Community Projects & Events

Witness Stones Old Lyme Celebrates Third Installation in Black Hall

On June 2, the community gathered on the lawn of the Old Lyme Library to celebrate the third installation of Witness Stones —historical...

Tracing Lyme's Runaway Slaves

In a History Blog article posted on the Florence Griswold Museum's website, Old Lyme Witness Stones chair Carolyn Wakeman reveals new...

Kyera Singleton speaks at Florence Griswold Museum's 2022 Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture

Kyera Singleton, the Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts, examined how and why former...

June 2022 Events

To celebrate the town’s newly installed Witness Stones, the Old Lyme Witness Stones Partnership will hold a series of events in June. All...

PARJE Sister Mural Created at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School

A new Welcome mural was unveiled at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School. Jasmine Oyola-Blumenthal, who is an alumna of Lyme Academy College...

Witness Stones Old Lyme Featured on Podcast with Isabelle Barber

Witness Stones Old Lyme was featured in the third in a series of podcasts that highlight the work of organizations forwarding equity in...

PARJE Brings Communities Together to Achieve Rachial Justice Through Art

This first work commissioned by PARJE is a two-paneled painting (a diptych) meant to be seen together. The work reflects on the Edmund...

Solitary Garden Installation | Florence Griswold Museum

As part of their current exhibition, Social & Solitary: Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal, the Museum collaborated with the New...