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399. Fannie R. Gabriel History Center

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399. Fannie R. Gabriel History Center

Fannie Farmer Bloomfield (Google Maps location) July 29, 2018 The Fannie R. Gabriel History Center is next door to the Wintonbury (Bloomfield) Historical Society's Old Farm School museum. The two buildings share a parking lot. Other people who are visiting the 700+ museums in Connecticut would probably lump to two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bloomfield, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Town History, wintonbury historical society

457. The Academy

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457. The Academy

Threat Level: Orange Orange (Google Maps location) January 11, 2020 With a new year dawning, I asked my son Calvin to pick a Connecticut town to focus on for possible CTMQ completion. After thinking about several others, he settled on Orange. Because… it’s named Orange and that’s a straight up funny name … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, New Haven County, Orange, orange historical society, Town History

317. Bristol Historical Society Museum

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317. Bristol Historical Society Museum

Making the Case for Bristol Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Connecticut Open House Day 2016 Woot! Woot! The annual holiday for me and my family, Woot! Woot! And where better to spend it than in Bristol, Woot! Woot! Seriously though, we did a lot of things in Bristol on Open House Day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, bristol historical society, Calvin, Free Museums, Hartford County, Industrial History, Town History

438. Middlebury History Museum

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438. Middlebury History Museum

Buried in the Middle of a Monday Middlebury (Google Maps location) June 3, 2019 Straight up, the most “interesting” thing at the Middlebury Historical Society Museum is being able to view the Middlebury Historical Society Museum. Yes friends, it’s another White Whale Museum! After all, how many people are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, Middlebury, New Haven County, Rarely Open, Town History

456. Chaplin Museum (RIP)

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456. Chaplin Museum (RIP)

Sorry Ol’ Chap Chaplin RIP, 2012 (est.) This is a really, really dumb page. It needn’t exist. But here we are. When I put together the CTMQ Town Guides for small, low-population towns like Chaplin I really want there to be a museum. Connecticut towns without museums are few are far between. An unfortunately, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: chaplin, RIP, Town History, Windham County

453. Union Historical Society Museum

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453. Union Historical Society Museum

Union Jacked Union (Google Maps location) August 6, 2019 Union, Connecticut. You know, that town name on the last Connecticut exit sign on I-84 East that you pass on your way to Boston? The town that you’ve never been sure is a real town? Union. First inhabited by Nipmucks, and later, in 1727, settled by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Tolland County, Town History, Union

436. Pine Grove Schoolhouse

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436. Pine Grove Schoolhouse

Pining For the Past Avon (Google Maps location) June 2, 2019 Someone asked me the other day a question I love ("OMG! You read and care about CTMQ?!") and hate ("OMG! If I answer you honestly, you'll think I'm nuts!"). Part of the question was related to the whole "town completion" thing I do. Was there an order … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Avon, avon historical society, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, School House, Tiny Museums, Town History

409. Academy Hall Museum

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409. Academy Hall Museum

What is a Shad Horn? Rocky Hill (Google Maps location) March 16, 2019 There are a lot of museums in Connecticut with the word "Academy" in their names. Somewhere around 10. You can probably figure out why... there were lots of academies that served a town's children that then became too small to do so but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Hartford County, Rocky Hill, Town History

270. East Windsor Academy Museum

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270. East Windsor Academy Museum

It's Not All Academic East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 East Windsor is funny. Depending on how you count such things, there are either 9 museums or 2. Note: if you say two, you're not qualified to be a CTMQ reader. There are two "complexes" of museums in town; the Trolley Museum complex has three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Creepy Dolls, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, East Windsor, east windsor historical society, Free Museums, Hartford County, Industrial History, Town History

300. Keeler Tavern Museum

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300. Keeler Tavern Museum

I Can’t Keep an Even Keel, Because... Ridgefield (Google Maps location) September 12, 2015 2019 Update: A new visitor center has been added to this museum and barn and good for them! I Can’t Keep an Even Keel, Because... This was my 300th Connecticut museum! Craziness! Who would ever have thought that there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Architecture, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Fairfield County, Historic Houses, Hoang, Military History, Ridgefield, Town History

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