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101 West Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830
203-622-7947 email: curator@flinngallery.com

The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit, education oriented exhibition space that presents art in all mediums from a wide range of periods, visions and techniques. The Art Committee sponsored by the Friends of the Greenwich Library runs the gallery by volunteers who curate and mount six exhibitions every year from September to June. For each exhibition, the Art Committee creates an invitation that is mailed to over 5,000 area residents. Also, each exhibit is extensively publicized locally and throughout the area in print and online.

In 1912 , Greenwich Society of Artists, a group of professional artists related to the Cos Cob Art Colony, started the original art gallery. During that time, Mr. Robert Moffat Bruce of the Bruce Museum, welcomed the artists to hold shows in his home.  In 1928, the group established the gallery at the Greenwich Library on Greenwich Avenue. at the site of the defunct Woolworth’s and currently Sak’s 5th Avenue. During the years of WWII, the gallery was closed.

In 1956, the Greenwich Library moved to the Franklin Simon building, the current Greenwich Library on West Putnam Avenue. Initially, the gallery was located on the third floor of the old building. After the library designated the third floor to be the children’s room in 1982, the exhibition space was moved to the second floor and named the Hurlbutt Gallery honoring a former Director of the library, Isabelle Hurlbutt. 

The Hurlbutt was closed for two years while the library went under extensive remodeling and the construction of an addition of a large wing designed by internationally renowned architect, Cesar Peli.  The bright and spacious new gallery is located on the second floor. In 2000, the gallery was renamed as the Flinn Gallery in recognition of Stephanie and Lawrence Flinn, generous contributors to the capital campaign.

DIRECTIONS

Train Travel
From New York City: Take the Metro North ''New Haven'' Line from Grand Central Station.Get off at Greenwich
Trains run about every 30 minutes during week days and every hour on weekends and holidays.

Driving Directions
From I-95 North: Exit 3 ''Arch Street'' , turn left on at light. Pass under the Metro North Railroad bridge. Go over Railroad Avenue at the stoplight.
Continue on Arch Street and turn right onto Sound View Drive. At the top of the hill bear right and continue on to Fiield Point Road ( Town Hall will be on your right). At the second traffice light, bear left to West Putnam Avenue.
The Greenwich Library is on the northeast corner of the intersection.  The parking lot is on the right rear of the building.The Flinn Gallery is on the second floor of the library.

Hours of Operation
Sunday - 1:00PM to 5:00PM
M-T-W -F 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Thursday - 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Saturday - 10:0AM to 5:00PM

All content and graphics on this site are protected by U.S. copyright and international treaties, and may not be copied without express permission of the Flinn Gallery,
which reserves all rights.  Re-use of any of the Content online or elsewhere for any purpose is strictly prohibited. Permission to use the Content is granted on a
case-by-case basis. Please direct inquiries to the Flinn Gallery at 203-622-7947 or curator@flinngallery.com