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CTMQ > Not Really a Museum Museum

Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab Center

May 12, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

”Take... These Broken Wings” Ashford (Google Maps location) April 23, 2016 No, this isn¹t a museum and no, they don¹t call themselves one. But I am, for the sake of continuity on CTMQ. Horizon Wings isn't much different than any of the Audubon Society centers I lump in as museums. The worst part about this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Ashford, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, reptiles

303. GEHMS Planetarium

October 13, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

Spacing Out Glastonbury (Google Maps location) October 10, 2015 This cool little planetarium ignited a heated debate in my house. I mentioned that I would be including it as a museum visit for this website, and my wife roundly chastised me for that. “It’s a planetarium. It’s not a museum.” “I know. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Astronomy, Calvin, Glastonbury, Not Really a Museum Museum, planetarium

299. The New Britain Police Museum

September 14, 2015 by Steve 6 Comments

A Real Hard Hittin’ Museum New Britain (Google Maps location) August 8, 2015 I can’t even pretend this is a real museum. Keep in mind who just wrote that. I’m the guy that accepts pretty much anything as a museum that calls itself a museum. I’ve been to some very, very tiny museums in Connecticut. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, New Britain, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tiny Museums

234. Tarrywile Mansion

May 13, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tarry Here Wile I Poke Around Danbury (Google Maps location) June 22, 2012 Ah, another one of these places... Museum? Or not a museum? Well, the simple fact that you are reading these words on this page tell you that I’ve deemed it a museum. Though not really. But sort of. It’s just like the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Danbury, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Not Really a Museum Museum, tarrywile park

Rainbow Dam Fishway

April 21, 2013 by Steve 3 Comments

Dam Fish! Windsor (Google Maps location) June 4, 2011 For those of you who don't know, and why would you, I am a professional researcher. I create wonderfully exciting reports for various life and health insurance companies on topics such as “Broker and Producer Expectations Under PPACA” and report on things … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Canals and Dams, Damian, Fish, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, Not Really a Museum Museum, Rarely Open, Windsor

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, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Town History

240. Sculpturedale

December 11, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Lions and Tigers and Sharp Metal Edges, Oh My! Kent (Google Maps location) September 15, 2012 Having been to 240 museums so far in Connecticut, it stands to reason that I've met some really interesting and talented people. I can add sculptor Denis Curtiss to that growing – but distinctive! – list. I can’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Kent, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art

241. Griswold Inn Art Tour

November 18, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Full Steam Ahead Essex (Google Maps location) November 4, 2012 "Steve, come on man, everyone knows the Gris and everyone knows it's just a restaurant." Really? Well then everyone is wrong. First of all, the Gris is hardly any ol' restaurant - it has been around and fully operational since 1776. SEVENTEEN … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Art, Essex, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Free Museums, griswold inn, Nautical History, Not Really a Museum Museum, restaurants

230. Creative Arts Workshop Galleries

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Can’t Stop Crowing About This Place! CAW! CAW! New Haven (Google Maps location) December 5, 2010 I don’t really remember how this place got lost in the hundreds of places I’ve visited and tens of thousands of pictures I’ve taken. But it did. Actually, that’s not true. It got “lost” because I never really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

Arts Council of Gr. New Haven Galleries (Closed)

December 23, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Four Dates for Art New Haven (Google Maps location) Varying Dates There were four galleries that make up the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Galleries back when I started this website. They were the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, Gallery 195, The Parachute Factory, and Haskins Laboratories Gallery. As is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Closed/Gone/Former, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

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