CTMQ

Destroying the myth that there is nothing to do here

green mountain modern house
  • CTMQ’s Town Guides
    • Town Completion Celebrations
  • Museums
    • Museum Visits
  • Hikes, Bikes, & Paddles
    • CFPA Trails & Blue Trails Challenge
    • State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites
    • Land Trust Trails
    • Town Trails
    • Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, and US Army Corps of Engineers Trails
    • Highpointing and Peakbagging
    • Cycling, Multi-Use, & Rails-to-Trails Paths
    • Water Trails
  • Food & Drink
    • Best, Historic, & Unique Restaurants & Foods
    • Classic Diners & True Taverns
    • Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
    • Breweries, Brewpubs, & Cideries
    • Wineries & Meaderies
    • Distilleries
  • Everything Else
    • National Designations
    • Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests
    • Geography
    • Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves
    • Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events
    • Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters
    • Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries
    • Religion, Remembrances, Statuary, & Outdoor Art
    • Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails
    • Books, Movies, People, & Stories
  • Non-CT
    • Travel & Vacations
    • World Soccer Stadium Tour
    • Highpointing and Peakbagging
    • Top 100 Novels Project
    • Oscar Movies Project
  • About
    • FAQ
    • Family
    • Smith-Magenis Syndrome
    • Press
CTMQ > museum within a museum

The Bristol Center for Arts & Culture

August 17, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Glo Sessions is a Woman’s Name Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Alright, now I'm getting silly. The Bristol Center for Arts & Culture exists in a back corner of the New England Carousel Museum. When I visited, I was quite taken by the fact that the second floor of the joint has two distinct and legit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Bristol, Calvin, Hartford County, museum within a museum

Museum of Fire History

August 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bonus Museum? Ding-Ding-Ding! Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I know you all have felt that indescribable rush of learning that there's a museum within a museum. There's nothing quite like that "two for one" feeling. At the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, it's even better - or at least it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, Calvin, Fire Museum, Hartford County, museum within a museum

The California Raisins, Gumby, and CelebriDucks Museums

September 11, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Singing Raisin, a Green Blob of Talking Clay, and a CelebriDuck Enter a Museum... Cheshire (Google Maps location) September 6, 2014 [I have stolen two pictures - the good ones - from BuzzFeed for this page, because I didn't know these museum existed within the larger museum until after I visited.] CTMQ’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cheshire, Damian, museum within a museum, New Haven County, Tiny Museums

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

Become a CTMQ Patron!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Press & Media Inquiries

Latest Museum Visits

The heart of CTMQ

Totally Random Post!

CT H4H: Westbrook Lobster

Sponsored Links

Recent Comments

  • Jamie on Jesse F. Smith Memorial Forest
  • Mary Mushinsky on Emerson J. Leonard Wildlife Sanctuary Turtle Trails
  • Bernie MacArthur on Shaker Village
  • Unknown on Jesse F. Smith Memorial Forest
  • Doug McCabe on The Chase Mansion
Disclaimer
Mission Statement
Copyright © 2023 - CTMQ