Morris Museum of Art

The Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country dedicated to the art and artists of the American South and the only art museum in the Central Savannah River Area. Its collection includes more than five thousand works of art paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculptures dating from the late-eighteenth century to the present. In addition to the permanent collection galleries, the museum hosts more than fifteen temporary special exhibitions every year.

The museum houses the Center for the Study of Southern Art, a reference and research library that includes archives pertaining to artists working in the South, and a museum store that carries a wide array of artful gifts, many handcrafted by Southern artists and artisans.

The Morris offers a rich variety of public programs: Artrageous! Family Sundays, Art Now artist lecture series, Music at the Morris, Create with Me, Films on Friday, Art at Lunch, as well as special film screenings, symposiums, lectures, book signings, exhibition openings, student and adult tours, and special programs for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers. 

The Morris Museum of Art exists for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and interpreting the art of the American South and is dedicated to encouraging artistic inquiry, providing a rewarding and enjoyable visitor experience, and exercising civic responsibility. Its aim is the enrichment of the public.