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Tiffany's Arts Window 1894

Another day, another unique museum. This is another must see! We went to the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park. This museum is most known for the largest collection of Tiffany glass in the world. We thought that Tiffany glass came from Tiffany jewelers, but no, his father was in the jewelry business. The son was an artist who specialized in ceramics and glass furnishings. The museum became established after a fire in Tiffany’s home after his death. Charles Morse had been a student of his, and agreed to take and salvage what they could. In the museum are blown glass, stained glass, the Tiffany lamps we all know, ceramics and two unique recreations.

Collection of Tiffany Lamps

The first is the Chapel created for the 1893 Chicago World’s fair. The chapel consists has several stained glass windows, a unique glass cross light fixture, the mosaic altar, lighted cross and baptistery fountain. This was the highlight of the museum. The second major recreation was several rooms of Tiffany's house, the entry way, living room, and most spectacular of all, the Daffodil Terrace. The terrace is supported by columns with capitals consisting of concrete with cast-glass daffodils.

We made it into the Fort Wilderness Campground which has the best Wi-Fi I’ve ever encountered in a campground – it supports video service. We also decided that it was time to check why one of our tires was deteriorating so quickly and luckily found the Camping Connection parts and service store that could get us in first thing the next day.