Connecticut
Newington
American Radio Relay League Museum
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111
Phone 860 594-0200
Web Site http://www.arrl.org
E-mail mailto:hq@arrl.org
Description amateur radio heaven.
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Technology
Industry /Profession Broadcasting
Last changed: 03/11/2003
CT
Norwalk
Musical Box Society
International
295 West Avenue
MEMBERSHIP MBSI PO
10196, Springfield MO 65808
Norwalk
CT
06850
Web Site
www.mbsi.org/
Alt Web
http://www.lockwoodmathews.org/
Description
dedicated to mechanical music, displayed at
Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Nature of Group or
Site
Association
Industry /Profession
Music
New or Updated:
12/12/2005
Connecticut
Old Lyme
Nut Museum
303 Ferry Road
Old Lyme CT 06371
Phone 203 434-7636
Web Site www.roadsideamerica.com/nut/index.html
Description one person's obsession with the glory of the nut
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural
Collection N-Z Nuts
Connecticut
Riverton
Hitchcock Museum
1 Robersville Road
Riverton CT 06065
Phone 860 738-4950
Web Site
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Description the history of the Hitchcock chair, the first mass-produced furniture in the US
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Building Type Church
Collection A-F Furniture
Era 1829
Connecticut
Storrs
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
Address
Storrs CT
Phone
Web Site www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwsfa/bimp
Description one of the largest puppet collections in the world
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Entertainment
Collection N-Z Puppets
CT
Stamford
National
Cartoon Museum
Stamford
CT
Web Site
www.cartoon.org
E-mail
mailto:inquiry@cartoon.org?subject=National%20Cartoon%20Museum%2
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Description
200,000 pieces of art, many mainstream cartoons
and cartoonists,
temporarily
in storage with scholarly access only
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Entertainment
Collection
A-F
Cartoons
Research
Library
New or
Updated:
12/9/2006
CT
Stratford
National
Helicopter Museum
2480 Main Street
PO Box 775
Stratford
CT
06615
Phone
203 375-5766
Alt Phone
203 767-1123
Web Site
http://www.nationalhelicoptermuseum.org/
Description
chronicles the development of the helicopter &
life of Igor Sikorsky,
Russian
helicopter pioneer - photos, models, mockups of helicopters
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Aviation
Building
Type
Depot
Collection
G-M Helicopters
Collection
N-Z
Photography
New or
Updated:
12/31/2006
CT
Terryville
Lock Museum of
America
230 Main Street
Route R
Terryville
CT
06786
Phone
860 589-6359
Web Site
www.lockmuseum.com
Description
Locks, safes, handcuffs, keys, vault locks, keys
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Industrial
Collection G-M
Locks
New or Updated:
2/18/2006
CT
Waterbury
Timexpo
Museum
175 Union Street
Brass Mlls
Commons Mall
Waterbury
CT
06706
Phone
Web Site
www.timexpo.com
Description
History of Timex and Waterbury Clock Co
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Collection
A-F
Clocks
New or Updated: 1/30/2005
CT
Willimantic
Connecticut Eastern
Railroad Museum
55 Bridge Street
PO Box 665
Willimantic
CT
06226
Phone
860 456-9999
Web Site
www.cteastrrmuseum.org
E-mail
mailto:info@cteastrrmuseum.org
Description
restored roundhouse, turntable, building
collection, rolling stock
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Railroad
Collection
Rolling Stock
Owner/Operator:
Connecticut Eastern Chapter of The National
Railway
New or Updated:
2/15/2006
CT
Windsor Locks
New England Air
Museum
Bradley International Airport
36 Perimeter Road
Windsor Locks
CT
06096
Phone
860 623-3305
Web Site
www.neam.org
E-mail
staff@neam.org
Description
3 buildings, 75,000 square feet of exhibit space,
more than 60 aircraft,
displays on varied
aviation topics
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Aviation
Research
Library
New or Updated:
2/20/2006 |
