The Owls Are Not What They Seem New Haven (Google Maps location) September 2021 I often write that I am surprised by certain plucky little museums that contain much more interesting stuff than I'd anticipated. Everyone loves to be happily surprised. And after nearly 500 Connecticut museums, you better believe … [Read more...]
Museum of Greek Culture
What the Hellenic? This Place is a Bust Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I think this still exists, though I'm not entirely sure. Regarding the above italicized statement, I know that doesn't matter a whit. I can't imagine there's a soul on earth who is going to the New England Carousel Museum … [Read more...]
McGuff Museum of Girl Scout History
Gurrrlll North Haven (Google Maps location) May 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 man … [Read more...]
Watertown History Museum
Watered Down Watertown (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 At some point during my decades-long journey of chronicling visits to every museum in Connecticut I decided to be nicer to the tiny little town history museums. They are volunteer-staffed and donation dependent. They are labors of love and are often in … [Read more...]
Center School History Museum
Wolcott All Dolled Up Center School History Museum, Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 2021 What am I gonna do? Pretend this is some revelatory museum? That its organization and deep research had me exploring every nook and cranny for hours on end? Sorry, I can't do that. I can only tell you about my … [Read more...]
Guilford Smith Library Museum
... 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...]
406. Edward A. Card Photography Museum
Card Catalog Windham (Google Maps location) January 5, 2019 Okay procrastination, you've got me. You've got me good. Fortunately, very few people read the vast collection of CTMQ museum pages. Yeah, it's true. Even though this website began as a blog in 2006 chronicling my visits to Connecticut's wide and wild … [Read more...]
455. Marlborough Arts Center
"Marlboring" Marlborough (Google Maps location) September 14, 2019 Parenting is an often thankless and difficult job. For me, trying times are outweighed by the good stuff. Watching your son grow into a young man is a fascinating journey. Frequent readers of this website know that I drag my poor children involve … [Read more...]
444. Milldale Train Depot Museum
It Happened to Me Southington (Google Maps location) June 22, 2019 Historic preservation is a funny thing. A lot of what gets saved is obvious, but a lot is not. Take, for instance, the Milldale Train Depot, a tiny little building in Southington not unlike hundreds, if not thousands, of very similar little depot … [Read more...]
449. Art/Place Gallery
Place/For/Art Fairfield (Google Maps location) July 14, 2019 There are a few little hip enclaves around Connecticut that may fly under your radar. Granted, “hip enclaves” in Connecticut are a bit different than hip enclaves in, say, New York City or Copenhagen or even Northampton, MA. But whatever, we take what … [Read more...]
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