Directory of Adult Programs
Click on upcoming events for a listing of current and upcoming programming.
Hot Air Club
 Throughout the year
The Florence Griswold Museum presents the "Hot Air Club," named for the free-spirited Lyme artists who challenged artistic and social traditions at the turn of the 20th century. The Hot Air Club holds programs throughout the year that combine fun and socializing with a lively mix of art and culture-related topics.
Lecture Series & Symposia
Scheduled throughout the year
A series of lectures and gallery talks accompany each exhibition. Both curators and scholars directly involved with the exhibition as well as outside sources are scheduled for these adult learning opportunities. Although art and history are often featured, the Museum looks for scholars from other disciplines to enhance the educational offerings whenever possible and appropriate. The Museum also collaborates with outside organizations such as the Antiquarian & Landmark Society to present a series of lectures. Lectures often are held in the conference room at Marshfield House or in the galleries, but are moved to the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme when dictated by audience size.
Examples of recent lecture series and speakers includes:
Hildegard Cummings, Art Historian and Scholar; Home Sweet Home: Anthem for the Connecticut Impressionists
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Krieble Curator of American Painting iand Sculpture, Wadsworth Atheneaum; Childe Hassam and Connecticut Impressionism
Dr. Bruce Chambers, Director of the Metcalf Raisonee Project; May Night: Willard Metcalf in Old Lyme
Group Tours
By Appointment
Your visits to the Florence Griswold Museum are sure to be a favorite for your group. The Museum offers changing exhibitions, special events, and seasonal offerings to make each visit here different from the last!
A variety of special tours can also be arranged, as well as tours of the gardens and lunch on our covered veranda, which features picturesque views of the Lieutenant River. Learn more.
Winter Studies
Mid-February through April
Each year the Museum presents a college-level 10-week study course geared for adults in one of three of the Museum's topic areas: art, history, and landscape. Field trips to sites or collections related to the theme of the course are also scheduled.
Previous Winter Study courses includes:
Tickling the Ivories: American Piano Music from the Colonial Era to the Present Day with Neely Bruce, Professor of Music and American Studies, Wesleyan University
The Ten American Painters with Hildegard Cummings, formerly Curator of Education at the William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut at Storrs
Leonardo's Garden: The History of Italianate Gardens in Europe and America with Sheila Wertheimer, Principal of Wertheimer and Associates and Landscape Designer and Historian at the Florence Griswold Museum
Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture
A Saturday in November
The Thorne Lecture is an annual event that showcases recent scholarship in a wide range of topics related to art, history and culture at large. Endowed by Mrs. Samuel Thorne and Samuel Thorne, Jr., the event honors Samuel Thorne, a former president of the Museum.
Harvey Green, professor of History Northeastern University; Grain of Truth: Crafting Culture in Wood
|
