Mattatuck Museum
Hello class,
Today I made a journey to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. The directions on mapquest led me all around town before arriving to my destination when I could have easily taken route 69 straight there.
Anyway, going through the entrance of the museum, right at the top of the stairs is a very unique display of Afro- Americam men from the early to the late 70's. They had big brim hats, huge afros, dashiki's and let's not forget the famous platfrom shoes. Whoa! Further into the museum exhibited photos and 18th century clothing and artifacts of Waterbury. To my surprise, I was astonished to learn that Waterbury was well-known for making buttons, producing brass, and furniture tat had been manufactured and distributed all throughout the United States. Also it tells the story of how African-American slaves and free slves migrated to the town. After my visit I had the pleasure of dinig in the musuems small cafe called " Bayleaf at Mattatuck". I encourage all that plan on going to stop into the cafe and order the Art Deco Shrimp with Zuccini. It was to die for!
Today I made a journey to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. The directions on mapquest led me all around town before arriving to my destination when I could have easily taken route 69 straight there.
Anyway, going through the entrance of the museum, right at the top of the stairs is a very unique display of Afro- Americam men from the early to the late 70's. They had big brim hats, huge afros, dashiki's and let's not forget the famous platfrom shoes. Whoa! Further into the museum exhibited photos and 18th century clothing and artifacts of Waterbury. To my surprise, I was astonished to learn that Waterbury was well-known for making buttons, producing brass, and furniture tat had been manufactured and distributed all throughout the United States. Also it tells the story of how African-American slaves and free slves migrated to the town. After my visit I had the pleasure of dinig in the musuems small cafe called " Bayleaf at Mattatuck". I encourage all that plan on going to stop into the cafe and order the Art Deco Shrimp with Zuccini. It was to die for!
posted by shauna clarke | 3:53 PM
2 Comments:
Okay Shauna - you convinced me. Sounds like the Mattatuck offers quite a bit in the area of local history as well as great art. And that Art Deco Shrimp with Zuccini sounds pretty darn good too.
And thanks for the info about the directions. I almost always use Mapquest and have not had any problems,but sometimes it's easier to get directions from those who know the area.
Art Deco Shrimp! Looing forward to your writing.
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