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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, 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, 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, Tiny Museums

Waterbury Button Museum

August 11, 2009 by Steve 32 Comments

This Museum is as Cute as a ... Waterbury (Google Maps Location) August 2009 CT Museum #135 When you're the third smallest state in the US and you still manage to cram in so many hundreds of museums, it stands to reason that a good percentage of them will be tiny. I've seen my share - and can't determine which … [Read more...]

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

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