Exhibition Note: Ducks and Geese: Hunting, Cooking, Conservation, and the Arts in Old Lyme
Exhibition Note: Ducks and Geese: Hunting, Cooking, Conservation, and [...]
Landmarks: Viewing Joshua’s Rocks
Landmarks: Viewing Joshua’s Rocks The 2020 exhibition Fresh [...]
A “Little Scene” from Miss Florence
by Carolyn Wakeman Featured photo, above: Florence Griswold, "Moonlight." Postcard [...]
Documents: Map of Old Lyme Waterways
Artists and photographers delight in capturing the scenic beauty of Old Lyme’s estuaries, riverbanks, and salt meadows, but the town’s waterways also serve as a repository of local history.
Letters: To Phoebe Griffin Lord, 1812-1814
The War of 1812, whose 200th anniversary is being commemorated this year, brought the threat of attack to Lyme’s shores. Letters to Phebe Griffin Lord (1768-1841) from her brother in New York reveal how wartime conditions affected a local family.
