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Nathan Hale Heritage Center Museum

December 9, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's Climate Controlled! Nathan Hale Heritage Center, Ashford (Location) November 2025 Connecticut museum visit #549. That's right folks, this museum is climate controlled! Of course, so are hundreds of other museums, but why does this fact rise to the level of sidewalk signage? I'll tell you why. … [Read more...]

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Old Town Hall Museum

December 1, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pootatucks, Nazis, and Russians, Oh My! Old Town Hall Museum, Southbury (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #546. I popped in the Ol' Town Hall Museum in Southbury during the Connecticut's 2025 Open House Day. Oh, wait. I popped in the OLD Town Hall Museum in Southbury. It's on the smaller … [Read more...]

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Old South End School

November 24, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southie Old South End School, Southington (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #545. I've been on a run of one-room schoolhouse museums lately. I'm very happy that each and every preserved building is preserved. These little museums are cool glimpses into small town Connecticut history. But, since I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Rarely Open, School Houses, Southington, Tiny Museums

Enoch Kelsey House

February 10, 2025 by Steve 3 Comments

Enoch is Enoch Enoch Kelsey House, Newington January 2025 Connecticut museum visit #543. I knew something was off. Funny, even. The Enoch Kelsey House, a rarely open gem in the center of town, bent over backwards to accommodate my visit. Okay, maybe not to a great extent, but it's not typical for rarely-open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Newington, newington historical society, Rarely Open

Saville Dam, Barkhamsted Center & Hollow

November 27, 2024 by Steve 5 Comments

Damn! No, really... Damn! Saville Dam & Barkhamsted Center, Barkhamsted September 2024 The Saville Dam is surely a top 10 Connecticut beauty spot. If it didn't require a walk in order to get the perfect shot, I'm sure it would be top 3. As it is, you still have to wait in line on weekend days in October in order … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Barkhamsted, barkhamsted historical society, Canals and Dams, Industrial History, Rarely Open

Riverbound Farm Nature Center

October 30, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]

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The Rock School

July 9, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

School of Rock The Rock School, Colebrook (Google Maps location) June 2024 Connecticut museum visit #519. Here we are again. At yet another one-room school house museum. On the outside looking in. And that's fine. I came to a point in my decades-long adventure when I realized that there's really no need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Colebrook, colebrook historical society, Rarely Open, School Houses, schools, Tiny Museums

Gaylord House Museum

June 11, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Just Some Guy 1845 Gaylord House Museum, Hartland January 2019 CT Museum #517 Hartland is a lovely town. Really and truly. The 17 (est.) people that live there will tell you the same. And their one museum is lovely as well. I mean, c'mon. Pure New England here: And, as is typical of rural New England … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Hartland, hartland historical society, historic house museums, Rarely Open, Town History

Loos Center for the Arts

November 13, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

They're Not Booing, They're Saying "Looooooos!" Woodstock (Google Maps location) October 2023 The story of how I was able to see the Gallery at the Loos Center is the story of the Gallery at the Loos Center. Not that the Loos Center and its art gallery aren't fine and respected venues in the Quiet Corner... but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Free Museums, Private Schools, Rarely Open, Woodstock

Wilcox House and Barn Museum

November 6, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Granby Farm Day: A Life and Death Matter Granby (Google Maps location) September 2023 As you all know, Connecticut has 169 towns. With just over 11,000 residents, Granby is only the 92nd most populous town in the state. And yet... and yet, in terms of CTMQ readership, it seems like half of you live there. I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Granby, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Rarely Open, salmon brook historical society

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