Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art Museum

Address: 445 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, USA

Website: https://www.morsemuseum.org/

Hours: Tue-Sat 9:30am-4:00pm, Sun 1:00pm-4:00pm, closed Mondays (check museum site for seasonal variations)

Admission: Adults approx. $6-$10 (check museum for current admission)

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is an art museum in Winter Park, Florida, best known for its holdings of Louis Comfort Tiffany decorative arts. The museum houses an extensive collection of Tiffany windows, lamps, glass and jewelry.

The collection includes leaded-glass windows, Favrile glass, lamps and a reconstructed interior from Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall, making it a primary destination for those studying American decorative arts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Galleries are arranged to present Tiffany’s work across media and scale.

The museum was created to display and interpret works of American art and design with a particular emphasis on Tiffany. Its holdings have grown through donations and acquisitions aimed at documenting Tiffany’s output and related American decorative arts.

The museum is located in the city of Winter Park, just north of Orlando, Florida, on a cultural corridor that includes galleries and historic sites.

• Tiffany collection: Holds the most comprehensive public collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, including leaded-glass windows, lamps and decorative objects.

What to See#

• Decorative arts galleries: Permanent galleries displaying a wide range of decorative arts and objets d’art illustrating American design from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Laurelton Hall chapel interior: A large, reconstructed interior from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall, installed within the museum to show his mosaic and stained-glass work in situ.
• Tiffany galleries: Dedicated galleries for Tiffany lamps, Favrile glass, jewelry and leaded-glass windows that form the core of the museum’s collection.

The museum is in Winter Park, north of Orlando’s center. From I-4 take exit for Fairbanks Ave/NY Ave and follow local signage to Park Avenue. The Orlando SunRail and local bus routes serve Winter Park; the museum is a short walk from Winter Park station.

• Reserve tickets if visiting during Winter Park's busy season or for special Tiffany exhibitions.
• Allow time to see the restored Tiffany Chapel and the extensive collection of leaded-glass windows.
• Combine a visit with a stroll down Winter Park's Park Avenue for cafés and galleries.