Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It may reopen in Fairfield. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that is the oldest or largest … [Read more...]
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Eliot Noyes House
Bring the Noyes New Canaan (Google Maps location) November 13, 2020 The pandemic year of 2020, we can all agree, was pretty terrible. My little family of four was fortunate to make it through the year uninfected, but we knew many who were not so lucky. Calvin and I remained as active as we could, hiking and … [Read more...]
Timexpo, The Timex Museum (Closed)
Time To Pretend Waterbury March 14, 2015 The museum closed in late 2015. The Easter Island head still stands in early 2021. Whilst sitting in traffic in Waterbury, you probably notice two things every time. The cross up on the hill at Holy Land, USA and the Easter Island Mo'ai head near the mall. I'm fairly … [Read more...]
Bush-Holley House Museum
"A Museum in the Hand is Worth Two at the Bush-Holley" Greenwich (Google Maps location) May 25, 2014 The Bush-Holley House is part of the CT Art Trail, the CT Women's Heritage Trail, and is also a National Historic Landmark. Greenwich. Ah, Greenwich. That town we all know is wealthy but so few of us … [Read more...]
Riverside Reptiles Education Center
Sliding Into Your DM's Enfield (Google Maps location) October 10, 2020 CT museum visit #463. I'd had this place on my radar for quite some time. When I worked in Enfield, I'd somehow heard about plans to bring a large, indoor reptile and amphibian education center to town. I was curious how (and if) it would … [Read more...]
Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
From Copper to Coppers East Granby (Google Maps location) September 1, 2018 I didn't think this page would ever happen. Soon after I began writing this website in 2006, Newgate was "closed temporarily for repairs." I thought, "good, maybe I'll sort out if it's 'Newgate," "New-Gate," or "New Gate" by the time it … [Read more...]
The Schumacher Gallery at Westover School
Getting One Over on Westover Middlebury (Google Maps location) June 3, 2019 I won't lie. I was more interested in visiting the Schumacher Gallery at Westover School in Middlebury because the school was designed by Connecticut architectural superhero Theodate Riddle Pope than for any art gallery hidden away within. … [Read more...]
SCELBI Computer Virtual Museum
SCELBI Date Milford August 1, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic is a strange time. I'm writing this in early August, now five months into this nightmare... thinking about the year that should have been. And how much we simply couldn't do. Sigh. Way, way, way down the list of "stuff I didn't do" is, of course, … [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...]
263. Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)
Awww, Shoot! Danbury (RIP) May 24, 2014 Almost exactly one year before my family visited the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, its founder was shot and killed by police at his Ridgefield home. About a year after our visit, the museum's name was changed to The U.S. Military Museum. And three … [Read more...]
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