Archived - Shows And Events

July 23, 2016 - Open to 300 cars, All Cars, No cut off date, Classic cars, Pre and Post WWII Vehicles, Trucks, Military, Special Interest Vehicles Welcome, Covered Pavilion, Vendors, Free Admission, Live Music DJ, More Trophies, Big Raffle Prizes, Door Prize, Rain date July 30, 2016. Event held at the Ledyard Fairgrounds. <!-- Beginning Async AdSlot 1 for Ad unit oldride/events/728x90_bottom ### s...

June 25 - September 25, 2016 - This exhibition features major works by national and international contemporary artists in a beautiful and thought-provoking celebration of people and diversity. Though works range in size and media, each artist centers on the body as subject. From portraits, to telling stories through pictures, to more experimental means and angles the artists evoke themes and ideas...

June 19 - August 7, 2016 - This exhibit includes a selection of china, silver, posters and ephemera related to steamship travel including the S.S. United States. On loan from a private collector, this exhibit celebrates one person’s passionate collection of ocean liner memorabilia.

June 16 - June 19, 2016 - Inspired by select artworks in the permanent collection, the Museum’s galleries will display floral arrangements created by members of the Garden Club and National Council Accredited Judges from The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut. The Front Desk will carry a self-guided tour that will walk visitors through the Museum-wide exhibition and give insight into the arrang...

June 16 - August 21, 2016 - This exhibition will explore the works of William Shakespeare from a fresh perspective, placing the literary giant within a tradition of fine craftsmanship on a completely different scale. Nearly one hundred exquisitely bound miniature editions of plays, sonnets, and books inspired by Shakespeare, each measuring three inches high or less and selected from the singular c...

June 12 - September 4, 2016 - Women in gauzy dresses and wide-brimmed hats, men in blazers and flannels mingled in the annual garden parties hosted by the Lyme Art Association. A 1931 painting, Tea Day, by LAA artist Edward Volkert is the instigation for this exhibition which, like a snapshot in time, will focus on the art of this period in Old Lyme Connecticut. Artists include Eugene Higgins, Bru...

June 9, 2016–September 4, 2016 - For the exhibition, German will transform the gallery into an underground site of a cavern excavation. Minimally illuminated by several strings of bare light bulbs, a powerful army of approximately 30 of the artist’s black figurative sculptures will be installed in military formation on an earthen floor. The presentation was inspired by one of the most remarkable a...

June 6, 2016 - January 16, 2017 - This exhibition showcases a broad selection of the finely detailed and innovative porcelain sculptures Kaendler designed over his 44 years at the Meissen Porcelain Factory in Germany, featuring examples of his animals, crinoline figures, exotic representations, and court and peasant figures.

June 3–September 18, 2016 - The Artist’s Garden is the first exhibition to situate discussions of the growth of the Garden Movement within the politics of the Progressive era, with which it overlapped at the turn of the twentieth century. The Progressive era was marked by intense political and social change. Along with the surge of nationalism and patriotic optimism came growing concerns over mass...

June 3 – October 30, 2016 - American screen actress Rosalind Russell lived in Waterbury, Connecticut from birth through graduation from high school. This exhibition covers her childhood in Waterbury, her career, and displays several costumes from her films and personal wardrobe. Film clips, movie ephemera and personal archives will also be on view.