Florence Griswold Museum Calendar of Events
Join us for our exciting offerings. Reservations required unless otherwise noted. Call (860) 434-5542, ext. 111 or email frontdesk@flogris.org.
A "*" designates a child-friendly event
HANDS-ON FUN FOR ALL AGES
Every Sunday (except Easter)
*Impromptu Encounters with Art
1-5pm
Free with Museum admission
No reservations required
Every Sunday visitors are encouraged to try their hand painting plein air, in the open air, just like the Lyme Art Colony artists. Painters are given brushes, palette, paint, canvas, and a smock and are sent to paint down by the river or in Miss Florence's garden. All ages and skill levels welcome. There are also hands-on art projects, books, games and puzzles to enjoy. A great way to spend the day.
 *May Day is Free Day
Saturday, May 10
10am-5pm
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Gather family and friends, and be our guests for a free day at the Museum
filled with exciting programs, great art, and beautiful views. Explore a new
exhibition of art, tour the Griswold House, wander historic gardens, make
art in the Education Center, go on a scavener hunt and visit the historic artist studio.
Fun games and projects for all ages!
At 11am and 2pm the dynamic group Playtivity offers interactive musical merriment, dance and story-telling for all ages.
Sample the Museum’s new ice cream flavor, Giverny Vanilla, and much more.
 Mother’s Day Lecture
Sunday, May 11
2pm
Monet’s Masterpiece: Giverny
Tish Robinson, Scholar and Lecturer
Fee: $9 (members $7)
Exhibition & Lecture Fee: $15 (members $7)
Celebrate Mom at the Museum with an afternoon of art. Join French culture
guru Tish Robinson for an illustrated lecture comparing the paintings of
Monet with his house and gardens in Giverny, the village that drew so many
American artists seeking inspiration. A light reception featuring Miss Florence’s Tea, the Museum’s signature tea blend, follows.
 Fresh Impressions:
The New London Garden Club’s Flower Show
Friday, May 16, 10am-5pm &
Saturday, May 17, 10am-3pm
Fee: $15 (members $10)
Includes admission to the Museum
The New London Garden Club presents Fresh Impressions, a Garden Club of America-sanctioned flower show at the Museum. The dazzling array of floral
arrangements and horticulture displays are inspired both by the Museum’s collection and the history of the site as well as the paintings featured in Impressionist Giverny.
 A Celebration of Place
The First Annual Garden Luncheon at the Florence Griswold Museum
Friday, May 30
12 noon
$100 to support of the establishment of the Rafal Landscape Center*
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers is the founding president of the Central Park Conservancy and one of the leading figures today in the preservation of the American landscape. Under Mayor Ed Koch, she funded and oversaw the revitalization of Central Park through the organization “Cityscape” and served as its administrative head from 1979 through 1995. In the 1990s, she directed a program in Garden History and Landscape Studies at the Bard Graduate Center and published her authoritative volume, Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History. In 2005, she founded the Foundation for Landscape Studies, for which she serves as President and as Editor of “Sitelines,” its twice-yearly publication.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Guests are invited to view Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France, 1885-1915 in the Krieble Gallery
11:15 am tour of “Miss Florence’s” Garden and Property led by Garden Historian Sheila Wertheimer
 12 noon Luncheon Mrs. Rogers’ remarks will take place during the luncheon.
Following the luncheon Mrs. Rogers has
graciously offered to sign copies of her book.
*The purpose of the John and Dyanne Rafal Landscape Center is to foster the public’s appreciation of the rural and local landscape traditions of the Lyme region.
 Party En Plein Air
A Hot Air Club Event
Friday, May 30, 6:30pm
Fee: $30 (members $25); reservations required
Join us for a fun plein-air party featuring the steel drum sounds of the
White Eyed Lizard Band and sip into summer with a variety of cocktails and
delicious hors d’oeuvres.
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