From Nov. 6 through April, the Winter Park museum drops its admission from 4 to 8 p.m. every Friday, and that includes the chapel Louis Comfort Tiffany built for the 1893 Chicago world’s fair.
Quick Facts
- When: Fridays, 4–8 p.m., starting Nov. 6, 2026, and running through April 2027
- Where: Morse Museum, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park
- Cost: Free for everyone during those hours (normally $8 for adults)
Free after 4 on Fridays
Regular admission at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors 60 and older and $3 for students, and kids under 12 always get in free. From 4 to 8 p.m. on Fridays, November through April, nobody pays. The first free Friday of the season is Nov. 6.
The museum usually closes at 4 p.m., so for these six months Friday is also the only night of the week you can see the galleries after work.
What you’re walking into
The Morse holds what it describes as the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany: leaded-glass windows and lamps, jewelry, pottery, paintings and art glass, plus pieces from Laurelton Hall, his Long Island country estate.
The centerpiece is the Tiffany Chapel, the Byzantine-inspired interior Tiffany designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It has 16 glass-mosaic columns and a 10-by-8-foot electrified chandelier, and the museum says nearly every element is original to Tiffany. The chapel traveled from Chicago to New York to Long Island before landing in Winter Park, where it opened to the public in 1999 for the first time since the fair.
When the music starts
Select Fridays add live music from 5 to 8 p.m. The first is Nov. 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving, with the Beautiful Music Jazz Quartet. Then come Beautiful Music Three Flutes Only (Dec. 4), harpist Victoria Lynn Schultz (Dec. 11) and the Beautiful Music Paint It Black Trio (Dec. 18).
Thanksgiving weekend is free all weekend: Friday, Nov. 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Before you go
- The galleries are kept at 68 degrees, so bring a light layer.
- Personal photos are allowed, but no flash, tripods or selfie sticks.
- Backpacks, luggage and large parcels aren’t allowed.
- The museum is closed on Mondays.
Staying out in Winter Park? Fiddler’s Green pours until 2 a.m., and DiVino by Grappolo does wood-fired pizza next door in Maitland. For the rest of this weekend, see our Nov. 5–8 weekend guide.
Why We’re Hyped
A world’s fair chapel and a museum full of Tiffany glass, on an $8 ticket that drops to $0 after 4 p.m. on Fridays. It runs every Friday into April, so it works as a date night, a rainy-night plan or a stop before dinner on Park Avenue.
The Details
- Free hours: Fridays, 4–8 p.m., November through April (starting Nov. 6, 2026)
- Regular hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sunday, 1–4 p.m.; closed Mondays and most major holidays
- Regular admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors 60+, $3 students with ID, free for kids under 12
- Address: 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789
- Phone: 407-645-5311
- Info: Friday Nights at the Morse · morsemuseum.org
