Independence Day Celebration

Name: Independence Day Celebration
Start: 2025-07-04T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-07-04T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 445 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL, United States, Florida 32789

Date & Time

Fri Jul 04 2025 at 09:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

445 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL, United States, Florida 32789 | Winter Park, FL

Details

In a tradition dating from 1995, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will offer free admission to its galleries on Friday, July 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with the City of Winter Park’s Fourth of July Celebration in Central Park.
This Independence Day holds special significance for the Museum as it marks 30 years since the Morse opened its doors at its current location on Park Avenue. The opening of the Museum on Park Avenue realized Hugh and Jeannette McKeans’ dream for establishing the Morse as a community resource. “We want a museum that will add ideas and vitality to Central Florida,” Hugh F. McKean (1908–95), founding director of the Morse, said in describing the new space and its mission in a May 29, 1994 article in the Orlando Sentinel. “We’re the kind of museum that hopes to have people come around again and again.”
In celebration of this anniversary, the Museum will feature live music in the galleries from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view special objects on display, including a 1798 cream jug by American silversmith and patriot Paul Revere (1735–1818) and a baseball autographed by legends Babe Ruth (1895–1948), Ty Cobb (1886–1961), and Lou Gehrig (1903–41), as well as Central Florida resident and baseball legend Joe Tinker (1880–1948).
https://morsemuseum.org/programs-events/celebratory-events/