Florence Griswold Museum

Interesting history and art

I stopped here on my way to Mystic after stopping at Wadsworth State Park. Not crowded at all on a Tuesday in late October. Parking near the entrance/gift shop. Plenty of docents eager to shared in...

Historic Art Colony

We had never visited the Griswold Museum. The special exhibit was not something we liked, but the old mansion and its art from the original art colony was very interesting. The paintings on the door ...

A real gem of Impressionism

My wife and I visited this little jewel of a museum on the last Tuesday of September 2023. Because it was the offseason, our admission fee for two was only $12. Given what we found here, we would ra...

Unique museum remembering early 20th century Lyme Artists Colony and theirTonalist and Impressionist styles

I was interested in visiting this museum as it evolved out of one of the many Connecticut artist colonies of the early 20th century. Florence Griswold ran a boarding house that, at the request of an a...

Pleasant afternoon

We spent a pleasant afternoon at the Florence Griswold museum. We went through the home first, where knowledgeable docents filled us in on the history of the house. We found the dining room, with it...