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CTMQ > Industrial History

135. Waterbury Button Museum

August 11, 2009 by Steve 32 Comments

This Museum is as Cute as a ... Waterbury (Google Maps Location) August 9, 2009 2019 Update: This is one of those old posts that still gets comments from people who don't know how websites work. When you're the third smallest state in the US and you still manage to cram in so many hundreds of museums, it stands … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Industrial History, museum within a museum, New Haven County, Tiny Museums, Waterbury

77. Beckley Furnace

February 17, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

It's Like a Furnace in Here! North Canaan (Google maps location) October 5, 2008 An absolutely brilliant and beautiful Fall day in Connecticut. Grandmom and Granddad up from Delaware watching Damian back in West Hartford. Hoang and I take a leisurely drive west on Route 44 through some of the prettiest October … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: beckley furnace, Free Museums, Hoang, Industrial History, Iron Heritage Trail, Iron Trail, Litchfield County, North Canaan, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor 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, Hartford County, 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, Hartford County, Industrial History, Military History, State History

Heublein Tower Museum

January 5, 2008 by Steve 13 Comments

Shouldn't It Be Called "Viewblein Tower?" Simsbury (Google Maps Location, even though you must hike to it.) October 21, 2007 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 museum in the state, seeing as though it requires an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Industrial History, Observation Towers, Simsbury, Talcott Mountain State Park, Tiny Museums

River Valley Junction

October 27, 2007 by Steve 4 Comments

Every Witch Way But Caboose Essex (Google Maps Location) October 11, 2007 [2014 Update: I've changed the name of this place in the title because it seems as though the Essex Steam Train folks have settled on this name. There's a new - in 2008 - art gallery in the building that wasn't there during our 2007 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: CT Valley Rail Road State Park, Damian, Essex, Free Museums, Hoang, Industrial History, Middlesex County, Trains and Trolleys

Canton Historical Museum

September 2, 2007 by Steve 8 Comments

Let Me Axe You a Question... Collinsville Section of Canton (Google Maps Location) June 28, 2007 "...Can we get in to see the museum? No? Why not? Oh, we can? Good. Let me axe you another question - Can we take pictures here? No? Why not?" And so began one of the stranger introductions to any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Canton, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Hartford County, Industrial History, Model Trains, Tools, Town History

New Britain Industrial Museum

May 26, 2007 by Steve 14 Comments

Not Just Boring Machines New Britain (Google Maps Location) October 6, 2006 There’s a lot going on here. First and foremost, my good friend and partner in crime who appears in some pictures below and even contributed a few paragraphs, passed away in May 2016. Ed was largely responsible for the creation of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, EdHill, Free Museums, Hartford County, Industrial History, New Britain, Tools, Town History

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