Name: Family Event: Avery-Copp House Museum at Gemstone Station
Start: 2026-10-03T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-03T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Florence Griswold Museum

Family Event: Avery-Copp House Museum at Gemstone Station

October 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday, October 3, 11am-4pm

Avery-Copp House Museum at Gemstone Station

Included with Museum Admission

Educators from the Avery-Copp House Museum offer hands-on herbs, flowers, and minerals programs for families. Come make a tussie-mussie using fabric and dried flowers and herbs before exploring the new rock collection. Baked goods available for purchase.

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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

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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

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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.

Family Event: Avery-Copp House Museum at Gemstone Station

October 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Event Navigation

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.

Family Event: Avery-Copp House Museum at Gemstone Station

October 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

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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.