Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Trips are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost of the trip includes bus transportation, admission fees, a light breakfast on the bus, lunch, and a snack on the way home. To make reservations for trips, please call the Education Department at (407) 645-5311, extension 117, or e-mail education@morsemuseum.org; for Insider Luncheon reservations, call the Membership Secretary at (407) 645-5311, extension 102, or e-mail membership@morsemuseum.org. To view Morse programs and events by month, click here for the Museum's online calendar.
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| INSIDE THE McKEAN PAVILION |
2009–2010
Please check back in September for information on 2010—2011 events and programs.
Events & Concerts
Member Trips
Insider Luncheons
Member Appreciation Days
Literary Discussion Group
Reading Room
Fall Museum Reception
Monday, October 19, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Preview of Paintings by Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Circle, The Japan Craze vingette and other installations
1880–1920 and other new installations.
17th Annual Young Artist Competition
Saturday, November 21, 3:00 p.m.
Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College
Finalist recital in the annual competition for high school vocalists and instrumentalists presented by the Bach Festival Society and the Morse Museum.
Christmas in the Park Reception
Thursday, December 3, 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
McKean Pavilion
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Trips
Delray Beach Art Trip
Tuesday, November 17
Day trip to The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Enjoy a Japanese lunch, a docent-guided tour of various art exhibitions, and the chance to explore the Morikami gardens. Cost is $80.
Sarasota Art Trip
Thursday, February 18
Day trip to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art to view Gothic Art in the Gilded Age. The day includes a guided tour and a seated lunch. Cost is $80.
Orlando Museum of Art Field Trip
Friday, May 28
Half-day trip to the Orlando Museum of Art to tour Transcending Vision—American Impressionism 1870-1940. The trip is the closing event for the Spring Brown Bag Matinee series on Impressionism. Cost is $30.
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The Morse sponsors quarterly luncheons as a way to bring members together in a social setting and also keep them up to date in an informal and more personal way than is sometimes possible through the Insider newsletter. The luncheons provide an opportunity for members to meet staff, view art objects, and receive exclusive updates on the Museum's plans. Cost for the luncheon is $14, and reservations are required.
The luncheons are held in the McKean Pavilion beginning at 11:45 a.m. on the following days:
November 3
February 9
April 13
August 24
Member Appreciation Days
Take 20 percent off your Museum shop purchase on select Tuesdays:
November 3
December 8
February 9
April 13
August 24
Literary Discussion Group
Third Tuesday of the month, 3:00 p.m.
The Literary Discussion Group meets in the McKean Pavilion to talk about book selections that are available at the Winter Park Public Library and in the Morse Reading Room. Book selections this year tie into the Brown Bag Matinee Series on Japanese Influence on Western Art, American Painting, and Impressionism. For more information, please call the Museum at (407) 645-5311, extension 111.
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| The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan by Christopher Benfey. New York: Random House, 2004. |
Frederic Church's Olana: Architecture and Landscape As Art by James Anthony Ryan. New York: Black Dome Press, 2001. |
Degas and the Art of Japan by Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall. Pennsylvania: Reading Public Museum, 2007. |
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| Historic Hudson: An Architectural Portrait by Byrne Fone. New York: Black Dome Press, 2005. |
The Ultimate Trophy: How the Impressionist Painting Conquered the World by Philip Hook. New York: Prestel USA, 2009. |
The Influence of Japanese Art on Design by Hannah Sigur. Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2008. |
The Reading Room includes almost 600 titles. Recorded Museum lectures and trainings are also available in the Reading Room. To browse the collection for something new or for a familiar favorite, please come to the McKean Pavilion from 10:00 a.m. to noon on the following Fridays prior to each film of the Museum's Brown Bag Matinee Series.