What's On
Lunch overlooking the Lieutenant River. Dine with table service on the veranda. The Café’s delicious and inventive dishes are prepared by Gourmet Galley using only the freshest ingredients available from local farmers and purveyors.
View pictures from the evening!
Visitors explore over thirty hand-crafted, faerie-sized homes.
Current & Upcoming
Exhibitions
September 30, 2017 - January 28, 2018
On the Front Lines: Three Reflections on Identity
Organized by the Florence Griswold Museum, these three exhibitions examine various aspects of community participation and social consciousness.
Ongoing Exhibition
An American Place
During the first two decades of the 20th century, the village of Old Lyme, Connecticut was the setting for one of the largest and most significant art colonies in America.
SEP 30, 2017 - JAN 28, 2018
Fall Exhibitions
Three exhibitions examine social consciousness and community participation.
Current & Upcoming
Seasonal Events
Sep 30 - Oct 29
Wee Faerie Village
Visitors explore over thirty hand-crafted, faerie-sized homes.
Dec 1, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018
Magic of Christmas
December is particularly delight-filled at the Museum.
Jun 3 - Jun 12
GardenFest
Kick off the garden season in Old Lyme with this exciting series of events that take place in and around the Museum’s historic gardens.
History Blog
Online
Collections
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.
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.
Rase 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.
Museum
Campus
Begin your visit at the Krieble 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.
The Museum’s grounds invite exploration.