Coquina Daily

Friday, May 1, 2009

A trip to the Morse Museum of American Art

Tom sent these photos of the trip to the Morse Museum of American Art, located in Winter Park. About 20 or so Coquina residents carpooled down there Wednesday to see the world-class Tiffany Glass, jewelry and art collection. NO photography is allowed in the museum, but there are some great photos on their website at morsemuseum.org. After lunch at some of the many restaurants in some of the restored art deco buildings in downtown Winter Park, many of us made the short walk to Lake Osceola for an hour-long tour of the canals and views of the many beautiful homes along the shore.

















The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the world's most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) including Tiffany jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows, lamps, and the chapel interior he designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Museum's holdings include a major collection of American art pottery and representative collections of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century American paintings, graphics, and decorative arts.

Jeannette Genius McKean founded the Museum in 1942 on the campus of Rollins College, naming it the Morse Gallery of Art in honor of her grandfather, Chicago industrialist and Winter Park philanthropist Charles Hosmer Morse. Hugh F. McKean, then an art professor at the college, was appointed director.



Front entrance to the Morse Museum in Winter Park, Florida In 1957, the McKeans rescued architectural elements, furniture, and windows from Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany's Long Island estate. Over a period of almost 50 years, the couple went on to assemble extensive holdings of Tiffany objects for the Morse what is today the world's most comprehensive collection of the designer's work. The Museum moved to 151 East Welbourne Avenue in 1977 and its name was changed 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. Today, after an additional expansion to install the Tiffany Chapel from the 1893 Chicago world's fair, the Museum has more than 11,000 square feet of exhibition space nearly three times the gallery space in its former location on Welbourne Avenue.

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Photos of New York City - 1900 to 1909

More photos of old New York. Is that an oxymoron?
submitted by Michael






The Flatiron building - twenty one stories tall - at one time, the tallest building in the world.

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Today's Activities at Coquina Crossing

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Resident/Staff Breakfast
10:00 Social Committee Metting
10:00 Cribbage
1:00 Hand & Foot
4:00 Pickle Ball
7:00 Men s & Ladies Poker
7:00 Mah-jongg

Tomorrow's Activities at Coquina Crossing

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Tennis
3:00 - 5:00 Music on the Lawn
5:00 BYOB Social

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