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School Programs

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Students at the Florence Griswold Museum
Field Trip Experiences

September through June

Teacher Resources help prepare classes for their visit to the Museum.

Tailor-made field trips to the Museum are available to students of any grade level ranging from preschool to college. The Museum offers a standard field trip geared for students at the elementary school level.

Students at the Florence Griswold MuseumThe experience, Meeting Connecticut's Masters, is made up of three of four possible tour components:

Miss Florence and the Artists of Old Lyme, a student-centered tour of the historic rooms of the Griswold House to learn the story of the Art Colony at Old Lyme.

What? Why? Wow! An interactive learning-to-look activity that focuses on the paintings in the second floor gallery.

Hands-On, Minds-On, a hands-on art-making project using authentic materials on the grounds or in the Museum's Hartman Education Center.

The Art of Connecticut, a student-centered tour of the Museum's preeminent collection of art from Connecticut from the Colonial era to the 1920s.