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Art Collection

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Explore the Permanent Collection

With more than 6,000 works spanning many centuries, from ancient art and artifacts to contemporary art, the bulk of the collection consists of two-dimensional art including paintings and works on paper, and three-dimensional objects including sculpture, decorative, and archaeological artifacts. Search by artist, title, medium, genre and more.

NOTE: Not all works in the Rollins Museum of Art collection are on view at once.

Currently on View

  • A gallery in the Rollins Museum of Art features a framed portrait of a woman with dark hair. The gallery boasts arched walls, detailed molding, and a polished stone floor. In the background, display cases with sculptures add to the refined ambiance.

    On View at Rollins Museum of Art

    Explore works from the permanent collection that can be currently viewed at Rollins Museum of Art

  • A cafe at The Alfond Inn. A portrait of a woman hangs on the wall.

    On View at The Alfond Inn

    Explore more than 100 works from Rollins Museum of Art's Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art currently on view at The Alfond Inn.

  • Artwork with graffiti patterns, three baseball caps, two blue, one red hung in a minimalistic gallery.

    RMA on the Road

    By partnering with other institutions, RMA shares its rich collection beyond its physical location. Explore works from the collection on view in galleries and museums throughout the world.

Explore by Category

  • A person sits on a wooden deck chair on a brick patio, wearing an orange cardigan and blue dress. They are sewing a vibrant green and yellow patterned fabric, with a chair beside them and a garden in the background.

    Recent Acquisitions

    The RMA collection continues to grow and change. Enjoy a virtual preview of some of our new treasures.


  • A traditional handcrafted garment decorated with colorful beadwork and intricate patterns. It features fringes at the bottom and geometric designs in blue, green, red, and white against a brown background.

    African Art

    RMA's African artworks include historical sculpture, textiles, items of adornment works of contemporary African art dating from the 20th and 21st centuries and representing the colonial, modern, and contemporary periods.

  • Bronze statue of Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed deity, standing on a pedestal. The figure has four arms holding various symbolic objects, with intricate details and a polished finish, set against a plain background.

    Asian Art

  • A dramatic landscape painting depicts a stormy sky over a hilly forest. Sunlight contrasts with dark, looming clouds and rain. A rocky foreground enhances the intensity of the scene, capturing the dynamic clash between light and shadow.

    Art of the Americas

  • A small, tan-colored clay sculpture of a stylized animal with a long snout, large ears, and a tail. The surface is dotted with small holes, giving it a textured appearance. The sculpture rests on a flat surface.

    Ancient Art

    RMA's Acient Art collection includes Egyptian bronze vessels and stone and ceramic carvings; cuneiform tablets; Etruscan ceramics; Roman fragmentary statues and sculpted funerary stele.

  • A painting depicting a group of people surrounding a central figure with a cross. The figures exhibit tender interactions, with some supporting the cross. The background features a landscape. The scene is dramatic yet intimate.

    European Art

    RMA's European art collection includes paintings, prints and drawings spanning six centuries.

  • A digital print portraying two people facing each other, each crouched in a football hike stance. One wears football gear and is on the football field, the other wears farming clothes and crouches on in a cotton field

    Post-1900 Modern & Contemporary Art 

Appraisal Requests

Staff members at the Rollins Museum of Art are unable to provide appraisals, valuations, or recommendations of appraisers or conservators. We recommend that you contact the following organizations for assistance.

American Society of Appraisers

555 Herndon Parkway, Suite 125
Herndon, VA 20170
800.272.8258; FAX: 703.742.8471
appraisers.org

Central Florida Chapter, International Society of Appraisers

centralfl-isa-appraisers.org

International Society of Appraisers

737 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611
312.981.6778; FAX 312.981.6787
isa-appraisers.org

Appraisers Association of America

386 Park Avenue South, Suite 2000
New York, NY 10016
212.889.5404 x11; FAX 212.889.5503
appraisersassoc.org

To locate a specialized conservator, we recommend that you contact the following organization:

American Institute for Conservation

727 15th Street NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202.452.9545
culturalheritage.org


Image Credits Explore by Category L to R:

Roger Fry, (British, 1866-1934), Summer in the Garden (detail), 1911, Oil on panel, 19 x 23 1/8 in., Museum purchase from the Michel Roux Acquisition Fund. 2024.50. ©Roger Fry

Unknown Artist, (Ndebele, South Africa), A married woman's apron, ca. 1940, goatskin, glass beads, and handmade metal rings, Oil on panel, 22 1/4 x 19 1/4 in., Gift of William D. and Norma Canelas Roth '65, 2020.15

Unknown Artist, Ganesha, late 18th century, bronze, Gift of Fred W. O'Neil, 1954.20

Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848), Catskill Mountain House, The Four Elements, 1843-44, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 36 1/2 in., Gift of Diane and Michael Maher, 2023.6

Unknown, Zoomorphic Alabastron in the Shape of a Rabbit, 600-550 BC, ceramic, 2 13/64 x 7 9/16 x 1 17/32 in., Gift of Dennis R. Knapp, 1983.30

Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552-1614), The Dead Christ with Symbols of the Passion, ca. 1581, oil, tempera on panel, 14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in., Gift of the late General and Mrs. John J. Carty, in memory of her brother, Thomas Russell, 1936.30

Hank Willis Thomas, Emily Shur and For Freedoms (American, b. 1976), Freedom from Fear, 2018, archival pigment print, 54 x 43 1/4 x 2 in., The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara '68 and Theodore '68 Alfond, 2018.1.28 © For Freedoms