The Florence Griswold Museum is an Art Museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold (1850–1937), which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, a main nexus of American Impressionism. The Museum is noted for its collection of American Impressionist paintings. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. The site encompasses 12-acres of historic buildings, grounds, gardens, and walking trails. Museum The Museum's Robert and Nancy Krieble Gallery, featuring of exhibit space and sweeping views of the Lieutenant River, designed by Centerbrook Architects, opened in 2002. In 2001, the Museum acquired the corporate collection of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, once the world's largest insurer against equipment breakdown. The collection included 157 oil paintings, 31 works on paper and 2 works of sculpture, all Connecticut-related. Rebekah Beaulieu, Ph.D., became Director of the Museum in February 2018, succeeding Jeff Andersen, who led the Museum for 41 years. Beaulieu holds a bachelor's degree in American Studies from George Washington University, a Master's in Art History and Museum Studies from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Master's in Arts Administration from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in American and New England Studies from Boston University. Collection highlights: Milton Avery, East Hartford Meadow, 1922 Frederic Church, The Charter Oak at Hartford, 1946 Childe Hassam, Summer Evening (A Woman at the Window), 1886 David Johnson, View of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1878 John F. Kensett, Shore of Darien, Connecticut, 1872 Harlan Page (painter), Portrait of a Man, 1815 Edward Francis Rook, Laurel, 1905-10 Gurdon Trumbull, Black Bass, 1872 John Ferguson Weir, East Rock, New Haven, 1901 Edwin White, The Fisher Boy, 1840 Matilda Browne, Peonies, ca. 1907 Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Jessie Wilson, 1912–13 Works by Emil Carlsen, Charles Ebert, Bruce Crane and Willard Metcalf. Florence Griswold House The Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, Connecticut was a boardinghouse run by Florence Griswold, where American Impressionist artists lived and painted—often directly on the walls and doors of the house. The building is now part of the campus of the Florence Griswold Museum. Leading artists of the Old Lyme Art Colony who stayed at the boardinghouse were Henry Ward Ranger, Edward Charles Volkert, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and his family dined with "Miss Florence" and the artists in the house. Old Lyme resident Harry Hoffman helped to save Griswold's house