New Rollins Museum of Art Facility
Envisioning the Future
The Rollins Museum of Art is creating a stunning new home that will transform our impact, capabilities, and future. The ambitious, reimagined venue will allow us to serve as a cultural destination and community hub essential to the Rollins campus and the greater Orlando area. Designed by nationally renowned architects Frederick Fisher & Partners, the new facility is scheduled to open in early 2028.
The expanded 32,000-square-foot facility will more than double the Museum’s gallery space, allowing us to create and present a wider range of art, in both type and scale, and showcase major traveling exhibitions. The new venue will allow us to collaborate with prominent artists and debut new works that build on our existing collection.
Relocated to downtown Winter Park to better serve museum visitors and the broader community, the building will offer improved accessibility and convenient connections to public transportation and nearby amenities.
The Museum is part of a larger Rollins College project: the Innovation Triangle, which also comprises a new Institute for Management and Executive Leadership, and the current expansion of The Alfond Inn.
Learn about Innovation TriangleThe relocated and expanded Rollins Museum of Art (RMA) will significantly enhance the region’s cultural landscape through larger gallery spaces designed to accommodate major traveling exhibitions and a more extensive display of Rollins’ distinguished permanent collection.
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A Catalyst For Inspiration and Innovation
The new 32,000-square-foot facility is key to realizing RMA’s vision to become a premier teaching and destination museum vital to the cultural fabric not only of the Rollins campus but also of the Winter Park and Central Florida communities.
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Expanded Gallery and Exhibition Space
The new facility will more than double RMA’s gallery space, allowing the museum to present a wider range of exhibitions in both type and scale as well as display more of its exceptional collection, which boasts over 6,000 works.
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A Teaching Museum For All
With dedicated spaces for learning in its education wing, the new building will also allow RMA to extend its teaching mission into the community, expanding its educational programs for diverse audiences and providing intergenerational learning experiences.
Watch a Flyover Rendering of the New Facility Interior
Rendering by Schaeffer Design Studio. Final design subject to change.
Watch a Flyover Rendering of the New Facility Exterior
Rendering by Schaeffer Design Studio. Final design subject to change.
Strategic Objectives
The new museum facility will allow not only increased programming serving a wider constituency, but also new and enhanced experiences. Our vision for greater and differentiated impact in the community is embedded in our teaching mission and the way we can deploy it once we are off campus. The new facility and location will help accomplish three main strategic objectives:
- Welcoming a significantly broader audience with the goal to transform casual looking into sustained engagement and life-long learning.
- Sharing art engagement strategies specific to college art museums with the community at large.
- Building new models of creativity, innovation, and leadership training through the arts in partnership with the Crummer Graduate School of Business by leveraging our collocation.
We Need You!
Having been awarded a $10-million Tourist Development Tax grant from Orange County, the remainder of the funding to construct the new RMA facility is philanthropy-driven. To directly support the new facility, please designate your gift as Innovation Triangle: Museum of Art Facility. For more details, including naming opportunities, contact Myrna Bizer, Associate Vice President for Advancement, at 407-646-2124 or mbizer@rollins.edu.
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