I'd Hurl, But it Would Mess up the Decor Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 The house museum is part of the historic Wethersfield package "tour." By paying the 8 bucks at the Wethersfield History Museum, we were able to check this place next door out "for free." (Or for 3 bucks instead of 5. Or … [Read more...]
Old State Prison & Cemetery Site
Arsenic and Old... This Place? Site of old Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield May 27, 2007 Connecticut's famously historic prison is in the north central part of the state - Old Newgate Prison up in Granby. There is a museum there and I plan to hit it around the time when our Metacomet Trail end-to-end hike … [Read more...]
Wethersfield Museum at Keeney Memorial
Feeling Peachy Keeney in Wethersfield Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 CTMQ appearances by EdHill are a special treat; hitting 3 musuems in his old hometown (he now calls Washington DC home) is an event. And I'm sure glad he was along for the ride this day, because no one person can hope to have … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 4
Section 4: How's it Hanging, Hills? Chamberlain Highway (Route 71) to Edgewood Road, 6.5 miles May 28, 2007 Note: This page was written in 2007, so please forgive me. If you want to start at the beginning of the trail, go the Metacomet Intro here. Ah Memorial Day; hot dogs and barbeque, corn on the cob and … [Read more...]
Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry (Closed)
This Museum Won't Hurt a Bit Hartford May 25, 2007 I have good news and I have bad news. First, the bad news: The Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry is closed to the public as of October 1, 2008. We are packing the exhibits in preparation for the move to The University of Connecticut Health Center in … [Read more...]
Tour Stop 5: USA! USA! USA! Um… Czech That…
Games 8, 9, 10 Rookies in Cromwell and my living room June 12 & 14, 2006 Rookies has since closed. USA vs. Czech Republic For some reason, I get very patriotic when it comes to soccer, cycling, and hockey. I guess because we are actually the underdogs for once in those sports and the random successes in my … [Read more...]
Berlin Historical Society Museum
Ich Bin Ein Berliner! Berlin (Google Maps Location) May 12, 2007 Wow, it's been more than a month since our last museum visit; at this rate, we'll be doing this until we are retired. Truth be told, we did go to another museum (the Putnam Cottage in Greenwich) on our way back from a trip to see family in Delaware, … [Read more...]
The Barnes Museum
Barnes & Noblesse Southington (Google Maps Location) December 28, 2006 Note the date above. This was written back when this site was mere months old. So I apologize in advance. So check this out: Back in the day, some guy named Amos Bradley married some lady named Sylvia Barnes. They had a house built in … [Read more...]
Luddy/Taylor CT Valley Tobacco Museum
Tobacco Rowed Windsor (Google Maps Location) April 7, 2007 2018 Update: Oof. I cringe at these super old pages... anyway, this page used to combine the tobacco museum, now named the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, and the Northwest Park Nature Center. I've separated the two which makes for a somewhat clunky … [Read more...]
The Edward E. King Museum (Gone)
Flying High with the Tobacco King of East Hartford East Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 13, 2006 2015-19 Updates: The library closed for a huge renovation in 2014. As part of that renovation, this awesome little museum won't really be a museum anymore. The artifacts are now displayed around the library … [Read more...]