Midsummer Festival

Name: Old Lyme Midsummer Festival 2026
Start: 2026-07-25T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-25T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Florence Griswold Museum

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Month

July 2026
July 24

Annual Midsummer Concert 2026

Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT

The annual free Midsummer Concert on the banks of the Lieutenant River returns.
July 25

Old Lyme Midsummer Festival 2026

Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT

The annual celebration of all things summer returns!

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Photograph by Paul Mutino

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, FloGris welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Jennifer Angus, Installation in the Griswold House Dining Room for Silver Wings and Golden Scales, 2019, Courtesy of the artist; Photographs by Paul Mutino

“The variety in the landscape would drive an artist to distraction. It is a singular mixture of the wild and the tame, of the austere and the cheerful . . .”

—Martha Lamb, 1876

JOIN OUR ART COLONY

Enjoy FREE general admission and many other perks when you become a Member.

During the first summers of the Lyme Art Colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

MISSION STATEMENT
In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Please consider including the Museum in your estate plans and join a very special group of donors.

Midsummer Festival

July 2026

Annual Midsummer Concert 2026

Old Lyme Midsummer Festival 2026

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Photograph by Paul Mutino

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, FloGris welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

“The variety in the landscape would drive an artist to distraction. It is a singular mixture of the wild and the tame, of the austere and the cheerful . . .”

—Martha Lamb, 1876

JOIN OUR ART COLONY

Enjoy FREE general admission and many other perks when you become a Member.

During the first summers of the Lyme Art Colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

MISSION STATEMENT In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Please consider including the Museum in your estate plans and join a very special group of donors.

July 2026

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Photograph by Paul Mutino

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, FloGris welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

MISSION STATEMENT
In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.