Celebrating Art, History, and Nature

Currier & Ives was a powerhouse of nineteenth-century publishing and had an immeasurable influence on American visual culture. Along with their popular appeal, these images offer a new opportunity to uncover the complexities and contradictions of our history and help shape our understanding of America’s past. This exhibition has been organized by the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.

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Join Thierry Huck and Don Tuttle of Huck & Co. for an afternoon of designing your own intention bracelet with hand selected semi-precious stones from Asia, South America, and Europe.

$80 (members $75); limited to 20 crafters 18+, all materials included

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The Museum’s namesake was born on Christmas Day in 1850.

To celebrate, join us for three Sundays of drop-in crafting parties complete with birthday treats. Come and create and wish Miss Florence a very happy birthday. Free with Museum Admission!

The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme is collaborating with the New Orleans-based artist jackie sumell to install one of her “Solitary Garden” beds on our grounds, in conjunction with the exhibition Social & Solitary: Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal. The Solitary Garden project comes to life through correspondence between a volunteer and a currently incarcerated “gardener.” Their letters articulate to the Museum what kinds of flowers or plants are grown in the garden bed. Each Solitary Garden is a gesture of hope connecting an isolated person to the outside world through the restorative act of nurturing plants.

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Want to explore our current exhibition before or after your visit? Can't make it in person?

Enjoy a bird's a view of Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives in our virtual tour. Read exhibition texts in-depth, or share with family & friends!

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While supplies last, a special holiday crafting kit ready made for gifting.

Includes a copy of "Miss Florence's Artist Trees" palette book, paint and brushes set, wooden palette, a canvas, 2 lesson plans (winter and river scenes), color mixing guide, and glitter, packed up to go in a Flo Gris tote bag!

$45, available in The Shop

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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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