HOURS
Tuesday–Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon–5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
ADMISSION
Adults $5
Youth, 13–17, $3
Child, 12 and younger, Free
Student with ID, $3
Military with ID, $3
Senior, 65 and older, $3
Museum members, Free
No admission charge on Sundays
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN ART (LIBRARY)
Tuesday–Friday: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
By appointment on Monday
Admission fees are the same as for the museum or free with display of museum visitor's pin. More library information >
LOCATION
The Morris Museum of Art is located on the Riverwalk, overlooking the Savannah River, at 1 Tenth Street (Augusta Riverfront Center) in downtown, Augusta, Georgia. The museum galleries are located on the second floor of the Augusta Riverfront Center. The auditorium is on the first floor. Administrative offices and the Center for the Study of Southern Art are located on the third floor. Detailed directions >
PARKING
Monday–Friday, normal business hours: free parking is available on the west side of the Augusta Riverfront Center in designated visitor spaces. Additionally, paid parking is available in the city parking lot next to the Marriott on Tenth Street.
Visitors to the museum after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and at anytime on weekends may park in any available spaces in the Augusta Riverfront Center parking lot.
TOURS
Guided tours of the museum's permanent collection are available every Sunday afternoon. See the calendar for a current schedule of general museum tours. Group tours are available by appointment and can be customized to meet the specific needs and interests of your group. Find out more about group tours.
ABOUT
The Morris Museum of Art, the first museum in the country devoted to the art and artists of the South, is one of the region’s premier cultural institutions. Noted for its multifaceted permanent collection and a rich program of continuously changing special exhibitions, the Morris Museum is dedicated to the ongoing interpretation of Southern art in all its forms and the preservation of the region’s rich cultural legacy. It is dedicated to sustaining artistic inquiry, providing a rich visitor experience, and exercising civic responsibility, while advancing public understanding of the South.
The museum holds nearly 5,000 works of art, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture, dating from the late-eighteenth century to the present. These works are displayed in galleries dedicated to antebellum portraiture, the Civil War, genre painting, still life, landscape, Southern impressionism, contemporary painting, and works on paper.
In addition to its permanent collection galleries, the museum presents eight to ten special exhibitions every year and a rich variety of public programs, including lectures, readings, and concerts for a general audience, as well as more specialized programs for the museum’s affiliate membership groups-Friends of African American Art, Friends of the Library, Young at Art, and the Morris 100 collectors group-children, families, and school groups.
Exhibitions:
Fore! Images of Golf in Art
Saturday, February 4 through April 15, 2012.
Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte
DECEMBER 3, 2011–MARCH 11, 2012
