home of american impressionism

Press Room

Summer at Hadlyme by Willard Metcalf

Willard Metcalf, Summer at Hadlyme, 1914.


Just as Miss Florence's home captured the imagination of artists over one hundred years ago, the Museum is attracting the attention of another generation of artists and art lovers. Since opening the Krieble Gallery in July 2002, attendance has more than doubled. The Museum is a resource for local residents as well as a destination for visitors from around the world.

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2006 Press Releases
A Collective Endeavor: Three Decades of Acquisitions
The Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith
A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster, Jr.

Home of American Impressionism Restored: The Florence Griswold House Restoration Project
Finding Religion: American Art from the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

2005 Press Releases
The “Holy House”:  Spirit of a Place
May Night: Willard Metcalf at Old Lyme
May 6th is Free Day
New Group at the Florence Griswold Museum Combines Art and Entertainment
The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographs of New England, 1885 - 1920
The Magic of Christmas

2004 Press Releases
Envisioning New England: Treasures from Community Art Museums
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Awards Florence Griswold Museum Over $500K
A Matter of Style: The Influence of French Art on the Old Lyme Art Colony

2003 Press Releases
Fall Exhibitions Focus on American Rivers
Museum and Town Become Travel Destination
Museum's Growth Revitalizes Area Economy
Earth, River, and Light: Masterworks of Pennsylvania Impressionism
From Mansion to Museum: The Life History of a House

2002 Press Releases
Robert and Nancy Krieble Gallery Grand Opening Fact Sheet
Connecticut's Newest Travel Destination Opens New Center for American Art
Old Lyme's Midsummer Festival
Exhibition Explores Colony's Role in American Art
Renowned Art Collection given to Florence Griswold Museum