Florence Griswold Museum
Mystical Murmurs: An Enchanted Environment by Adrien Broom at Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeSeptember 28–November 3, 2024 In this immersive exhibition contemporary artist Adrien Broom (born 1980) invites audiences to experience the mysterious world of the forest and imagine themselves at faerie-scale. A photographer, set designer, and filmmaker, Broom invites visitors to enter a darkened gallery to encounter a magical installation inspired by the natural environment, faerie folklore, […]
Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape at Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeNOVEMBER 16, 2024–FEBRUARY 9, 2025 Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape juxtaposes an Indigenous approach to the articulation of land with the American landscape paintings of Thomas Cole. The exhibition presents 19th-century paintings by Thomas Cole featuring Native figures, in context with Indigenous works of historic and cultural value, and artworks by contemporary Indigenous artists: Teresa Baker […]
Naqutiwowok/Continuance: Connecticut’s Tribal Communities Create at Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeNOVEMBER 16, 2024–FEBRUARY 9, 2025 People from Connecticut’s five recognized tribes are collaborating to curate an exhibition that will be on view at the FloGris Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape, curated by Dr. Scott Manning Stevens. The exhibition project emerged from the FloGris Museum’s interest elaborating upon Native Prospects with the perspectives […]
Their Kindred Earth: Photographs by William Earle Williams at Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeFebruary 22–June 22, 2025 Land holds history. Some histories are better known than others, preserved by those who valued particular stories and wanted them remembered. What do we know about the land we live on? Who preceded us and what transpired? History books leave holes and silences along with assumptions that have been passed down […]