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CTMQ > Free Museums

241. Griswold Inn Art Tour

November 18, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Full Steam Ahead Essex (Google Maps location) November 4, 2012 "Steve, come on man, everyone knows the Gris and everyone knows it's just a restaurant." Really? Well then everyone is wrong. First of all, the Gris is hardly any ol' restaurant - it has been around and fully operational since 1776. SEVENTEEN … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Art, Essex, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Free Museums, griswold inn, Nautical History, Not Really a Museum Museum, restaurants

222. The Cushing Center & Yale Medical Library

October 20, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Zombie Apocalypse Buffet New Haven (Google Maps location) October 2011 & April 2019 I always promised/threatened to bring my son Calvin here someday. Well, that day finally came during his 2nd grade spring break. And I was right - he loved it. As a result, you'll see a mixture of pictures from my 2011 visit with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, New Haven, Yale

221. Silpe Gallery (UHa)

September 12, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Slip Silpin’ Away West Hartford (Google Maps location) October 4, 2011 Every time I visit an art gallery for CTMQ purposes, I promise myself to write about it before the exhibition ends. That way, the websites and materials available to help me write the story would still be accessible. (LOL, you didn't think it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, UHa, West Hartford

223. New Pond Farm Education Center

September 10, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh That’s Rich West Redding (Google Maps location) October 15, 2011 What a day, what a day. After a long drive out to Wilton for the annual Strength For Sydney 5K fundraiser for the Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Foundation – we made the short drive over to Redding’s New Pond Farm during their Harvest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Astronomy, Calvin, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Hoang, Natural History, Redding, Tools

224. Burnham-Hibbard House

July 12, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Bit Hampered in Hampton Hampton (Google Maps location) December 11, 2011 Writing this website and traveling all over the state sometimes feels a little repetitive. Visiting our 200 or so historic house museums can get, um, let’s say Groundhog Day-ish. So what’s a guy to do to keep it fresh every time out? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Free Museums, Hampton, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Rarely Open

230. Creative Arts Workshop Galleries

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Can’t Stop Crowing About This Place! CAW! CAW! New Haven (Google Maps location) December 5, 2010 I don’t really remember how this place got lost in the hundreds of places I’ve visited and tens of thousands of pictures I’ve taken. But it did. Actually, that’s not true. It got “lost” because I never really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

195. Salisbury Association at the Academy

May 6, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Salisbury Stakes It’s Claim Salisbury (Google Maps location) October 9, 2010 I had spent the previous day, night and this very morning hiking the high peaks in the Catskills. I summited several of the CAT35 peaks, slept on the ground, driven several hundred miles, checked out another museum gallery prior to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Salisbury, Town History

191. Blue Slope Country Farm Museum

March 22, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Feeling Blue? Then Go Here Franklin (Google Maps location) October 2, 2010 Hoang was pregnant and tired. Damian has never really enjoyed physical efforts or putzing around at outdoor events. I was struggling with inner thoughts of how I'd make the last museum we visited, the Ashbel Woodward House Museum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Fairs and Festivals, Farms, Franklin, Free Museums, Hoang, Rarely Open, Tools

190. Ashbel Woodward House Museum

March 6, 2012 by Steve 5 Comments

Franklin My Dear, I DO Give a Damn Franklin (Google Maps location) October 2, 2010 When I say “Franklin,” what image comes to mind? That children’s story turtle? A key and a kite and a bolt of lightning? Ben Franklin himself? Almost certainly not Franklin, Connecticut. Franklin is one of our smaller, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Franklin, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Hoang, Rarely Open, Town History

Arts Council of Gr. New Haven Galleries (Closed)

December 23, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Four Dates for Art New Haven (Google Maps location) Varying Dates There were four galleries that make up the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Galleries back when I started this website. They were the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, Gallery 195, The Parachute Factory, and Haskins Laboratories Gallery. As is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Closed/Gone/Former, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

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