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...]
Housatonic Museum of Art
Bring Some Gin For This Housatonic Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport (Location) May 2008 Housatonic Museum of Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. Connecticut museum visit #51. My first art museum! Finally! After only 50 other Connecticut museum visits! It's not that I've been purposely avoiding them... I … [Read more...]
48. Connecticut Hall of Fame
Yay Connecticut! Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2008 Seriously. I could be accused of padding my museum visit numbers with this entry, but I'm not. While touring the State Capitol and the nearby Legislative Office Building (Way more interesting than it sounds) I was drawn and excited by a large sign … [Read more...]
Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center
And Yet, There's Neither a Buck Nor a Wolf Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) March 22, 2008 Damian was having one of his crankier days so I thought I'd try to cheer him up with a visit to a nearby nature center museum. Because really, what kid wouldn't enjoy seeing snakes and lizards and turtles? As it … [Read more...]
Burlington State Fish Hatchery
Trout Fishing in America Part 2 Burlington Google Maps location March 21, 2008 with March 2018 Update! Part 1 was a visit to the Quinebaug State Trout Hatchery Who doesn't love a nice fish hatchery? C'mon, you know you do. Heck, I apparently love them so much that just a few weeks after visiting the … [Read more...]
Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery
Trout Fishing in America Plainfield Google Maps location February 2008 with March 2013 Update! Our visits to the Burlington State Fish Hatchery Right off the bat, no, I have not read Trout Fishing in America (nor do I plan to) and I'm not a fan of the wacky folk artists of the same silly name. And I don't … [Read more...]
Killingly Historical Society Museum
Killingly Softly With Randomness Danielson section of Killingly (Google Map Location) February 2, 2008 Quick question for you locals: Where's Danielson? Where's Killingly? Trick question... Apparently, Danielson is actually not a real town, but rather a Borough of Killingly. So even though all the highway … [Read more...]
Haul of Fame Trucking Museum
A Real Trucking Shame Canterbury February 2008 Thus far, CTMQ has been very a rewarding experience for me. There are those rare times that I bumble off to somewhere with unfairly low expectations and come away wondering why I had my initial cynical thoughts. Never has that feeling been more evident than my … [Read more...]
Northwest Park Nature Center
North by Northwest Park Windsor (Google Maps Location) March 24, 2007 Note: This is an OLD write-up and as such it is a bit muddled with the tobacco museum in the same complex. This was written at a time when I didn't differentiate museums as much as I do now. Since 2007, we've visited several most times, we've … [Read more...]
Heublein Tower Museum
Shouldn't It Be Called "Viewblein Tower?" Heublein Tower Museum, Simsbury (Google Maps Location, even though you must hike to it.) October 2007 Connecticut museum visit #35. Yes, there really is a little museum in the tower. I don't know (yet) but I'm guessing this may be the most physically inaccessible … [Read more...]