Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, left, and David Rau, director of education and outreach, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration will be decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 new palettes this year for more than 200 in the museum's collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Palettes wait to be placed on one of four trees while Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, left, and David Rau director of education and outreach, decorate Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. The trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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David Rau, left, director of education and outreach, and Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Palettes wait to be placed on one of four trees while Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, and David Rau director of education and outreach, not shown, decorate Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. The trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, and David Rau, not shown, director of education and outreach, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, left and David Rau, director of education and outreach, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Detail of one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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David Rau, left, director of education and outreach, and Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion. the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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David Rau, left, director of education and outreach, and Matthew Marshall, director of visitor services, decorate one of Miss Florence's Artist Trees Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Four trees will be on display during the museum's Magic of Christmas celebration decorated with 212 palettes created and donated by artists from around the country. The museum has collected palettes since 2004 and it added 17 this year, bringing the total to more than 200 in its collection. To mark the occasion, the museum has published a book "Miss Florence's Artist Trees: Celebrating a Tradition of Painted Palettes". (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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