Events

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 […]

16 Jul

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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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 […]

26 Jul

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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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 […]

02 Aug

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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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 […]

07 Aug

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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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 […]

20 Aug

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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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 […]

05 Sep

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Free First Saturday – September 2025

Admission is FREE all day, and from 11 am – 1 pm you can participate in a special project. Abstract Painting Explore our special exhibition by New London artist David Marchi and create an abstract expressionist painting. Time: 11 am – 1 pm Cost: Free -Free First Saturdays are made possible by Chelsea Groton Bank-

06 Sep

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Free First Saturday – October 2025

Admission is FREE all day, and from 11 am – 1 pm you can participate in a special project. Pick and Paint a Pumpkin Join us for our annual Pick and Paint a Pumpkin event! Pumpkins are reserved for children only on a first-come, first-served basis. Time: 11 am – 1 pm Cost: Free -Free […]

04 Oct

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Opening Reception • Allison Gildersleeve: Here Somewhere

Celebrate the opening of Allison Gildersleeve: Here Somewhere with an evening reception at the Museum. Places are not inert; they are repositories for all that has passed through them. In Allison Gildersleeve’s work, time is not sequential and location is not fixed. Gildersleeve picks apart and reassembles the familiar, using the variability of memory as […]

10 Oct

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Free First Saturday – November 2025

Admission is FREE all day, and from 11 am – 1 pm you can participate in a special project. Pastel Still Life See the special exhibition by artist Alison Gildersleeve and make your own pastel still life inspired by her work. Time: 11 am – 1 pm Cost: Free -Free First Saturdays are made possible […]

01 Nov

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Free First Saturday – December 2025

Admission is FREE all day, and from 11 am – 1 pm you can participate in a special project. Winter Wonder Day Kick-off your December by enjoying free photographs with Santa, winter artmaking, and more! Time: 11 am – 1 pm Cost: Free -Free First Saturdays are made possible by Chelsea Groton Bank-

06 Dec

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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