Gain fresh perspective through a variety of educational programs for all audiences.
Join workshops, lectures, and art courses offered throughout the year.
Upcoming Events
July 2025
Gallery Talk • John Boone– WHATSWHAT
On this special evening, join artist John Boone to explore his exhibition John Boone– WHATSWHAT. Learn about the inspirations and conceptual meanings behind the idioms showcased in his word-driven artwork. Cost: Members $10 / Non-Members $15 Date & Time, Wednesday, July 16, Reception 5:30 pm, Talk 6 pm RSVP to 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us.Wine and hors […]
Lecture with Eric Jay Dolin – China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade
Explore the fascinating characters, adventures, and tales of early American and Chinese trade with award-winning history author Eric Jay Dolin. This talk derives from Dolin’s award-winning book When America First Met China. Dolin traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from […]
August 2025
Free First Saturday – August 2025
Admission is FREE all day, and from 11 am – 1 pm you can participate in a special project. Fan Painting Take some time to cool down on a hot summer day by painting your own paper fan. Take inspiration from the painted fans and images presented in China from China. Time: 11 am – 1 […]
Members’ Summer Celebration
We are delighted to invite you to our Members’ Summer Celebration Thursday, August 7, 2025 5 – 6:30 PM Join us for a special evening featuring great food, drinks, music, and celebration! With exciting changes happening on our grounds for Lyman Allyn Park, our annual Members’ Party will take place inside the Museum. We look […]
Virtual Conversation – China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade
Join us for a virtual discussion to explore China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade with collectors H. Richard Dietrich III and Edward Tiedemann, in partnership with Lyman Allyn curator Tanya Pohrt. A collaboration between the Lyman Allyn and the Dietrich American Foundation, China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade showcases […]
September 2025
Opening Reception • Albrecht Dürer: Master Prints
Celebrate the opening of Albrecht Dürer: Master Prints with an evening reception at the Museum. Albrecht Dürer: Master Prints features more than 40 woodblock prints and engravings by (or after) the German Renaissance master printmaker Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). An extraordinary innovator who revolutionized the medium of printmaking in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, Dürer […]
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