Simple Lyman, Not Just a Pieman Lyman Homestead, Middlefield (Location) December 2025 The Lyman Homestead is on the Connecticut Underground Railroad Trail, part of The Freedom Trail. Connecticut museum visit #554. The Lyman family is Middlefield and Middlefield is Lyman. The present day orchards with it's … [Read more...]
Old Stone School House
Stone Cold Stunner Old Stone School House, Farmington (Location) December 2025 Connecticut museum visit #553. Of course I'd had this Farmington Historical Society gem on my list of Connecticut museums for years and years. It was always just one of those, "oh yeah, that. I'll get to it someday" places. Well, … [Read more...]
Ashford Academy
It's Academic at This Point Ashford Academy, Ashford November 2025 Connecticut museum visit #550. Yeah. It really is academic at this point. What is? One room school house museums. I love visiting Connecticut's museums and I love writing this website. A website that began in 2006. A time when the … [Read more...]
Nathan Hale Heritage Center Museum
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...]
Old Town Hall Museum
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...]
Old South End School
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...]
Enoch Kelsey House
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...]
Saville Dam, Barkhamsted Center & Hollow
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...]
Riverbound Farm Nature Center
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...]
The Rock School
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...]
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