Morse Museum "Art Nouveau" Tour & More with Ruth Grim

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 9:00am - 5:00pm

Please join Ruth Grim for a guided tour of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, one of Florida’s true artistic treasures which houses one of the best collections of Art Nouveau and American Arts & Crafts in the country.

The Morse Museum houses the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), one of America’s leading Art Nouveau artists. It includes the artist/designer’s jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass lamps and windows as well as his chapel interior from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the art and architectural objects from his Long Island country estate, Laurelton Hall. And throughout the course of this summer, visitors have the opportunity to see one Tiffany’s most famous windows, View of Oyster Bay, which is one loan from the Metropolitan Museum in New York while the Met refurbishes part of its American Wing. Added to this collection are fine American pottery from these years as well as late 19th and early 20th century American paintings, graphics and decorative art.

Don’t miss this chance to see one of Tiffany’s true triumphs in stained glass, always a favorite stopping point amongst the wealth of art on view at the Met. From the brilliant iridescence provided by the master of stained glass to evocative American landscapes and sumptuous decorative arts and jewelry from America’s Gilded Age, the Morse Museum provides a visual feast not to be missed.

The registration fee ($40 Museum/Guild Members; $55 Non-Members) includes museum admission, transportation, and Ruth's discussion during the ride. Seats are limited; and registration is non-refundable. The group will also have lunch together, but each should plan to pay for their own meal directly to the restaurant. The tour bus will depart from OMAM promptly at 9:00am and returns to OMAM by 5:00pm.

About the Guest Curator

Ruth Grim has a Master of Arts from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts with a specialization in 18th and 19th century European art. Her museum career spans 32 years of curatorial work throughout the state including 18 years at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, seven years at the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, and more than six years as chief curator at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach.