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Located on Front St.in Collinsville, this museum occupies a building of the Collins Co., a tool manufacturer whose antique products are displayed within. Exhibits include Victorian memorabilia of the Canton area, as well as a gneral store, farm implements, machinery, a 19th century transportation exhibit, a working 40-by-50 foot railroad diorama, a post office and reconstructed blacksmith and barber shops.

Also displayed are Victorian wedding gowns in a period parlor, antique tools and engines, a working nickelodeon and unusual toys and dolls.

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Location: 11 Front St., Collinsville Connecticut 06022 Telephone 860-693-2793

Other History nearby:
(Litchfield) All Wars Memorial
(Bristol) American Clock and Watch Museum
(Hudson) American Museum of Firefighting
(Hartford) Ancient Burying Ground
(Old Mystic) B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill
(Cheshire) Baker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum

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