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GALLERY TALK: Nights, Camera, Action!: Capturing Wildlife Antics on Video
GALLERY TALK: Nights, Camera, Action!: Capturing Wildlife Antics on Video
with Dana Sherwood, Artist-in-Residence Free with Museum Admission Artist Dana Sherwood uses night vision cameras to film the animals that venture onto her stage sets after dark lured by freshly prepared and beautifully arranged food. She will address her interest in collaborating with animals in her film work in this gallery talk, in connection with...
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VIRTUAL LECTURE: The Intemperate Watermelon: Racism and Excess in Still Lifes of Fruit
VIRTUAL LECTURE: The Intemperate Watermelon: Racism and Excess in Still Lifes of Fruit
with Shana Reisig, Assistant Professor of Art History, Kent State University $10 (members 10% discount) Purchase tickets here Watermelons were a rowdy fruit in American art; they were shown leaking juice, vomiting seeds, and sliding across tables in still-life representations. The fruit’s reputation as messy and hard to control no doubt influenced artistic representations as...
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ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
Free with Museum Admission Visitors enjoy stunning flower arrangements by floral artists interpreting works of art in the Griswold House, the Marshfield House, and in the exhibition Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness.
Garden Luncheon 2022
Garden Luncheon 2022
Our beloved annual Garden Luncheon returns in person to the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum!
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CT Open House Day
CT Open House Day
Celebrate the 17th annual statewide Open House Day on the grounds of the Museum with free admission!
ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
Free with Museum Admission Visitors enjoy stunning flower arrangements by floral artists interpreting works of art in the Griswold House, the Marshfield House, and in the exhibition Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness.
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ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
ANNUAL FLORAL EVENT: Blooms with a View: A Display of Art & Flowers
Free with Museum Admission Visitors enjoy stunning flower arrangements by floral artists interpreting works of art in the Griswold House, the Marshfield House, and in the exhibition Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness.
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VIRTUAL LECTURE: Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness
VIRTUAL LECTURE: Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness
with Dana Sherwood, Artist-in-Residence $10 (members 10% discount) Purchase tickets here Over the past decade, Dana Sherwood's art has pioneered an approach to understanding humans’ relationship to wild nature through her experiments with cross-species communication. In this talk the artist will share insights from her artistic journey around the globe, using food as a conduit...
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ADULT CRAFTING EVENT: Art•Bar Happy Hour: Creative Journaling
ADULT CRAFTING EVENT: Art•Bar Happy Hour: Creative Journaling
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education & Outreach $25 (members 10% discount) Purchase tickets here The Museum’s Art•Bar combines creativity with light fare and libations. Join Julie Riggs for a fun and creative project. Design a colorful 3-D cover of your own journal as well as assemble pages for ongoing creative expression. All...
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GARDEN EVENT: Herbal Teas for Health & Happiness
GARDEN EVENT: Herbal Teas for Health & Happiness
with Leslie Evans, Director, Avery-Copp House Museum, Groton, CT $20 (members 10% discount); limited to 18 participants Purchase tickets here Spend the afternoon with Evans learning the history of special herbs and spices used in delicious tea blends. Choose the herbs based on the desired health and happiness outcomes. Participants will learn about tea, drink...
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JAZZ & POETRY EVENT: Juneteenth Celebration
JAZZ & POETRY EVENT: Juneteenth Celebration
Free Event Between 1670 and 1820 more than 200 enslaved African American and indigenous people labored in the historic town of Lyme. Today, Witness Stones along Lyme Street mark former sites of enslavement and indentured servitude. The Juneteenth celebration takes place on the grounds of the Museum and features music by the Nat Reeves Jazz...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 1
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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MINDFULNESS EVENT: Forest Bathing Along the Artists’ Trail
MINDFULNESS EVENT: Forest Bathing Along the Artists’ Trail
Please note: This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ART FILM AT THE KATE: Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
ART FILM AT THE KATE: Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Frames in Film: Presented by The Kate & Florence Griswold Museum $15 (members $13); tickets at katharinehepburntheater.org or call (860) 510-0453 (box office fees apply) Museum members call (860) 434-5542, ext. 111, for discount code The V&A presents Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, a big-screen experience of the Victoria & Albert’s thought-provoking exhibition” based on Alice...
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Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day 2022
Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day 2022
Save the date for this special celebration of historic gardens throughout the state!
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
VIRTUAL LECTURE: How We Eat: The Brave New World of Food and Drink
VIRTUAL LECTURE: How We Eat: The Brave New World of Food and Drink
with Paco Underhill, Market Researcher and Bestselling Author $10 (members 10% discount) Purchase tickets here Join award-winning researcher and author Paco Underhill for an introduction to his newest book, How We Eat, which demonstrates that our food system—how we produce, process, distribute, and consume food—is broken. Underhill offers an upbeat, hopeful, and characteristically witty approach...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...
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Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
Intensive Camp for Middle School Students – Session 2
with Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach $350 (members 10% discount); geared for students going into grades 6-8 Purchase tickets here The Museum’s incredibly popular camps returns for in-person instruction! Get your camper signed up early — camps always sell out. This five-day camp is perfect for the middle school student with...