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CTMQ > Free Museums

The Lewis Walpole Library

September 28, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Shhh! It's a Secret Library Museum! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 2008 Connecticut Museum visit #71. My 71st museum marks a milestone: My first "private tours given by appointment only" visit. How exciting! At least now I know I can handle them, as there are many others or so that require such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Art, Colleges & Universities, Farmington, Free Museums, Libraries, Yale

Little Boston School House Museum

September 22, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Err-ah, Lahhn Ya Three Ahhhhs East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 2008 Bostonese-to-English title translation of the title above: "Hello, Learn Your Three R's." Nestled next to the far more expansive and interesting Thomas Lee House Museum is this little one-room schoolhouse museum. I won't lie to you: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: East Lyme, Free Museums, School Houses, Tiny Museums

54. Merritt Parkway Museum

August 12, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Museum Not Without Merritt Stratford (Google Maps Location) June 2, 2008 2019 update: Since writing this, there have been widening, tree-clearing, and off/on-ramp improvements to the Merritt. It's still mildly charming and dangerous however. What is a museum? According to Webster's (and since Noah Webster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Free Museums, National Scenic Byways, Roads and Tunnels, Stratford, Tiny Museums

Museum on the Green

July 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Come and Drink the Green Kool-Aid Glastonbury (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 This is the greatest museum not only in Connecticut, but in the world. I love Glastonbury's Museum on the Green and all my readers must flock to it in droves and genuflect before the great brick building. Come... Drink the Green … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Glastonbury, historical society of glastonbury, Industrial History, Nautical History, Town History

The Museum of Connecticut History

July 1, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shh! Order in the Court/Library/Museum! Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 "The big 5-Oh." "Fitty." "Still Nifty at Fifty!" Yes folks, CTMQ has made it to the 50th museum plateau with nary a scrape nor defamation suit! While this may sound impressive, any pride is immediately mitigated by the fact … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Hartford, Industrial History, Military History, State History

Captain John Francis House Museum (Closed)

June 29, 2008 by Steve 7 Comments

O My! Captain! You're Not a Captain! Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 Closed as a museum in 2018. O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;  The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;  The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Rarely Open, Wethersfield, wethersfield historical society

49. State Supreme Court

June 25, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Supremely Interesting Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 While I have absolutely no factual basis upon which to state the following, I'm going to state it anyway: "Connecticut is the only state in the country where the state Supreme Court, State Library, and State History Museum are all housed under one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Hartford, Not Really a Museum Museum, State History

47. Connecticut Legislative Office Building

June 22, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

There Oughtta Be a Law: Visit Museums Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 First, an aside regarding my awkward title. I have received more then a few emails pointing me to various articles about the impending demise of the Mark Twain House Museum - one of CT's most popular and important sites. While I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Hartford, Not Really a Museum Museum, State History

46. State Capitol Building

June 16, 2008 by Steve 9 Comments

Now That's a Capitol Idea! Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 What did YOU do with YOUR last half-day off from work? Golf? The beach? Nap? Bah - My son had a doctor's appointment around lunchtime so I decided to take a half day to enjoy the finest capitol building Connecticut has to offer. I never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, bushnell park, Free Museums, Hartford, Military History, Not Really a Museum Museum, State History

51. Housatonic Museum of Art

June 5, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Bring Some Gin For This Housatonic Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 Housatonic Museum of Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. My first art museum! Finally! After only 50 other Connecticut museum visits! It's not that I've been purposely avoiding them... I did try to go to at least one other art … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Bridgeport, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Free Museums

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