Celebrating Art, History, and Nature

To increase access to the Museum’s wonderful artworks, the Niblack Gallery in our Robert and Nancy Krieble Gallery will be dedicated to a long-term installation of selections from the permanent collection. Focused on three themes (community, Connecticut and the environment, and the creative spark), many of our most loved treasures will be on view and changed out throughout the year.

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The annual family-friendly Wee Faerie Village returns! Join us to explore Yesterville: A Wee Old Timey Town.

Over two dozen pint-sized creations along the faerie house walking trail delight visitors of all ages. Special theme dress-up days, activities, craft kits to take home, and much more.

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In this immersive exhibition contemporary artist Adrien Broom invites audiences to experience the mysterious world of the forest and imagine themselves at faerie-scale. A photographer, set designer, and filmmaker, Broom welcomes visitors to enter a darkened gallery to encounter a magical installation inspired by the natural environment, faerie folklore, and legends.

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A group visit to the Museum is a wonderful day out for all ages. School field trips, Adult and child group tours, self-guided or docent guided – we do it all!

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Explore our full roster of upcoming programming. Family-friendly events, plus lectures and educational programming for our current exhibitions.

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This October season of whimsy seems like an ideal time to share selected toys and amusements from the Museum’s permanent collection.

The toys exhibited attest to the continuities between historic amusements and their modern versions, sparking fond memories of childhood as well as encouraging play with the toys we have provided.

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The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme is collaborating with the New Orleans-based artist jackie sumell to install one of her “Solitary Garden” beds on our grounds, in conjunction with the exhibition Social & Solitary: Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal. The Solitary Garden project comes to life through correspondence between a volunteer and a currently incarcerated “gardener.” Their letters articulate to the Museum what kinds of flowers or plants are grown in the garden bed. Each Solitary Garden is a gesture of hope connecting an isolated person to the outside world through the restorative act of nurturing plants.

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Want to pre-book your tickets to visit the Wee Faerie Village?

Click below to book your tickets today! Wee Faerie Village is open September 28–November 3.

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"Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape" juxtaposes an Indigenous approach to the articulation of land with the American landscape paintings of Thomas Cole. The exhibition presents 19th-century paintings by Thomas Cole featuring Native figures, in context with Indigenous works of historic and cultural value, and artworks by contemporary Indigenous artists: Teresa Baker (Mandan/Hidatsa), Brandon Lazore (Onondaga, Snipe Clan), Truman T. Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Alan Michelson (Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River) and Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee).

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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.

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During the first summers of the Lyme art colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

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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.

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Begin your visit at the Krieble Gallery.

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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.

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The Museum’s grounds invite exploration.

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