Celebrate Art, History, and Nature

Free programs with all sorts of faerie fun - for everyone.

All 10 episodes are online. They will live on our website forever so that you can enjoy and share the faerie magic any time!

On Wee TV you can - visit past Wee Faerie Villages, listen to stories, and learn how to make faerie-inspired crafts. Plus, meet some very special surprise guests!

Virtual Faerie Village is generously supported by Art Bridges, the ForGood Fund at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, and the Joffray Family.

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Although everyone who entered in a real “winner” to us, the three entries chosen at random from the 23 submissions will be mailed the wee faerie crafts tote bag.

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This year’s celebration features new twists on the traditional décor. Imagine a fictional mantel-decorating contest in the Griswold boardinghouse between the historic Lyme Art Colony artists. Inspired by their paintings, they rummage through their studios as well as old trunks in Miss Florence’s attic for festive objets d’art and holiday decorations. Miss Florence announces the winner and awards ribbons on her birthday—Christmas Day!

In addition to the traditional decorations, three Fantasy Trees add bespoke sparkle in the historic house – two created by members of the Museum’s Marketing and Development departments, and a third by Candice Hunsinger of Ivory & Iron in Essex.

In the Krieble Gallery, over 220 painted palettes, including a dozen new ones created this year, adorn four stunning Artist Trees. Scroll down to find out more about the painted palettes.

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In 2001 The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company donated its art collection of 190 works to the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this transformative gift, the Museum presents highlights from the collection with an emphasis on new methods of research and interpretation, showcasing the innovative ways in which scholarship has progressed over the past two decades. Commemorating these past twenty years, twenty leading art historians have re-examined 20 works through the lenses of environmental art history, material culture, landscape studies, and issues of identity, such as gender and race.


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This exhibition of beloved landscapes created by Impressionist artists who visited Old Lyme brings new voices to bear on old favorites. Inspired by the opening of the Robert F. Schumann Artists’ Trail in 2019, the Museum’s curators sought to place these landscape paintings in a fresh light by sharing new research as well as recent acquisitions, and inviting outside experts to help us appreciate our collections with deeper ecological and historical understanding.

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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.

See the Collection

Begin your visit at the Krieble Gallery.

Visit the Gallery

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.

Visit the House

The Museum’s grounds invite exploration.

Visit the Grounds