Celebrating Art, History, and Nature

Inspired by the multi-sensory setting that contributes to the Florence Griswold Museum experience, this exhibition investigates the power of context for selected artworks from the Museum’s collection, turning them “inside out” for viewers to engage with paintings, sculpture, prints, textiles, and photographs in creative new ways.

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Celebrate how artists attuned their artworks to the fall season. After a muggy August spent by some painters in cooler climes, they flocked back to Connecticut as the weather changed to paint outside. Selected artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection celebrate the appeal of autumn to the Impressionists, whose flecks of pigment capture the textures and colors of the season.

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To increase access to the Museum’s wonderful artworks, the Niblack Gallery in our Robert and Nancy Krieble Gallery will be dedicated to a long-term installation of selections from the permanent collection. Many of our most loved treasures will be on view and changed out throughout the year.

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Gardener's Grove celebrates the growing world with a wee community that is inspired by plants. Each site will be place for a faerie to live, work, play, or shop that is based on a single flora or plant type…flower, vegetable, bush, or tree.

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Museum campus lights up for the holidays! You won’t want to miss this beautiful tradition. Hundreds of miniature masterpieces on artist palettes will be displayed, Miss Florence's Teas return, and family-friendly programming to look forward to all season long.

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If you'd like to plan ahead, we offer advance ticket booking for Wee Faerie Village! Please read and follow the instructions on the ticketing page carefully so you are ready for a great visit when you arrive.

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These wonderful items could be yours – and you would be supporting the Museum's educational programming!

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Funds raised are directed to the Museum’s “Bus Fund” -- a special fund providing transportation scholarships to schools and community groups who otherwise couldn’t afford to bring students here on field trips. Last year the FloGris Bus Fund served 566 individuals who would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the Museum’s enriching programs.

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Explore our full calendar of upcoming events and educational programs. Lectures, day trips, film screenings, artmaking, and much more!

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A group visit to the Museum is a wonderful day out for all ages. School field trips, Adult and child group tours, self-guided or docent guided – we do it all!

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The paintings and sculptures in this exhibition are by artists who lived and worked in Connecticut from the late Colonial period to the early 20th century.

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During the first summers of the Lyme art colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

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One of the most celebrated works of art at the Florence Griswold Museum is the frieze-like painting titled The Fox Chase (1905) created by Henry Rankin Poore.

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Begin your visit at the Krieble Gallery.

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The Late Georgian mansion was transformed from a wealthy sea captain’s home into a boardinghouse for some of the most noted names in American Impressionism.

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The Museum’s grounds invite exploration.

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