Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

The Morse Museum was founded by Jeannette Genius McKean (190989) in 1942 and named for her grandfather, Chicago industrialist and Winter Park philanthropist Charles Hosmer Morse. Its collections were built over a half-century by Mrs. McKean and her husband, Hugh F. McKean (190895), the Museum's director until his death.

The Museum's Tiffany collection includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows and lamps, and the chapel interior the artist designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Museum's holdings also include a major collection of American art pottery and representative collections of late 19th- and early 20th-century American painting, graphics, and decorative art.

The Morse opened at its current location, 445 North Park Avenue, on July 4, 1995. The galleries were developed from former bank and office buildings. During an expansion in 1999, the Museum debuted its installation of the Tiffany Chapel from the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

The Morse today occupies more than 30,000 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. The museum receives no public funds.