A new US$5m (£3.1m) wing has been unveiled at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, US.

The attraction - home to a 'comprehensive' collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany materials - has received a 12,000sq ft (1,115sq m) extension as part of the scheme. Long-term public access will now be provided to the restored Daffodil Terrace from Louis Comfort's Long Island home at Laurelton Hall.

A total of 250 art and architectural exhibits are also now on display in the new galleries, with the Laurelton Hall galleries adding 6,000sq ft (557sq m) of public exibition space alone.

California-based Griswold Conservation Associates headed a conservation team that worked on the Daffodil Terrace restoration, which is now installed in a new glass-enclosed gallery. Winter Park-based architects RLF also worked on the scheme, which also included another new gallery that will act as a study room and boasts copies of books from Tiffany's library.

Morse Museum director Laurence J Ruggiero said: "The new galleries suggest aspects of the actual rooms designed and decorated by Tiffany during his lifetime. "Visitors can no longer go to Laurelton Hall to appreciate Tiffany's approach to design, but they can come to the Morse and, we hope, gain a more holistic sense of the man, his aesthetic, and the power of his imagination."

Image: The Daffodil Terrace from Laurelton Hall - Raymond Martinot/The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art