Established 1978 (1978) Collection size 5,000 Phone +1 407-646-2526 | Type Art Director Ena Heller, Ph.D. Founded 1978 | |
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Location 1000 Holt Avenue
Winter Park, Florida Accreditation American Alliance of Museums Address Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, USA Hours Closed today MondayClosedTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday12–5PMSunday12–5PM Similar Charles Hosmer Morse Mu, Albin Polasek House an, Robert Bruce Barbour, Mead Botanical Garden, Mennello Museum of American Profiles | ||
Cornell fine arts museum tour at rollins college in winter park
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum is located on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College and is the only teaching museum in the greater Orlando area. The museum houses more than 5,000 objects ranging from antiquity through contemporary eras, including rare old master paintings and a comprehensive collection of prints, drawings, and photographs. The museum displays temporary exhibitions on a rotating basis along with the permanent collection.
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Cornell fine arts museum presents matisse as printmaker
History
A collection composed of portraits of college notables and natural history artifacts was put together at Rollins College around the turn of the 20th century. In the 1930s, fine arts were added to the collection prompted, in part, by the gifs of two Italian Renaissance paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The first purpose-built museum on campus was the Morse Gallery of Art which opened in 1941. It was administered by Jeannette Morse Genius (who also provided the funds for the building) and her husband, Dr. Hugh McKean, who later became president of Rollins College (1951–69). In 197,6 George and Harriet Cornell donated the funds to construct a fine arts complex that would include a new museum. The Cornell Fine Arts Museum opened its doors in 1978, and three years later became Florida’s first college art museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums (today the American Alliance of Museums). The building underwent a significant expansion in 2004–5, and now includes six galleries and a print study room. A satellite exhibition space for the Museum's Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art was introduced in 2013 at The Alfond Inn—a philanthropic boutique hotel owned by Rollins College, whose proceeds help fund student scholarships.
Collection
Collection totals over 5,000 objects ranging from antiquity through contemporary: