Art at The Alfond Inn
Art at The Alfond Inn
The Alfond Inn is a unique boutique hotel that invites visitors to experience art beyond the traditional museum setting. It is the only hotel in the United States with an active partnership with an art museum. Located just a few blocks from the Rollins College campus, the Inn showcases a significant portion of the Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art while also supporting student scholarships.
Art is displayed throughout the Inn, allowing guests to sip, stroll, and engage with works from the collection in a relaxed, informal setting, experiencing each piece at their own pace. Curator-led tours provide deeper insight into the artworks, offering opportunities for guided exploration and richer understanding.
Explore independently with our audio guide, or discover below how to deepen your experience through guided tours.
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The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art comprises more than 600 works that were acquired and formally accessioned into the Rollins Museum of Art’s permanent collection over several years to strengthen the Museum’s contemporary holdings and advance interdisciplinary inquiry. Reflecting Rollins College’s interdisciplinary curriculum, the collection encourages critical thinking and engagement with a wide range of subjects, including history, politics, language, culture, and environmental issues.
The works in the collection were acquired for the Museum by Barbara and Theodore Alfond (R '68). The Rollins Museum of Art’s professional staff are responsible for the stewardship, curation, interpretation, and care for the collection, which is displayed at both the Rollins Museum of Art and The Alfond Inn, a boutique philanthropic art hotel. Works from the collection are also lent to exhibitions at museums and cultural institutions around the world.
Image Left: Kamrooz Aram (Iranian-American b. 1978) Untitled (Arabesque Composition), 2023 Oil, oil crayon, and pencil on linen 78 x 56 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond. 2026.4.1 © Kamrooz Aram
Art Tours
Happy Hour Tours
First Wednesdays
June 3, August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4, December 2 | 6pm
Join us in the lobby of The Alfond Inn in Winter Park for a 60-minute guided tour featuring selections from the Rollins Museum of Art’s world-class Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art. This tour offers an engaging introduction to works by contemporary artists displayed throughout the hotel. Beverages are available for purchase before, during, and after the tour from Hamilton’s Kitchen Bar and The Café.
Reserve your free tickets. Registration opens two weeks prior to each tour. Follow the Rollins Museum of Art Eventbrite page to be the first to reserve your spot for these popular tours.
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Audio Guide: Art at the Alfond Inn Highlights Tour
Listen to an audio guided tour of select works on view at The Alfond Inn.
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Art for Rollins: The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art
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Explore Volumes I, II, and III of this catalog that features full color images and texts documenting The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, part of the Rollins Museum of Art permanent collection. Conceived by Barbara and Ted Alfond as a gift to their alma mater Rollins College, the collection is a visual syllabus that affords students the benefit of interdisciplinary learning.
Included are works by artists Mel Bochner, Tracey Emin, Lalla Essaydi, Alfredo Jaar, Imi Knoebel, Joseph Kosuth, An-My Lê, Maya Lin, Stefana McClure, Meleko Mokgosi, Jaume Plensa, Martha Rosler, Haim Steinbach, Sara Vanderbeek, and Lawrence Weiner, among others.
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