Upcoming Events
Art Colony Camp 3
This Session is FULL
Creative kids explore the art and history of the Lyme Art Colony in their own colony of young artists at the Museum’s five-day camps. Geared for students entering grades 1-6, campers investigate the Museum’s exhibitions as well as paint, play games, and more. Camps include a t-shirt, all art-making materials, and daily snacks. Each week culminates in a fun art show displaying the week of student projects for family and friends.
Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Yoga at the “Om” of American Impressionism
This outdoor summer series is designed for all levels of yoga and will focus on celebrating and exploring the art and beauty of mind-body connection. The class is designed for all body types (ages 10-100), providing basic connected poses and guided meditation. Sara Jascot and Noreen Czepiel, Certified Yoga Instructors. Please bring mat, towel, water and any yoga equipment you use (block, blanket, strap).
Find out more »Art Colony Camp 4
This Session is FULL
Creative kids explore the art and history of the Lyme Art Colony in their own colony of young artists at the Museum’s five-day camps. Geared for students entering grades 1-6, campers investigate the Museum’s exhibitions as well as paint, play games, and more. Camps include a t-shirt, all art-making materials, and daily snacks. Each week culminates in a fun art show displaying the week of student projects for family and friends.
Midsummer 2017 Pre Concert Open House
Free admission to the special exhibition: Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art.
Find out more »Midsummer Free Concert 2017: Nick Anderson and the Shady Creek Band
This year, Nick Anderson and Shady Creek Band bring traditional bluegrass music with a healthy serving of that “high lonesome sound” to the banks of the Lieutenant River. With high-energy picking and soulful duet, trio, and quartet harmonies, the band will have you dancing in your seat. The free concert is always a favorite and makes for a picnic-perfect summer evening. Come early for our Pre-Concert Open House and view our current exhibit: Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art, 5-7pm Sponsored by…
Find out more »Midsummer Festival
SAVE THE DATE: Cultural and social service organizations partner with local artists and businesses to celebrate the arts in Old Lyme with a mix of music, art exhibitions, and food.
Find out more »Outdoor Marketplace: A Bohemian Street Fair
New this year to the Old Lyme Midsummer Festival is the Bohemian Street Fair, evoking the spirit of the original bohemian artists who once lived in the Griswold House, presenting a wide selection of great products from farmers, crafters, and artisans along with a varied offering of prepared food vendors.
Find out more »Parading Paws Dog Show!
Does your dog have the best smile, longest tail, biggest paws? Special categories include Best Trick and Best Costume. Registration from 9-10am. Judging begins at 10:30am. Free to enter. Sponsored by Vista Life Innovations
Find out more »Midsummer Special: Reduced Museum Admission
Reduced $5 admission to the Museum from 9am-3pm. Current special exhibition: Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art. No additional discounts can apply.
Find out more »Education Area: Hands-On, M!nds-On
Over a dozen art, history, and nature museums gather together for hands-on fun. Participating organizations include the Avery-Copp House Museum, Children’s Museum of Southeast Connecticut, Connecticut Historical Society, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau, New Haven Museum, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic Museum of Art, Project O, and Submarine Force Museum.
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Yoga at the “Om” of American Impressionism
This outdoor summer series is designed for all levels of yoga and will focus on celebrating and exploring the art and beauty of mind-body connection. The class is designed for all body types (ages 10-100), providing basic connected poses and guided meditation. Sara Jascot and Noreen Czepiel, Certified Yoga Instructors. Please bring mat, towel, water and any yoga equipment you use (block, blanket, strap).
Find out more »Art Colony Camp 5
Creative kids explore the art and history of the Lyme Art Colony in their own colony of young artists at the Museum’s five-day camps. Geared for students entering grades 1-6, campers investigate the Museum’s exhibitions as well as paint, play games, and more. Camps include a t-shirt, all art-making materials, and daily snacks. Each week culminates in a fun art show displaying the week of student projects for family and friends.
Find out more »Off-Site Event: Painting the Barbizon Oak
Just like the original artists of the Lyme Art Colony, participants are invited to walk from the Museum to the site of the Barbizon Oak, a famed tree in the Champlain Farm North property, maintained by the Town of Old Lyme.
Find out more »Dusting the Elephants: Challenges and Techniques to Preserving Natural Science Collections
The ephemeral quality of natural specimens and taxidermy is at odds with the museum conservator’s work towards preserving collections that are historically, scientifically, and artistically important.
Find out more »Drawn to Nature: Start Your Own Expedition Sketchbook
Museum Class: Blencowe inspires her students in the art of keeping a visual journal. Students will capture small moments of nature in a big way.
