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Calendar
To view Morse programs and events by month, click here for the Museum's online calendar.
2008–2009
Events/Concerts/Trips
Fall Museum Reception
Monday, October 13, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Preview of A Brilliant Setting—American Cut and Pressed Glass 1876-1917 and Recent Acquisitions—Studies by Lockwood De Forest.
St. Petersburg/Tampa Art Trip
Saturday, October 25
Day trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to view Ansel Adams and the American West and Beauty in Common Things—American Arts and Crafts Pottery from the Two Red Roses Foundation; and to the Graphicstudio at the University of South Florida.
Details: Price for the day’s outing will be $80, which includes bus transportation; admission fees; a light breakfast on the bus; lunch; and a snack on the way home.
Reservations: Trip will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to make reservations, please call the Education Department at (407) 645-5311, extension 117, or e-mail education@morsemuseum.org.
Young Artist Competition Finalist Concert
Saturday, November 15, 3:00 p.m.
Presented by the Bach Festival Society and the Morse Museum
Rollins College, Tiedtke Concert Hall
Christmas in the Park Reception
Thursday, December 4, 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
McKean Pavilion, located behind the Museum
Gainesville/Ocala Art Trip
Saturday, January 17
Day trip to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida to view Promises of Paradise—Staging Mid-Century Miami; and the Appleton Museum of Art to view a Winslow Homer exhibition of prints.
Details: Price for the day’s outing will be $80, which includes bus transportation; admission fees; a light breakfast on the bus; lunch; and a snack on the way home.
Reservations: Trip will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to make reservations, please call the Education Department at (407) 645-5311, extension 117, or e-mail education@morsemuseum.org.
Lakeland Winter Film Series Trip
Friday, February 27
Day trip to Florida Southern College for tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on campus. The trip is a special event of the Winter Brown Bag Matinee Series on the Arts and Crafts movement.
Details: Cost for the trip is $60, which includes bus transportation; admission fees; and lunch at the historic Terrace Hotel in Lakeland.
Reservations: Trip will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to make reservations, please call the Education Department at (407) 645-5311, extension 117, or e-mail education@morsemuseum.org.
Winter Museum Reception
Monday, February 16, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Preview of The Virtues of Simplicity—Arts and Crafts from the Morse Collection.
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.
The luncheons are held in the McKean Pavilion beginning at 11:45 a.m. on the following days:
November 11
February 10
April 14
July 14
Member Appreciation Days
Take 20 percent off your Museum shop purchase on the following days:
November 11
December 9
February 10
April 14
July 14
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. Several book selections this year tie into the fall and winter Brown Bag Matinee Series America's Wealthy during the Gilded Age and Arts and Crafts. For more information, please call the Museum at (407) 645-5311, extension 117.
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| Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller by Steven Weinberg. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008. |
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow. New York: Grove, 2001. |
Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1991. |
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| The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design edited by Diane Waggoner. London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. |
The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College by Randall M. MacDonald, Nora E. Galbraith, James G. Rogers, Jr. South Carolina: Arcadia, 2007. |
Greene & Greene by Edward R. Bosley. London: Phaidon Press, 2003. |
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.