CTMQ’s Guide to Hartford

Everything Hartford

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Hartford CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

Museums

29th Regiment Connecticut Infantry Museum (Potential Future Museum)
Aetna Insurance Museum (Closed)
The American Museum of the Free Publication Distribution Box
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture
ArtSpace Hartford
Bushnell Theater
Butler-McCook Homestead
Charter Oak Cultural Center Gallery
Clare Art Gallery
Coltsville National Historic Park Museum (Potential future museum)
Connecticut Culture and Tourism Gallery (Closed)
Connecticut Hall of Fame
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Connecticut Science Center
Connecticut Supreme Court
CRRA Visitors Center & Trash Museum (Closed)
Curioporium
First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Armory Museum
Governor’s Residence
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Hartford History Center & ArtWalk
Hartford Police Museum (Closed)
Hartford Public High School Museum
Institute of Living Museum
International Cricket Hall of Fame
Isham-Terry House
John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center (Potential future museum)
Legislative Office Building
Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk
Mark Twain House
The Mary Fields ‘Stagecoach Mary’ Museum & Conference Center
Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry in Hartford (Closed)
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley Historical Center
Museum of Connecticut History
The Old State House & Museum of Curiosities
Social House Selfie Museum
Real Art Ways
State Capitol building
Travelers Insurance Museum (Closed)
UConn Public Art Collection
Wadsworth Atheneum
Watkinson Library Virtual Museum
West Indian Museum (Potential Future Museum)
Widener Art Gallery
WTIC Alumni Virtual Museum

Hikes & Bikes

Explore Connecticut’s Hartford Outdoor Guide

Hartford’s Town Trails – Intro

Multi-Use/Rail Trails

East Coast Greenway – Intro

Founders Bridge to Tobey Road

Riverwalk to Weston St./Windsor Meadows State Park (Potential future trail)

Food & Drink

Roadfood List: Donuts at Tastease (Closed)
Roadfood List: Polish National Home (Closed)
2006 World Cup Tour: 6 Hartford Stops
CT World Food Tour, Portugal: O’Camelo (Closed)
CT World Food Tour, Bosnia: NY-NY Pizza
CT World Food Tour, Guatemala: Aurora’s Restaurant & Bakery
CT Beer Trail: City Steam Brewery and Cafe (Closed)
CT Beer Trail: Dead Language Beer Project
CT Beer Trail: Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)
CT Beer Trail: Hog River Brewing (Closed)
CT Beer Trail: Phantom Brewing Company (Moved)
CT Beer Trail: Thomas Hooker Brewery at the Colt
CT Beer Trail: Urban Lodge Brewing Company
CT Spirits Trail: State House Distilling by Drink Mechanics (Potential Future Distillery)
CT Spirits Trail: Hartford Flavor Company