If you go to Cos Cob

By Jill Knight Weinberger, Globe Correspondent

Bush-Holley House Museum, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT 06807. Phone 203-869-6899. Hours: Tuesday to Friday, noon to 4; Sunday, 1 to 4. Admission: adults $4, seniors and students $3, children under 12 free. Take Exit 4 off Interstate 95 and follow signs.

Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme, CT 06371. Phone 860-434-5542. Hours: June through November, Tuesday through Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday 1 to 5; December through May, Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5. Admission: adults $4, seniors and students $3, children under 12 free. Take Exit 70 off I-95 and follow signs.

Weir Farm National Historic Site, 734 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897. Phone 203-834-1896. Hours: April through November, Wednesday through Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Studio tours: Wednesday through Saturday at 10 a. m. No admission. Take Route 7 to Branchville, then Route 102 east; second left onto Old Branchville Road, left onto Nod Hill Road.

Area museums with collections of American Impressionist paintings:

Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. Phone 203-869-0376. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission: adults $3.50; seniors and children 5 to 12, $2.50; children under 5 free. Admission for all is free on Tuesdays. Take Exit 3 off I-95 and follow signs.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06520. Phone 203-432-0600. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. Closed July 14 to Aug. 29 for renovation. Admission free, donations welcome. Take Exit 47 off I-95 or Exit 1 off Interstate 91 North.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London, CT 06320. Phone 860-443-2545. Hours: Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission: adults $3, seniors and students $2, children 12 and under free. Take Exit 83 off I-95, and follow signs.

For More information:

Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail, PO Box 793, Old Lyme, CT 06371.

Connecticut Tourism Division, 865 Brook St., Rocky Hill, CT 06067-3405. Phone 800-282-6863.

Food and lodging:

Stanton House Inn, 76 Maple Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830. Phone 203-869-2110; fax 203-629-2116. A 19th-century mansion designed by Stanford White, named for Elizabeth Cady Stanton, grandmother of a former owner. Doubles from $89 to 110. Continental breakfast included.

Silvermine Tavern, 194 Perry Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850. Phone 203-847-4558; fax 203-847-9171. Colonial-style inn in bucolic setting overlooking the Silvermine River. Doubles from $90. Includes continental breakfast.

Bee and Thistle Inn, 100 Lyme St., Old Lyme, CT 06371. Phone 860-434-1667; fax 860-434-3402. Charming 18th-century structure. Doubles start at $95.