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The Magic of Christmas
A Festive Holiday Celebration

PHOTOS from November 28 ---Santa!

OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES!

*FAMILY PROGRAMS EVERY SUNDAY

1-5pm
Joy in the Making: A Creative Approach to the Holidays
FREE with Museum Admission

Sunday visitors enjoy hands-on holiday craft workshops and creative projects that relate to the spirit of the season. For all ages!

CHRISTMASTIME TEAS

Tuesday through Friday
December 2 through 19
2pm
Reservations required
$30 (members $25) Tea participants receive a voucher for 10% off in the Museum Shop (no additional members’ discount).

Enjoy our Christmastime Teas in beautifully decorated Marshfield House overlooking the Lieutenant River. Sip the Museum’s signature tea exclusively blended by Sundial Gardens in Higganum, CT. Fare includes an assortment of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, and a wonderful assortment of sweets.Register Online

Please Note: Christmastime Teas are very popular and sell out quickly, please make your reservations early.

Book signing

Sunday, December 7
2-4pm
Meet David Macaulay: Book Signing of The Way We Work

Known for his best-selling book The Way Things Work, author and illustrator David Macaulay returns to the Museum to sign his newly published The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body, featured in the Florence Griswold Museum exhibition last year.

Shop Event

Friday, December 12
11am-3pm
All That Glitters: Jewelry Trunk Show & More

Back by popular demand, this one-day event features the dazzlingly colorful handmade jewelry by Billie Beads as well as the sophisticated work of Kate Hines.

Other surprises in store!

Gallery Talk

Sunday, December 14
2pm
Welded, Screened, Snipped & Sawed:
The Talent Behind the “Handmade for the Holidays” Trees
David D.J. Rau, Director of Education & Outreach
FREE with Museum Admission

*Teddy Bear Tea

Monday, December 15
choose 11:30am or 2:30pm
A Very Merry Teddy Bear Tea Party
$14 per pair (child and adult)/$12 (members)
extra people $7/$6 (members)

Share the excitement of the holidays with your little ones at this fun teddy bear tea party. Enjoy stories and crafts, yummy FUNwiches and treats. Children can bring their favorite stuffed animal.

* BETWIXT-THE-HOLIDAYS

The Pumpernickle Puppets Present
Sir George and the Dragon
Tuesday, December 30
choose 11am or 2pm show
$5 ($4 members) per person*
*does not include Museum admission