VHS Rewind Vernon Historical Society Outdoor Museum, Vernon (Location) September 2026 Don't be confused by the multiple mentions of Rockville below. Rockville is a section of Vernon but it's one of those place names that residents really, really like to hang on to, so I'll honor that here. This is Connecticut … [Read more...]
Avon History Museum
A Giant Beaver, a Climax, and a Pope Avon History Museum, Avon (Location) December 2025 Connecticut museum visit #552. For many years, this page started thusly: This museum will remain "closed" for the foreseeable future. In the world of historical museums, progress can be quite slow. Glacial even. To … [Read more...]
Middlefield Historical Society Museum
Mid Middlefield Historical Society Museum, Middlefield (Location) October 2024 Connecticut museum visit #527. The fine folks at Middlefield Historical Society redid this entire museum recently. I have no idea when they started, but my failing memory tells me it was pandemic time. And they re-opened in late … [Read more...]
Old Town Hall Museum
Pootatucks, Nazis, and Russians, Oh My! Old Town Hall Museum, Southbury (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #546. I popped in the Ol' Town Hall Museum in Southbury during the Connecticut's 2025 Open House Day. Oh, wait. I popped in the OLD Town Hall Museum in Southbury. It's on the smaller … [Read more...]
Gaylord House Museum
Just Some Guy 1845 Gaylord House Museum, Hartland January 2019 CT Museum #517 Hartland is a lovely town. Really and truly. The 17 (est.) people that live there will tell you the same. And their one museum is lovely as well. I mean, c'mon. Pure New England here: And, as is typical of rural New England … [Read more...]
Squire’s Tavern
Not Quite a Hitchcockian Tale Squire's Tavern, Barkhamsted (Google Maps location) June 2023 Connecticut museum visit #504. I know this person doesn't exist, but if, somehow, at some point in the future you are this person, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you, Barkhamsted Superfan, have read or will read my droning … [Read more...]
New Milford Historical Society & Museum
Don't Get Board, Man New Milford (Google Maps location) May 2019 A few things here at the outset: The New Milford Historical Society folks have updated a lot of the property since my visit, my visit was too short and somewhat odd because there was a tag sale going on in one of the museum buildings. Also, I think … [Read more...]
Andrews Homestead Museum
A Silver Metal Andrews Homestead Museum, Meriden (Location) September 2018 Connecticut museum visit #402. Meriden. What do you think of when someone mentions Meriden? The Police Academy? The formerly bustling silver industry? Both? Well, then do I have a museum for you! The Moses Andrews House is a … [Read more...]
Old Tolland County Jail & Museum
Solitary Refinement Tolland, (Google Maps location) July 15, 2018 Oh man. Here we are again... at another large town history museum! Or should I say "museums?" While the Tolland Historical Society bills this place as the "Old Tolland County Jail & Museum," it really is two distinctly separate entities... under one … [Read more...]
Mansfield Historical Society Museum
Another Feather in My Cap Mansfield (Google Maps location) July 22, 2018 This little town little town history museum is quite nice. But I've got to tell you, before visiting, I think the most "exciting" part of it for me was that CFPA's Nipmuck Trail goes right through it. Just like along the Appalachian Trail in … [Read more...]
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