Find out more »Encore Presentation at The Kate: The Artist’s Garden
Filmed on location at the Florence Griswold Museum, this focuses on the exhibition The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement. Don’t miss this encore presentation of the film everyone is talking about. Tickets $15 (members $13). Tickets available at boxoffice@thekate.org or contact The Kate for tickets at (860) 510-0453. Museum members should contact the Front Desk at (860) 434-5542, ext. 111 or frontdesk@flogris.org for special member discount code. Co-sponsored by The Kate and Florence Griswold Museum
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Yoga at the “Om” of American Impressionism
This outdoor summer series is designed for all levels of yoga and will focus on celebrating and exploring the art and beauty of mind-body connection. The class is designed for all body types (ages 10-100), providing basic connected poses and guided meditation. Sara Jascot and Noreen Czepiel, Certified Yoga Instructors. Please bring mat, towel, water and any yoga equipment you use (block, blanket, strap).
Find out more »Lecture and Garden Walk: Butterfly Neighbors
Inspired by the collection of moths and butterflies on view at the Museum, Himmelman introduces participants to the current state of living butterflies and moths native to the region.
Find out more »Art Colony Camp 6
This Session is FULL
Creative kids explore the art and history of the Lyme Art Colony in their own colony of young artists at the Museum’s five-day camps. Geared for students entering grades 1-6, campers investigate the Museum’s exhibitions as well as paint, play games, and more. Camps include a t-shirt, all art-making materials, and daily snacks. Each week culminates in a fun art show displaying the week of student projects for family and friends.
Drawn to Nature: Start Your Own Expedition Sketchbook
Museum Class: Blencowe inspires her students in the art of keeping a visual journal. Students will capture small moments of nature in a big way.
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Yoga at the “Om” of American Impressionism
This outdoor summer series is designed for all levels of yoga and will focus on celebrating and exploring the art and beauty of mind-body connection. The class is designed for all body types (ages 10-100), providing basic connected poses and guided meditation. Sara Jascot and Noreen Czepiel, Certified Yoga Instructors. Please bring mat, towel, water and any yoga equipment you use (block, blanket, strap).
Find out more »Chasing Butterflies: American Artists Collect Natural History
This talk explores artists' pursuit of butterflies and their experimentations with representation from the early 19th century to today.
Find out more »Summer Reading Club: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "beauty tangled in a rapture with violence."
Find out more »Gallery Talk: Truth to Nature: The American Pre-Raphaelites and Beyond
Jenny Parsons, Assistant Curator Come hear Parsons discuss how artists like William Trost Richards and Fidelia Bridges were inspired by British critic John Ruskin to create landscapes, still lifes, and studies based on their meticulous observation of nature en plein air. Painting: Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923), Wild Roses Among Rye, 1874, Watercolor and gouache over pencil on heavy wove paper, 13 ½ x 9 in., Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Find out more »Drawn to Nature: Start Your Own Expedition Sketchbook
Museum Class: Blencowe inspires her students in the art of keeping a visual journal. Students will capture small moments of nature in a big way.
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Yoga at the “Om” of American Impressionism
This outdoor summer series is designed for all levels of yoga and will focus on celebrating and exploring the art and beauty of mind-body connection. The class is designed for all body types (ages 10-100), providing basic connected poses and guided meditation. Sara Jascot and Noreen Czepiel, Certified Yoga Instructors. Please bring mat, towel, water and any yoga equipment you use (block, blanket, strap).
Find out more »Exploring the West with John James Audubon: The Last Expedition
Robert McCracken Peck, Curator of Art and Senior Fellow, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Join historian Peck as he recounts the fascinating travels of the well-known naturalist and artist John James Audubon who set off in 1843 on what was to be his longest and last great expedition of discovery. The self-proclaimed "American Woodsman," who had recently completed his landmark work, The Birds of America, traveled by boat from Saint Louis up the Missouri River to the mouth…
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Summer Reading Club: The Primal Place
Layered excursions into the natural and human environs of the author's Cape Cod home. Finch begins at the window of his Brewster house, observing birds, ants, etc.--and then humans on his side of the glass.
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Auction Benefit 2017
A night you won’t forget! The Museum always boasts an incredible array of art, travel packages, events, jewelry, and decorative items up for bid—all handsomely displayed within the stunning Krieble Gallery. Under a fabulously decorated tent along the Lieutenant River, come enjoy a delectable farm-to-table dinner from River Tavern, cast your bid in the spirited live auction, and dance the night away to the upbeat sounds of Eight to the Bar.
Find out more »Discovery Sundays
Why not make a painting this Sunday? Drop in at the Museum’s Education Center for a quick painting lesson before heading down to the river or out in the garden for an afternoon of plein-air painting. All materials included. Be sure to stop at the Portable Art Studio on the grounds and check out an Explorer’s Kit. Fun for the whole family. Sundays, April 2–September 24, 1-5pm
Find out more »Wee Faerie Village
Visitors of all ages marvel at the detail and craftsmanship as they explore over thirty hand-crafted, faerie-sized buildings nestled throughout the Museum’s 13-acre historic site.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies 2018 Session 1
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
Find out more »Winter Studies Session 2
Film fans of all stripes will be able to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of film as they view ten classic movies of the 1940s and 1950s by three great Hollywood directors.
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