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236. Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room

January 21, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Thorny Issue of What Is and What Is Not a Museum Guilford (Google Maps location) September 8, 2012 Rgarding my title (and ignoring the "nettle"/"thorny" pun), of course this little room at the Guilford Free Library isn't a museum. But I started making note of "local history rooms" at town libraries years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Guilford, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum

Derby’s Carnegie Library

January 10, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Derby Neck Library Derby There were 11 total Carnegie Libraries built in Connecticut. Today, only six remain as libraries. Back in the day, wealthy business magnates sometimes did cool philanthropic things like give money for libraries all over the world. Andrew Carnegie was one such rich guy, helping to build … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: carnegie libraries, derby, Libraries, New Haven County

Carnegie Libraries Still Libraries

December 19, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Read All About It! Connecticut's Six* Carnegie Libraries Still Operating as Libraries *A seventh, in Unionville (Farmington) deserves special mention as it is now a museum. There were 11 total Carnegie Libraries built in Connecticut. Today, only six remain as libraries. Back in the day, wealthy business … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: carnegie libraries, Libraries

Wood Memorial Gingerbread House Festival

November 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh Snap! Wood Memorial Library Gingerbread House Festival, South Windsor November 28, 2014 I have no idea how many gingerbread house festivals there are in Connecticut, let alone New England, but I'm still confident that this one is one of the largest around. How can I be so confident? For one, I stay on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Calvin, Christmas, Damian, Hartford County, Libraries, South Windsor

Enfield’s Carnegie Library

December 6, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pearl Street Branch Library Enfield There were 11 total Carnegie Libraries built in Connecticut. Today, only six remain as libraries. Back in the day, wealthy business magnates sometimes did cool philanthropic things like give money for libraries all over the world. Andrew Carnegie was one such rich guy, helping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: carnegie libraries, Enfield, Hartford County, Libraries

290. Bill Memorial Library Museum

March 24, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

Go For Daddy, Stay For Mummy Groton (Google Maps location) March 22, 2014 Groton has a bunch of museums, several of which draw visitors from outside of Connecticut and even southern New England. (In fact, if you go to the Submarine Force Museum at the Naval sub base, be sure to check out the license plates in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Groton, Hoang, Libraries, Natural History, Severed Limbs, Tiny Museums

246. Hartford History Center & ArtWalk

January 30, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

ArtKayak Hartford Public Library, Hartford (Google Maps location) January 8, 2013 I have a few pages that concern libraries here on CTMQ. More than a few, actually. Not all are about those which contain museums or museum-like places either. I’ll let you poke around and find others if you’re interested. Ah, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Hartford, Hartford County, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Town History

222. The Cushing Center & Yale Medical Library

October 20, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Zombie Apocalypse Buffet New Haven (Google Maps location) October 2011 & April 2019 I always promised/threatened to bring my son Calvin here someday. Well, that day finally came during his 2nd grade spring break. And I was right - he loved it. As a result, you'll see a mixture of pictures from my 2011 visit with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, New Haven, New Haven County, Yale

124. Cyrenius H. Booth Library & Museum

November 14, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Old Stuff in a Newtown Newtown (Google Maps location) July 13, 2009 As I begin to write this page, I’m trying to remember how I came to learn of the fact that they call this library a museum. Or at least partly a museum. My own wonders never cease. Of course, there are several seemington normal libraries … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Fairfield County, Free Museums, Libraries, Newtown, Town History

168. Hall Memorial Library Exhibits

June 23, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

All Hail Hallowed Hall at Hall Ellington (Google Maps location) May 19, 2010 Somewhere along the CTMQ way, after readers kept pushing me to check out various libraries around the state for various reasons, I finally began to poke around what they have to offer. It’s a sketchy can of worms to open up for a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Ellington, Free Museums, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tiny Museums, Tolland County, Town History

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