Florence Griswold Museum
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Florence Griswold House
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Florence Griswold House in 2014
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| Location | 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°19′32″N 72°19′39″W / 41.32556°N 72.32750°WCoordinates: 41°19′32″N 72°19′39″W / 41.32556°N 72.32750°W |
| Built | 1817 |
| Architect | Samuel Belcher |
| Architectural style | Late Georgian |
| Website | Florence Griswold Museum |
| NRHP Reference # | 93001604 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 19, 1993 |
| Designated NHL | April 19, 1993 |
The Florence Griswold Museum is an art museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold (1850-1937), which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, the main center of development of American Impressionism. The museum is noted for its collection of American Impressionist paintings. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993.
The Museum's Robert and Nancy Krible Gallery, featuring 9,500 square feet (880 m2) of exhibit space and sweeping views of the Lieutenant River opened in 2002.
In 2001, the Museum acquired the corporate collection of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, once the world's largest insurer against equipment breakdown. The collection included 157 oil paintings, 31 works on paper and 2 works of sculpture, all Connecticut-related.
Collection highlights:
Works by Emil Carlsen, Charles Ebert, Bruce Crane and Willard Metcalf.
The Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, Connecticut was a boarding house run by Florence Griswold, where American Impressionist artists lived and painted—often directly on the walls and doors of the house. The building is now part of the campus of the Florence Griswold Museum.
Leading artists of the Old Lyme Art Colony who stayed at the boarding house were Henry Ward Ranger, Edward Charles Volkert, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and his family dined with "Miss Florence" and the artists in the house.
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