum of Eastford History
Eastford’s “Inn” the Club! Eastford Google Maps location July 22, 2018 For the first 11 years of CTMQ’s existence, Eastford did not have a museum. The sparsely populated, relatively unknown town in Windham County was never expected to have a museum, but even so, the relative few museumless Connecticut towns make … [Read more...]
Old Tolland County Courthouse Museum
Courting Disaster Tolland (Google Maps location) July 15, 2018 Visiting the Old Tolland County Courthouse Museum on its own would be ridiculous. While it is a standalone museum with its own personality and history, I highly encourage you to pair your visit with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum across the … [Read more...]
Storyteller’s Cottage (Closed)
Let Me Tell You a... Storyteller’s Cottage, Simsbury June 2018 Storyteller's Cottage, my 391st Connecticut museum, closed in September 2020 - a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. This business still operates an online and events model in 2024. ... Story. The Story of why this place deserves a place on CTMQ’s … [Read more...]
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