Aetna, Glad I Met Ya. I Guess. Hartford November 1999 CT museum visit #493, even though it closed to the public in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks and is probably in storage now. CVS purchased Aetna in 2018 for $69 billion. There aren't too many museums included on CTMQ that closed several years before CTMQ began. … [Read more...]
Mirtollucci & Sons Oddities Museum (Closed)
Disappearing Act Southington After a very brief existence, this museum closed in... 2020? Ish? At least I'm pretty sure it's closed. I've reached out to David Mirto, the owner, funder, collector, teacher, and showman responsible for this place through a variety of means a number of times over the course of … [Read more...]
Rocky Neck State Park Nature Center (Closed)
Protect Ya Neck East Lyme Look, man, I tried visiting this place. At least three times! But I never got to it when it was open - and I suppose there's a chance it will open again in the future. I have no idea. Regardless, I'm fairly confident I have an idea of what the Rocky Neck Nature Center was like. … [Read more...]
Firefly Hollow Brewing (Closed)
Lights Out Firefly Hollow Brewing, Bristol The brewery announced its abrupt closure in February 2023, but offered a firefly's glimmer of hope that it will return in some new form down the road. In 2011 there were only a few standalone non-brewpub breweries in Connecticut... in Stonington, East Hartford, … [Read more...]
Travelers Insurance Museum (Closed)
Seeing Red (Umbrellas) Hartford Multiple non-visits True story: Back in the 1990's, when I was an idiot, I landed a "job" at a temp agency that placed me at Travelers in Hartford. Not in the cool Travelers Tower, but in that rectangle block next to it. I have no recollection of what my menial tasks were, but I … [Read more...]
Guvnor’s Brewery (Closed)
Beer, Glorious Beer, Hot Sausage and Mustard! Guvnor's Brewery, Norwalk I never visited Guvnor's Brewery. Pictures stolen from "The Hour" I have no idea why you're reading this page. Maybe you're some weirdo Connecticut beer historian who is a glutton for punishment; reliving all the failed breweries of nutmeg … [Read more...]
Connecticut Brewery Collective (Closed)
Collective Failure Connecticut Brewery Collective, Wolcott Formerly Shebeen Brewing Company, this iteration of the brewery ceased operations in January 2022 before becoming Velvet Libations. The Connecticut Brewery Collective was probably the smartest thing the owner has done with his brewing operations during … [Read more...]
Hell or High Water Brewpub (Closed)
Welp, About That Name... Hell or High Water Brewpub, Norwalk This place closed in October 2017. Pictures below were stolen from Yelp I think. I never visited Hell or High Water Brewpub. Since I began keeping track of and caring about Connecticut breweries in 2008 or so, I've visited and written about … [Read more...]
Velvet Libations (Closed)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Twilight Zone Velvet Libations, Wolcott April 2022 Velvet Libations - yes, that was the actual name - closed in September 2022. 189 Days. Velvet Libations existed in our lives for 189 days. In the year 2022, from their grand opening on St. Patrick's Day until a quiet, unremarkable … [Read more...]
Hartford Police Museum (Closed)
Five-Oh No Hartford This museum closed in... I don't know. I created this website in September 2006. The intent was to visit and write about every museum in Connecticut. With that in mind, I decided back then to write about museums that closed - even the ones I wasn't able to visit. And I think that's a … [Read more...]
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