New London, CT - Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition Hidden Treasures: Celebrating 75 Years on view through July 15, 2007.  Mounted to commemorate the 75th Anniversary, this exhibit will feature highlights from the permanent collection and tell the story of the history of collecting at the Museum since it opened in 1932.  Such treasures as Winslow Homer’s painted tile The Shepherdess and a one-of-kind Tiffany glass goblet are on display.  The objects in Hidden Treasures: Celebrating 75 Years celebrate the donor as well as the actual object given to the museum.  It is through the generosity of its supporters that Lyman Allyn Art Museum has been able to develop such a remarkable collection of art from many periods of art history.  

Among other works on view are Henry C. White’s painting of New London Harbor, a gift from his son Nelson C. White; an oil painting View of Stifford from 1858 by Jasper Cropsey, a gift of Mrs. Ralph A. Powers for whose family one of the museum’s galleries is named; an actual fire bucket used by Captain Lyman Allyn when he was a volunteer fireman in New London; a wonderful aquatint Freight Yards done in1936 by local artist and early feminist Beatrice Cuming, a gift of Winslow Ames, the museum’s first Director; and exceptional examples of more contemporary American artworks by Andrew Wyeth, Dale Chihuly, Cleve Gray and William McCloy.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum was established in 1926 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn, as a place for local citizens to learn about art and culture.  Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from the 18th through 20th centuries.  The museum is located at 625 Williams Street, New London, Connecticut, 06320.  Take exit 83 off of I-95 and follow brown cultural heritage signage. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am-5:00 pm and Sunday1:00 –5:00 pm.  Closed Mondays and major holidays.