Looking for ways to engage with Rollins Museum of Art even when we’re closed? We’ve got you covered. Whether we’re rotating our Summer, Fall, or Winter/Spring seasons of exhibitions or it’s after hours, the Rollins Museum of Art has plenty of FREE in person and online ways for you, your family, and friends to engage with art. Read on for eight ways to engage with art even when the museum is closed.
Visit the Alfond Inn
300 East New England Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
“…the only hotel in the United States that functions as an extension of an art museum.” Everett Potter, 2023 Forbes1
As you stroll through the lobby, library, bar, café, conservatory and more, enjoy 145 works on view from Rollins Museum of Art’s Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art. You can even take a tour on Sundays at 1 P.M.!
Take a Walking Sculpture Tour
Enjoy the fresh Florida air as you explore seven outdoor sculptures from the Rollins Museum of Art collection. Installed across the beautiful Rollins College campus, access the Walking Sculpture Tour map and audio guide online. This 1.6 mile self-guided tour begins at the Rollins Museum Art’s front steps and ends at The Alfond Inn.
360 Degree Virtual Views of Exhibitions
View current and past exhibitions from the comfort of your home. It’s a great way to engage with art when the museum is closed. With Rollins Museum of Art’s 360 degree virtual views you can travel from gallery to gallery engaging with works from traveling exhibitions and from the Rollins Museum of Art Collection. There’s even a VR view!
RMA on the Road
Traveling? Visit museums from across the country to engage with art from the Rollins Museum of Art’s permanent collection. By partnering with other institutions, RMA shares its rich collection beyond its physical location, broadening our reach to constituencies outside of Central Florida.
Subscribe to Rollins Museum of Art’s YouTube Channel
Rollins Museum of Art’s YouTube Channel is chock full of videos on all sorts of topics for a variety of audiences. Learn about art, artists, history, social issues and more from experts in their field. You and your family can even make art of your own with RMA’s 50+ Art Making at Home videos.
View the Works from the Rollins Museum of Art Collection on our Website
Access works from the RMA collection even when the museum is closed. With over 6,000 works in the Rollins Museum of Art Collection you’ve likely not seen everything, so we’ve created a catalog of select works for you to view on our website. From Antiquities to Contemporary Art, many of the works listed include additional information about the art and artist.
Listen to Rollins Museum of Art’s Audio Guide
Scroll through images of works from Rollins Museum of Art’s permanent collection while listening to intriguing insights provided by scholars, Rollins College Students, and museum professionals on our audio guide.
Bookmark RMA’s Blog
Reading entries in our Blog is also a great way to engage with all sorts of arts related topics whether the museum is open or closed. Be sure to Bookmark the Rollins Museum of Art Blog so you can visit again and again!
- Potter, Everett. “The Alfond Inn At Rollins Is A Hotel Designed For Art And Philanthropy” Forbes, 26 Nov. 2023 https://www.forbes.com/sites/everettpotter/2023/11/26/the-alfond-inn-at-rollins-is-a-hotel-designed-for-art–philanthropy/?sh=3bc769383b5c ↩︎
