What's On
Friday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28
Midsummer Festival and Concert
Old Lyme's Midsummer Festival celebrates the town's artistic heritage with two days of festivities!
Join us Friday night for live music and dancing, or take part in Saturday’s activities, which include art exhibitions and sales, food trucks, musical performances, artisan fairs, book signings and sales, domestic farm animals, and hands-on kids’ activities.
Online learning portal
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This part of our website is designed for teachers and students to connect art and history in their classrooms, but can also be enjoyed by anyone!
June through August
Events Calendar
Current & Upcoming
Exhibitions
May 11 through September 16
Art and the New England Farm
Drawing on the agricultural heritage of Florence Griswold’s family estate and of the Lyme region and beyond, this exhibition examines the history and character of New England’s farms in works by artists from the 19th to the 21st century.
Gregory Smith, "James in the Garden," ca. 1920. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. Florence Griswold Museum
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.
Pen to Paper, a selection from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art
Upcoming Exhibition - September 29, 2018–January 27, 2019
pa•per trail noun a series of documents providing written evidence of a sequence of events or the activities of a person or organization
Within the Florence Griswold Museum’s collection works on paper represent a key component of the institution’s “founding documents.” This exhibition follows the “paper trail” of acquisitions and gifts made to the Museum over its long history to examine how artists’ approaches to process, including drawing, etching, painting, and lithography, connect and speak to each other over time. In addition to showcasing artists at the Lyme Art Colony, collection highlights include works on paper by Anni and Joseph Albers, Fidelia Bridges, James Daugherty, Sol LeWitt, James Martin, Thomas Nason, and Mary Way.
Current & Upcoming
Seasonal Events
July 27 and 28, 2018
Midsummer Festival
Join us Friday night for art open houses, live music and dancing, or take part in Saturday’s activities, which include art exhibitions and sales, fresh market, musical performances, artisan fairs, book signings and sales, domestic farm animals, and hands-on kids’ activities.
September 29 – October 28, 2018
Wee Faerie Village
Check back on Monday, February 5, to learn of this year's Village theme OR, "like" us on Facebook and you can be the first to learn of the theme during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 4. Why Faeries and Football? Why not!
November 23, 2018 through January 6, 2019
Magic of Christmas
The holidays are particularly delight-filled at the Florence Griswold Museum!
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.
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.
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.