Partners
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Bee & Thistle Inn
The Bee & Thistle Inn is nestled on five acres bordering the Lieutenant River. All of our nine guest rooms are adorned with elegant accents, each individual in design.
As an overnight guest of the inn add one of our spa services to your stay to feel rejuvenated and refreshed. All spa services are performed on site in our spa rooms.
Join us for dinner in the Chestnut Grille Tuesday through Saturday evenings from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. Relax with a cocktail in our lounge, or slide up to our new bar before enjoying dinner on one of our beautiful porches or by the fire in the main dining room.
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Florence Griswold Museum
Located on an 11-acre site, the Florence Griswold Museum is known as the Home of American Impressionism. In addition to the restored Florence Griswold House, where the artists of the Lyme Art Colony lived, the Museum features an exhibition gallery, education center, extensive gardens, and a restored artist's studio.
This summer, don't miss the special exhibition, Connecticut Treasures: Works from Private Collections.
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High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc.
High Hopes is one of the oldest and largest therapeutic riding centers in the United States, operating since 1974 and accredited by the NARHA (formerly the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) since 1979. High Hopes primarily serves the citizens of Southeastern Connecticut, delivering over 7,300 horsemanship lessons per year to children and adults with disabilities. Assisted by over 500 volunteers and a herd of 24 horses specifically trained for therapeutic riding, High Hopes is committed to providing the highest quality of services to the community. High Hopes is one of only six training centers in the United States qualified to provide NARHA approved training courses in therapeutic riding instruction and has trained instructors from all over the world.For more information, visit their website at www.highhopestr.org or contact Kitty Stalsburg at (860) 434-1974 ext 13. High Hopes is located at 36 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT.
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Lyme Art Association
Opened in 1921 as a permanent exhibition home for the Lyme Art Colony artists, the Lyme Art Association, which is free to the public and open Tuesdays through Sunday, continues to be a vibrant art center. Professional as well as developing artists mount major exhibitions throughout the year and form the heart of the Lyme Art Association which now boasts over 1,000 members.
With a busy schedule of exhibitions and sales, affordable art classes, workshops, and popular lecture series, the Lyme Art Association welcomes you on your next visit to Old Lyme Connecticut where art lives!
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Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce
The purpose of the Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce is to promote the civic, economic, and social interests of the Towns of Lyme and Old Lyme.
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Lymes' Youth Service Bureau
The Lymes' Youth Service Bureau, a private, non-profit agency, is dedicated to promoting the positive development of children and families in the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme. Our purpose, as established in 1978, was then and is still to: identify and satisfy unmet youth needs, provide professional guidance designed to promote harmonious family and interpersonal relationships and healthy development, arrange for and provide counseling, educate, encourage and aid the community to recognize its responsibility and role in the alleviation and solution of social problems involving youth, and provide activities and services to youth to aid in their personal growth.
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Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
Established as a free public library in 1897, the building construction was funded by the generous gift of Charles H. Ludington in honor of his mother-in-law. Originally organized and operated by the Ladies Library Association, their funds were merged with the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Trust to create the present library association. Subsequent additions were added to the building to meet the developing needs of a growing community.
The library offers popular reading collections and media, wireless Internet access, a Learning & Homework Center for children, monthly educational and cultural programs for all ages and a community meeting room for local clubs and organizations.
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Town of Old Lyme
Old Lyme is a community of some 8000 permanent residents and an additional several thousand seasonal visitors who occupy a shoreline complex of summer residences. Located on the east bank of the mouth of the Connecticut River where it meets Long Island Sound, the town is marked by independence, volunteerism, and a long-standing commitment to the arts. Fine examples of Colonial and Federal architecture line our main streets and winding country roads.
www.oldlyme-ct.gov