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This Lyme Art Association members’ exhibition features several styles and mediums including paintings, drawings & sculptures celebrating all aspects of sea & shoreline life. Opening Reception: Friday, April 26, 5-7pm. Gallery Hours: Weds-Sundays, 10am-5pm, or by appointment Admission is free with contributions appreciated. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT; 860-434-7802; [email protected]; lymeartassociation.org

In this Thames River Heritage Park Foundation lecture series presentation, Steve Manuel, executive director of New London County Historical Society, will discuss the “Whaling City,” once the second largest whaling port in the world. Reception 6pm; lecture 7pm;

In this Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series virtual and in-person presentation, Gerald Carbone will discuss these machine tool pioneers.

In this Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series virtual and in-person presentation, Matthew Bird discusses this remarkable alloy.

Join the Connecticut River Museum for an afternoon of excitement, learning and fun! Together with the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, we are excited to host our first-ever Independence Day Boat Parade! Enjoy the spectacle of dazzling boat displays and cannon fire while younger attendees take part in crafts and activities. Museum admission will be free for the duration of this event!

Shop and support ISGA artists who will be selling their creations, and learn about sea and beach glass from experts. Do you have a unique piece of sea glass, washed-ashore bottle, toy, or pottery shard you’d like to show off? Enter the Sea Glass contest on Sunday!

Approximately 100 pre-1932 cars are expected at this Mystic Seaport Museum event, and activities include a Parade Around the Village Green.

This Lecture Series presentation is an in-person only talk and reception and will include a walking tour of two of the museum’s most recent exhibits.