with Jenny Parsons, Associate Curator 

Free with Museum Admission; no advance reservation required

Why create art in Connecticut? Join Parsons for a walk through the Museum’s very first Collection Highlights gallery, featuring art made in our state from the early 19^th century to the present. Themes on the environment, community, and creative inspiration will be highlighted through permanent collection works.

From Art Colony to Connecticut Collection: Highlights from the Florence Griswold Museum opens February 20.

Image: Left: Isaac Sheffield (1807–1845), Captain John Manwaring of New London. Oil on canvas, framed 42 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. Florence Griswold Museum, Purchase, 2023.4.1; Right: Isaac Sheffield (1807–1845), Mrs. Martha Pool Manwaring of New London. Oil on canvas, framed 42 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. Florence Griswold Museum, Purchase, 2023.4.2

The Museum’s educational programming is supported by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut; Connecticut Humanities; the Randolph and John Dirks Fund; the John and Kelly Hartman Foundation; the Sally Bill Children’s Education Fund; the Betty M. Challgren Education Fund; the Elizabeth Matthews Hubbard Education Fund; the Ingalls Foundation Education Fund; the Sali Godard Riege Educational Fund; and the Lelan F. Sillin, Jr. Education Endowment Fund.