Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000, From the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown
Through March 25, 2012
This important and ravishing exhibition sets the stage for the historic study and understanding of one hundred and sixty-five years of artistic creativity through the medium of watercolor within the state of Florida. Featured artists include John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Laura Woodward and Thomas Moran.
The exhibition, as well as the accompanying definitive book of the same name, authored by Gary R. Libby, presents a broad, full-color survey of watercolors of Florida in all styles, cataloging 165 years by the most significant artisits working in Florida. Learn more
Sacred ICONS: From the MOAS and Private Collections
Together with
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: From the Collection of Ronald R. McCarty
Through March 18, 2012
Icons: The iconic visions of Russian and Greek saints and the historic stories of the saints themselves are beautifully and strikingly represented in this lovely grouping, depicting both miraculous stories of the past and the rich heritage of both nations. Used and venerated in daily prayer throughout the years, these icons emanate the love and adoration, blessings and simple beliefs of the devoted, in strikingly simple yet sophisticated style.
Manuscripts: The art of embellishing hand-scribed books and manuscripts with colored, gold and silver margins and pictorial ornamental letters is exquisitely presented in this rare collection of text leaves, Biblical miniatures and Books of Hours.
Celestial Charts from the MOAS Collection
Now Open - Ongoing
Through a generous gift provided by the Mombello-Russo Art Acquisition Fund, the Museum has had the fortunate opportunity to purchase seven beautiful and academically important celestial maps and astronomical illustrations to add to the burgeoning astronomy collection that complements the planetarium.
Florida and Its Wildlife: Through the Lens of Harry Moulis, M.D.
Through February, 2012
Dr. Harry Moulis captures nature in striking scenes of animals, sea creatures and birds in their natural habitats.
Celebrate the Return of the Giant Ground Sloth (to public viewing)
Bouchelle Gallery of Changing Exhibitions
MOAS welcomes back the historic Giant Ground Sloth to public viewing. After being kept behind closed doors due to 2009 flooding, the sloth will again be on display as part of the Museum's permanent collection. The impressive 13-foot tall skeleton of the Eremotherium laurilardi or Giant Ground Sloth was excavated in 1975, in an important Pleistocene fossil site called the Daytona Bone Bed. Dr. Gordon Edmund, Curator of Vertebrate Palenontology at Canada's Royal Ontario Museum, identified and reconstructed the sloth for MOAS. Click here for more...
Contribute to building a new home at MOAS for the Giant Ground Sloth here
Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage
New Wing
This building, unique to the state of Florida, opened February 26, 2011. The state-of-the-art, 4,400 square foot addition to the Museum, made possible through a generous donation from Mrs. Helene B. Roberson and funding from the County of Volusia ECHO grant program, displays important works from the Museum's collection in a glass-fronted, open storage format and contains art and artifacts that were not previously on exhibit. The Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building is the only such facility for art and decorative art objects in Florida. The first display of the Visible Storage Building includes selections from the Museum's extensive European and American furniture collection, as well as significant art and artifacts from the Arts in the Age of Napoleon Collection, one of the most richly historic collections of Napoleonic holdings in the Southeastern United States.