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CTMQ > Not Really a Museum Museum

CT High School Coaches Assoc. Hall of Fame

September 20, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

I waited 5 years for this?! Hartford (Google Maps location) August 14, 2010 For the first time in 184 museums I'm at a loss for words. I really have nothing to say about the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame. Though shouldn't it be "Coaches'?" It's their Hall of Fame, right? But as you'll see in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, East Hartford, Halls of Fame, Not Really a Museum Museum, Rarely Open, rentschler field, Tiny Museums

160. Silverman’s Animal Farm

August 14, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Go Easton Young Man Easton (Google Maps location) April 10, 2010 For some unknown reason, I originally had this place written up as a non-museum and filed it away in the hinterlands of CTMQ. I don't know what I was thinking as this place (for our purposes) is a great little zoo (of sorts) to take your kids too. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Easton, Farms, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Zoos

177. ArtPlace at Yale Physician’s Building

August 10, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

You Need Guts to Go Here… Um, No You Don’t New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 No, this isn’t a museum. Not even close. But since I recently opened up my CTMQ definitions to include non-commercial galleries, I’ve been able to check out some interesting and different types of what I still loosely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum, Yale

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, Town History

171. Urban Museum of Modern Architecture (6 of 7)

June 21, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

When a No-Longer Non-Museum Museum is Still a Museum To Me Seven Buildings, New Haven Various Dates Dec 2010 Update: I received a comment on an old museum page about the modernist Knights of Columbus Museum from a woman representing the New Haven Preservation Trust who says that a survey is being done in 2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Cool Architecture, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Yale

188. 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm

April 5, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Historic, Hot, Hip and Happenin’ Bloomfield (Google Maps Location) August 8, 2009 All things Auer Farm This page was written about a 2009 visit - two years before my younger son was born. That younger son went to a preschool that visited Auer Farm every month, even in single-digit temperatures. I chaperoned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, auer farm, Bloomfield, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum

157. Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

March 27, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do Not to Passover This Place (Pt. 2) West Hartford (Google Maps location) March 11, 2010 Spurred on to experience more of the Jewish experience after enjoying the Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization at the University of Hartford, I crossed the street (a week later) and made some time for the Jewish Historical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, Jewish, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, West Hartford

143. B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill

February 27, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

How You Like These Apples? B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill, Stonington (Google Maps location) October 24, 2009 Since this first visit, we have been to Clyde's several times. There are some pictures from a 2013 as well. Since you were wondering, no, I haven’t used this title before. Over at the oldest operational cider … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Food & Drink, Museums, National "Stuff", Superlatives, Wineries Tagged With: Calvin, Cideries, Damian, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hard Cider, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Stonington

112. Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy

February 17, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Duck, Duck, Emperor Goose Litchfield (Google Maps Location) June 7, 2009 People always ask me how I find stuff for my giant museum list. Short answer: Every which way you can imagine - and then some. Well over three years into this thing now, I'm still finding out about new places on a fairly frequent basis. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Litchfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

151. Lamothe’s Sugar House

February 8, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Sweeeeeeet! Burlington (Google Maps Location) February 7, 2010 It just occurred to me that if I assume I go to about 600 museums in Connecticut when all is said and done - which is a fair assumption - I'm now about one quarter done. That took about 3.5 years so that means I'll be at this another 10 years or so. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums Tagged With: Burlington, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Other Companies and Businesses

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