Inside Out: Contexts for American Art

September 27–January 4

Inside Out: Contexts for American Art

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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Fall Into Impressionism

September 27–January 4

Fall Into Impressionism

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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From Art Colony to Connecticut Collection: Highlights from the Florence Griswold Museum

Now on view

From Art Colony to Connecticut Collection: Highlights from the Florence Griswold Museum

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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Wee Faerie Village Returns! Purchase Tickets Here

September 27–November 2

Wee Faerie Village Returns! Purchase Tickets Here

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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Holiday Magic

November 29–January 4

Holiday Magic

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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Want to Book Your Wee Faerie Village Tickets in Advance?

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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Online Auction

Online Auction

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

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Support Our Bus Fund

Support Our Bus Fund

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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Current and Coming

Enjoy the Grounds in Every Season

Free and Open to the Public

Enjoy the Grounds in Every Season

Events & Programs

Events & Programs

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

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Book a Group Visit to the Museum

Book a Group Visit to the Museum

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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Friends and Neighbors

Explore Old Lyme

You won’t find a more quaint and inviting arts district than Lyme Street in Old Lyme. Spend your day engaged in the American arts as you walk from the museum to our art galleries, wander through a sculpture garden of imagination, and stop by a coffeehouse where someone just might be strumming their guitar. A renowned Jazz Club joins other inspiring music venues and performance series across town, while special events celebrating the arts happen throughout the year.

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Collections

Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

A New England Identity

Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

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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The Painted Panels

In Situ

The Painted Panels

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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Fox Chase

Race Into the Past

Fox Chase

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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Campus

Krieble Gallery

Krieble Gallery

Begin your visit at the Krieble Gallery.

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Florence Griswold House

Florence Griswold House

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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Gardens and Grounds

Gardens and Grounds

The Museum’s grounds invite exploration.

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History Blog

Landmarks: Florence Griswold’s Resting Place

by Carolyn Wakeman Featured image: Griswold Cemetery, Old Lyme. Photograph courtesy Old Lyme Cemetery Association Near the rear of a...

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