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CTMQ > Rarely Open

Noden-Reed Museum

September 1, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Windsor Locks'ed Down Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) August 2022 On the surface, I live a pretty normal suburban married dad life. Minivan, yardwork, soccer games. But lurking beneath that veneer of normalcy is a weirdo who aims to go to every museum in the state. Many hundreds of them. And not only that, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Uncategorized Tagged With: CT Historic Barns Trail, Hartford County, historic house, historic house museum, Rarely Open, Tools, Windsor Locks

Memorial Hall Museum

August 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Thanks For The Memories Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) October 29, 2017 Because I couldn't differentiate between Memorial Hall Museum and the Edward Sobatka Civil War Museum, I've combined the two but have published two separate pages. Memorial Hall is a striking building, right in the center of Windsor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Hartford County, Military History, Rarely Open, Windsor Locks

Old Mystic History Center/Indian and Colonial Research Center

June 22, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

That Old Mystic Mystery Stonington (Google Maps location) June 2016 I know I whine about "Mystic" from a geography standpoint too much. I'm sorry. I'm going to do it again because this tiny little building exemplifies the whole Mystic, Old Mystic, Stonington, Groton thing beautifully. It is located at 39 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, native american history, Rarely Open, Stonington, Tiny Museums, Town History

Mystic River Historical Society & Portersville Academy

June 6, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Skeletons in the Closet Groton (Google Maps location) June 2016 I know you all just love when I insist on geolocating things in either Groton or Stonington and refuse to say "Mystic." Even now, with the Mystic River Historical Society of... Mystic. Look, it's in Groton. Groton, Groton, Groton. Of course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Free Museums, Groton, Mystic, New London County, Rarely Open, School House

Museum of Andover History

October 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

A True Yeomans Effort Andover (Google Maps location) September 2021 Yeo man, the Museum of Andover History is impressive. A true Yeomans effort. (Sorry, I could use that joke reference over and over Andover here. And that one too.) I think before we get going, I should mention that there's a man named … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Andover, Free Museums, Rarely Open, Tolland County, Town History

McGuff Museum of Girl Scout History

July 19, 2021 by Steve 4 Comments

Gurrrlll North Haven (Google Maps location) May 30, 2019 The best story from my visit to the McGuff Museum of Girl Scout History does not lie in the artifacts lovingly collected and placed for exhibit in the bowels of a large building in North Haven. No, the best story surrounds the fact that I, a 40-something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, New Haven County, North Haven, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums

Deming-Young Farm & House

May 10, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

What's Old is Newington Again Newington (Google Maps location) June 2015 I have a skewed view of Newington's Deming-Young Farm and House Museum simply because I visited it on Connecticut's annual Open House Day. My sons and I got the full show with period costumes and acting! The house is pretty much never open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Newington, Rarely Open

Gasoline Alley Automotive/Ford Museum

April 29, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Full Gas Stafford (Google Maps location) October 15, 2017 I do not know if Donald Passardi still opens his private museum to visitors. Information on it is very hard to come by these days - not that it was ever easy. Heck, I've never been sure what the name of this place is. I've seen it as Gasoline Alley … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Cars and Trucks, Damian, Free Museums, private museum, Rarely Open, Stafford, Tolland County

Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House

August 12, 2020 by Steve 5 Comments

D'EsoPow! Chrissie D'Esopo's Flower House Avon I view this page two ways. One, it's ridiculous. I can't be driving around the state every June taking drive-by pictures of every house with nice landscaping. C'mon now. Or... it's awesome. Surely I'm highlighting the immense labor and cost put into this place on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Avon, Gardens, Hartford County, Rarely Open

Guilford Smith Library Museum

July 25, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

... Where They Bury the Lies Windham (Google Maps location) January 5, 2019 For the thousands of you who have already read about my visit to the Edward A. Card Photography Museum, you know the deal here. For those that shamefully haven't, the deal is that there are two museums at the Guilford Smith Library, and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, Libraries, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Windham, Windham County

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