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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

126. Wilbur Cross Gallery (Gone)

February 2, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Need to Get Cross With Me Storrs/Mansfield (Google Maps Location) July 17, 2009 Please note that this was written in 2009 and that I am pretty sure this gallery no longer exists as it did back then. I spent four (and, ahem, a half, ahem) years and several tens of thousands of my father’s hard-earned money at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Damian, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, UConn

138. Hartford Medical Society Historical Library

September 24, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

Make No Bones About It... It's Back! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 10, 2009 The waffling is over. I'm giving this place its own pedestal to stand on as a separate museum visit. Sure, the collection is pretty much a scaled down version of a previously visited museum, but I think it's important to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Farmington, Free Museums, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, UConn

128. Brookfield Nature Center and Rock Museum

August 2, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Hellooooo Broooookfield! Brookfield (Google Maps Location) July 20, 2009 I'd recently been doing some hikes out in western Connecticut in the New Milford-Brookfield-Bridgewater area. I'd stumbled upon a few heretofore unknown museums on my forays back home in Roxbury and Woodbury - pretty much the most exciting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Brookfield, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

125. UConn Animal Barns

July 26, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

Lots of Damian Pictures... I'm Gonna Milk This One Storrs (Google Maps Location) July 2009 and Others UConn has a split personality. On the one hand, it's a modern University with a top tier basketball program known the world over. On the other hand, it's an agricultural school at heart; located in a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, UConn

127. UConn Public Art Collection

July 23, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

Art: It's Everywhere! 30 pieces at UConn at Storrs, Stamford, Torrington, Farmington, Hartford, Avery Point Various Dates How can a museum span six towns across the state? When I say it can. UConn has a terribly unpublicized collection of top notch public art at several of its campuses, as well as the law … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Farmington, Groton, Hartford, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art, Stamford, Storrs, Torrington, UConn

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