Events

Each month on the first Saturday enjoy free admission all day at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum! Family artmaking takes place in the art studio from 11am – 1pm. Be sure to dress for mess! Open and free to all. Theme: June 7: Word Art Express yourself by creating an artwork that features words. Combine […]

Celebrate the opening of China from China with a fun afternoon of art, culture, and family activities. Learn about Chinese brush painting and create your own work, enjoy a tea tasting, witness a lion dance performance, and more! June 14, 1-4 pm Free and open to all Schedule of Events: 1-4pm: Tea Tasting with Valley […]

Celebrate the opening of China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade with an evening reception at the Museum. With over a hundred examples of fine and decorative arts, this exhibition reveals how cultural and economic trade between China and the United States helped to shape a young nation and set the stage for […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join us for a virtual discussion to explore China from China 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 showcases the Dietrich collection of Chinese export porcelain and paintings, a portion of which […]