Lecture: Preserving the Ephemeral: Emergence of Historic Preservation in the United States at The Morse Museum. Join us for a talk by Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, Architectural History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Jeannette G. and Hugh F. McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum). Free.
The months of January and February at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art include two free lectures from a four-part series focusing on historic preservation; a free winter film series where architect George Clarke takes viewers on a tour of some of the homes, gardens, and properties cared for by the National Trust in Britain; and free admission on Friday nights from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Morse Museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), including the artist and designer’s jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass lamps and windows; his chapel interior from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago; and art and architectural objects from his Long Island country estate, Laurelton Hall. The Museum’s holdings also include American art pottery, late 19th- and early 20th-century American paintings, graphics, and decorative art. For 35 years, the Museum was housed on the campus of Rollins College and known as the Morse Gallery of Art.
The Morse today occupies more than 42,000 square feet of space on its campus at Park and Canton Avenues. The Morse is owned and operated by the Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation and receives additional support from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation. It receives no public funds.