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117. Ogden House and Gardens

July 19, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This Old House Fairfield (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 There are a lot of historic house museums in Connecticut. A LOT. And frequent readers know that they are barely discernible from each other. Oh sure, some have really cool stories or unique architectural quirks, but others are... Well, others are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Fairfield, Historic Houses

123. Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

July 14, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

These Girls Done Good... For Girls Traveling Exhibit April 8, 2009 If you're paying close attention, you'll notice this visit is a bit out of order. That's because when I stumbled upon it at a writer's conference at Tunxis Community College (where I took in museum number 97), I didn't really think it warranted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Halls of Fame, Not Really a Museum Museum, prudence crandall, Statewide, transient museums

92. Homer Babbidge Library & Dodd Center

July 14, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

"She's dead. Wrapped in plastic." UConn Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 A few of the Babbidge Library pictures are from Jerry Dougherty's incredible compendium of photos of EVERYTHING in Connecticut. Stop hurting your brain; my title makes no sense whatsoever. Well, it does to me but not to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Libraries, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, State History, Storrs, UConn

Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center

July 9, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

At least I saw a Water Scorpion Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center, Simsbury (Google Maps location) July 2009 Connecticut museum visit #122. I'm sure it very rarely open these days. At one point I think I had a plan to visit all the state parks in Connecticut and blog about them too. Who knows, maybe I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Nature Centers, Simsbury, stratton brook state park

89. Husky Heritage Sports Museum

July 7, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

U-C-O-N-N, UConn! UConn! UConn! UConn-Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 This page is about a 2009 visit. Many more championships have been won since then in basketball and field hockey, the football team has reached the Fiesta Bowl and then record futility, the hockey program joined Hockey East... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: basketball, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Mansfield, national Champions, Storrs, UConn

Wood Memorial Library and Museum

June 23, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

Fact Check: This Isn't Named After Me South Windsor (Google Maps Location) February 2009 Connecticut museum visit #88. Weird. No, not the fact that a rarely open library has a museum that they advertise as a museum. What's weird is going somewhere named the Wood Memorial. Seeing as though my last name … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Libraries, native american history, Natural History, South Windsor

The Children’s Museum (Closed)

June 20, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

A Whale of a Museum West Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 2008 and January 31, 2009 2022-25: This long-running museum and its iconic whale sculpture have been booted from their home in favor of luxury condos. They collection has moved into a temporary home at West Hartford's Emanuel Synagogue where they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, Children's Museums, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Giant Goofy Things, Hoang, West Hartford

104. Buttolph-Williams House

June 18, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

Get Olph Your Butt Already Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 This was perhaps the easiest pun-title on all of CTMQ. It's been in my head for years and after finally visiting this easily accessible historic house museum and learning "Buttolph" is actually pronounced "Butt-off," I was ecstatic. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Landmarks, historic house museums, Historic Houses, National Historic Landmarks, Wethersfield

Vernon Historical Society Museum

June 2, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

Ver-nonentities vs. Rockvillains Vernon/Rockville (Google Maps Location) May 2009 CT museum visit #106. How about some music to accompany your reading. "Rockville?" you say? "But you're in Vernon. What gives?" More on that later... As CTMQ readers know, I'm eternally fascinated by Connecticut's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Town History, Vernon

94. St. Joseph College* Art Gallery

June 1, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gettin' Nasty West Hartford (Google Maps Location) March 11, 2009 Update: This is now the "Art Gallery at the University of St. Joseph" as the school stepped it up a bit in 2012. Also, it is now part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I really should revisit this place and get better pictures, as it's only a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Free Museums, West Hartford

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