The Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, Connecticut, used to be a boarding house owned by Florence Griswold. After the artist Henry Ward Ranger stayed at the house, he invited his other artists friends and soon a large number of American Impressionist artists moved to Miss Florence’s boarding house, forming the Old Lyme Art Colony, the heart of development of American Impressionism. The building now houses the Florence Griswold Museum and is registered as a National Historic Landmark. Florence Griswold Museum’s collections include some of the most prominent American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of whom painted on the walls and doors of Miss Florence Griswold’s boarding house. The museum is furnished with a number of fine and decorative artifacts from the collections. In 2001, the museum acquired the collection of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, adding 157 oil paintings, 31 works on paper, and 2 works of sculpture, all Connecticut-themed, to the permanent holdings. The museum's 9,500-square-foot Robert and Nancy Krieble Gallery was opened in 2002.

Address: 96 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371

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