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Florence Griswold Museum
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The Florence Griswold Museum is definitely worth a stop if you're in the area.
What goes up must come down, and accordingly, financial hardship compelled Florence Griswold to open her home as a boarding house. She had been classically trained, so she groomed the spirit of her home to harbor artists that became the Lyme Art Colony, the center of Impressionism in America. Boarders included Henry Ward Ranger, Child Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Mathilda Brown, William Chadwick and many others.
Her beautiful house is right next door and open to the public via a friendly tour guide available for info and gossip, which I've sadly already forgotten. Rooms are set up as if she still entertained live-in artist guests, and the upstairs rooms are beautiful galleries.
Opening in May 2008 a special exhibit will feature Impressionist American expatriate artists, and in the Fall, an exhibition of Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, showcasing intimate statuettes.
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really, what do you expect in Old Lyme? It's the little engine that can though. A tiny little place with a few different 'shows'. Love the outdoor exhibit on the lieutenant river. A little school on the site for the kids to check out. Not much bang for buck, but felt like my'buck' was well spent