The finest small museum In the country: A History of the Lyman Allyn Art MuseumThis author has dug deep in depicting the story of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Stories range from how the museum lost an important work of art, a nude statue in bronze, Standing Women by Gaston Lachaise, due to local patrons concerns with nudity, to the charming tale of a charismatic director who gave moonlight parties on the back lawn of the historic Deshon Allyn mansion. The tales are set against a background of museum operations and management, and