CTMQ’s Guide to New Canaan

Everything New Canaan

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” New Canaan 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

New Canaan Historical Society Museums:

    Cody Drug Store
    Costume Museum
    Gores Pavillion
    Hanford-Silliman House
    New Canaan Town House
    The Little Red Schoolhouse
    The Rock School
    The Rogers Studio and Museum
    The Tool Museum

Carriage Barn Arts Center
Eliot Noyes House
Grace Farms
The Jim Bach Special Collections Museum (@NCHSM)
New Canaan Nature Center
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
Silvermine Guild Arts Center Gallery

Hikes

New Canaan Land Trust Trails – Intro

New Canaan’s Town Trails – Intro

    Bristow Bird Sanctuary
    Irwin Park
    Mill Pond Park
    New Canaan Nature Center
    Waveny Park

Food & Drink

Gelatissimo

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Everything Else

National Historic Landmark: Philip Johnson’s Glass House
National Historic Landmark: John Rogers Studio
US First: Firefly Sanctuary
CT Women’s Heritage Trail: Hanford-Silliman House
Grace Farms
Mid-Century Modern House Tour
New Canaan Nature Center Arboretum
New Canaan Toy Store
God’s Acre
The Glass House, Paul Goldberger and Philip Johnson
The Harvard Five in New Canaan, William D. Earls
The Ice Storm, Rick Moody
The Ice Storm (1997)

New Canaan Wrap-Up

TBD

Philip Johnson’s Glass House