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CTMQ > stonington historical society

R.W. Woolworth Library and Research Center

January 25, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut’s Other Boat Building Stonington (Google Maps location) January 2016 There are a lot of reasons to head to Stonington. Restaurants, seaside walks, breweries, wineries, shopping, all the Mystic stuff... interesting little museum-like library hybrids. That's right. Interesting little museum-like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Stonington, stonington historical society

186. Nathaniel B. Palmer House Museum

February 4, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

The World in the Palmer of His Hand Stonington (Google Maps location) September 3, 2010 I’ve been known in these very pages to whine about the fact that there are so many historic house museums in Connecticut for me to visit. It’s not even the visits themselves I whine about – it’s the process of writing about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, National Historic Landmarks, Nautical History, Stonington, stonington historical society

185. Old Lighthouse Museum

January 24, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

To The Lighthouse Stonington (Google Maps location) September 3, 2010 More on my ascent of the lighthouse proper - Right here. Hurricane Earl. Remember that one? You don’t? That’s because it didn’t really happen. We’d been in Rhode Island all week for vacation (CTMQ family vacation photos here! Woo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Hoang, Lighthouses, Military History, Nautical History, Stonington, stonington historical society

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