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437. The Schumacher Gallery at Westover School

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437. The Schumacher Gallery at Westover School

Getting One Over on Westover Middlebury (Google Maps location) June 3, 2019 I won't lie. I was more interested in visiting the Schumacher Gallery at Westover School in Middlebury because the school was designed by Connecticut architectural superhero Theodate Riddle Pope than for any art gallery hidden away within. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Middlebury, New Haven County, Private School

The Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford

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The Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford

Impressive J-Date Oldest Orthodox Jewish Day School in the United States Bloomfield/West Hartford I was initially drawn to this school because of its fairly surprising architecture. Surprising because it’s in Bloomfield and also because it’s an orthodox Jewish school. I mean, look at this building: It’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Bloomfield, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Jewish, Private School, West Hartford

285. The Paul Mellon Arts Center Galleries

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285. The Paul Mellon Arts Center Galleries

Another Museum Off My Honeydew List Wallingford (Google Maps location) February 28, 2015 I have a weird and perhaps unhealthy fascination with Connecticut's $60k+ per year private boarding schools. Jealousy? Nah. I think it's that I live very near several of them and they are just alien worlds to me. At … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Damian, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Private School, Wallingford

422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy

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422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy

Night of a Quadrillion Stars Avon (Google Maps location) May 24, 2019 It's funny that it took me nearly 13 years into this CTMQ adventure to get up to the closest entity on CTMQ to my house. (Maybe Westmoor Park or Crown Market is closer, but not by much. Why am I even qualifying this? You certainly don't care. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Astronomy, Avon, Calvin, Great Views, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, planetarium, Private School, superlatives

418. Ordway Gallery and AoF Sports Hall of Fame

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418. Ordway Gallery and AoF Sports Hall of Fame

Yeah... Gonna Hafta Do This the Ordway Avon (Google Maps location) May 19, 2019 I have a weird fascination with Connecticut's private boarding schools. One reason is their exorbitant costs; usually around $70,000/year when all is said and done. But mostly because many of them have remarkably interesting histories, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Avon, Halls of Fame, Hartford County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Private School

149. Mercy Gallery @ Richmond Art Center

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149. Mercy Gallery @ Richmond Art Center

Oh Mercy Me Windsor (Google Maps location) January 24, 2010 Even though I grew up in Delaware, which has a higher percentage of students attending private schools than any other state, the schools are just different up here in Connecticut. In fact, it seems that the entire private/prep school archetype is always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Hoang, Private School, Windsor

Texas Redbud, Windsor (RIP)

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Texas Redbud, Windsor (RIP)

Cercis canadensis var. texensis, Texas Redbud Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor Location: In front of Erickson Gym Height: 22 Feet Circumference: 12 inches I love this page and I love you for coming here to read it. Unfortunately, Loomis-Chaffee dug up this tree and trashed it in 2018. This National Champion tree. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Hartford County, National Champion Trees, national Champions, Plants, Private School, Trees, Windsor

194. Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School

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194. Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School

Beautiful Litchfield County Never Looked So Beautiful Salisbury (Google Maps location) October 9, 2010 I love Salisbury. In fact, I wouldn’t mind living up there at all. Oh sure, it’s pretentious and everyone drives Volvos and Audis, but that’s no different from where I live now in West Hartford. Salisbury is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Litchfield County, Private School, Salisbury

Oldest School for the Deaf in the US

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Oldest School for the Deaf in the US

American School for the Deaf West Hartford The American School for the Deaf (ASD) is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States. What's more, the school became the first recipient of state aid to education in America when the Connecticut General Assembly awarded its first annual grant to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: American school for the deaf, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Private School, West Hartford

103. Cogswell Heritage House (ASD History Museum)

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103. Cogswell Heritage House (ASD History Museum)

Deaf Jam West Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 2019 Update: I see that this place is now called The Alice Cogswell Heritage House. Certain museums give me that little burst that keeps me excited to continue this website. They are usually ones like this one: Small(ish), singularly devoted, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: American school for the deaf, Appointment Only, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Free Museums, Hartford County, Private School, West Hartford

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