November through April, the Museum provides free admission every Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with live music on the second Friday night of the month and every Friday evening throughout the holidays: November 27 through December 18. The schedule also includes occasional art demonstrations and family tours

For 35 years, the Museum was housed on the campus of Rollins College and known as the Morse Gallery of Art. In 1977, it was relocated to 151 East Welbourne Avenue in Winter Park, and its name was changed in the mid-1980s to The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.

The Morse opened at its current location, 445 North Park Avenue, on July 4, 1995. The galleries were developed from former bank and office buildings. The redesign linked two buildings with a tower in a simple modified Mediterranean style meant to blend with the surrounding cityscape. In a further expansion in 1999, the Museum debuted its installation of the Tiffany Chapel from the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

Family Tours
Fridays, November 13, January 29, February 12, and April 16
7:00 p.m.
Following each Friday night art demonstration, the Morse offers a docent tour through the galleries for the whole family. Learn about Louis Comfort Tiffany and American art of the late 19th- and early 20th- centuries.

Below is a schedule of performers for 2009–2010

5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Select Fridays, November through April

Friday, November 13 Joshua Englert (classical guitar)

Friday, November 27 Harpist Bizarre Quartet (bass, flute, guitar, and harp)

Friday, December 4 Beautiful Music Holiday Flute Trio

Friday, December 11 Beautiful Music Chamber Quartet (cello, flute, viola, and violin)

Friday, December 18 Raintree Chamber Players (cello, flute, and viola)

Friday, January 8 Lynn Peghiny (piano)

Friday, February 12 Beautiful Music Jazz Trio (flute, guitar, and upright bass)

Friday, March 12 Celtic Crossings (Celtic harp, flute, and violin)

Friday, April 9 Beautiful Music Muse Duo (classical guitar and flute)

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Don't miss, Dec. 3, Christmas in the Park, 6:15– 8 p.m. The 31st annual lighting of century-old Tiffany windows in Central Park with an outdoor concert of holiday favorites by the Bach Festival Society Choir, Youth Choir, and Brass Ensemble.

FREE DAY - Dec. 24 (Thursday) Christmas Eve Open House, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Music by Raintree Chamber Players 1-4 p.m.

Morse Museum of American Art
445 N. Park Ave.
Winter Park, FL
407-645-5311


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