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Founded in 1985, the Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the
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The first museum in the country devoted to the art & artists of the American South.

10/17/2026

Trick or Treat 🦇 Scavenger Hunt
October 17–31 • Downtown Augusta

Join in the FUN! Come find the creepy characters in downtown businesses + receive treats!

Shop small. Buy + dine local. Support downtown Augusta.

For details: visit Support Downtown Augusta

10/13/2026

2 Days Only 🌿 Don’t Miss

The Sand Hills Garden Club: Southern Exposure

🗓️ Wed Oct 14, 100–5:00 p.m.
🗓️ Thur Oct 15, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
📍 Morris Museum of Art
FREE + open to the public.

A member of the Garden Club of America, the Sand Hills Garden Club presents:
🌺 elaborate floral displays, inspired by works of art from the museum’s collection, by designers from across the nation
🪻 horticulture displays
🔥 educational display on controlled burns
📷 photography display

Truly informative & stunning. Do join us!

10/03/2026

Happy 92nd Birthday to Morris Museum of Art founder, Billy Morris!

Did you know that Billy, and his late wife Sissie, founded the Morris Museum in 1985 and named it in honor of his parents?

Plus, they donated from their own private collection, establishing the only art museum in the area and the oldest museum in the country dedicated to the art + artists of the American South!

10/01/2026

Join us for Art at Lunch: The Art of Collecting: Tom Wells

🗓️ Friday, October 9, noon
📍 Morris Museum of Art SRP Federal Credit Union Auditorium

Enjoy a catered lunch while while local art collector Tom Wells talks about four decades of pursuing southern folk art.

Members, $20; nonmembers, $35; lecture only, $15. Secure reservations by October 6 at the link in profile 🔝

Image: Jake’s Porch in the McDuffie Museum. Featured in Tom Wells talk

09/29/2026

Create with Me! Boogeyman Box 👹

🗓️ Thursday, October 1 ⏰ 4–5 p.m.
📍 Morris Museum of Art Activity Room

Make your own terrifying treasure chest! Transform a simple shoe box into a monster that holds toys and treats. FREE for members; $5 for nonmembers. For toddlers to tweens.

Advance registration required 🔗 https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=tAzjwC

09/26/2026

The Morris Museum of Art will be
‼️ CLOSED Sunday, September 27 ‼️
for the IRONMAN triathlon.

Be sure to come downtown to give the athletes a warm Augusta welcome—to support + cheer them on!

09/25/2026

A sweet little lady with a whole lotta style 🦋 Dolly

We are celebrating Dolly Parton Day by highlighting a collection of country music art books featuring Dolly in our Morris Museum Store.

“All Together Now: 25 Years of Photographing American Music”, David McClister, The Bitter Southerner

“Nashville Portraits: legends of Country Music”, Jim McGuire, Morris Museum of Art

‘American Ballads: The Photography of Marty Stuart”, Marty Stuart, Frist Art Museum

“The World of Marty Stuart”, Marty Stuart, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

09/24/2026

PHappy 34th to the Morris!

Thursday, September 24
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Join us in celebrating thirty-four years of the Morris Museum of Art with complimentary birthday treats, discounts in the museum store, $19.92 off any new or renewing membership, drawings, and view our latest exhibition, A Southern Perspective: America 250. FREE admission.

Image: John Baeder, Trailer Rt. 66, Arizona, 1975. Digital C-print. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. ©️ John Baeder.

Thursday, September 24
6:00 p.m. Smithsonian Affiliates Lecture: Daniel Piazza, Chief Curator of Philately of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Join us for an engaging journey through the early history of the postal service in the American South. Drawing on the National Postal Museum’s collections and the speaker’s forthcoming book, this talk will reveal how the mail helped weave the southern states into the fabric of the early republic. FREE.

09/20/2026

🆓 concert 🎶

Music at the Morris: The Dulcimer Guy, Matthew Dickerson
🗓️ TODAY SUN SEP 20 | 2 PM
📍 Morris Museum of Art SRP Federal Credit Union Auditorium

Hear an entertaining and diverse playlist from one of the country’s best hammered dulcimer players. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.

Address

1 10th Street
Augusta, GA
30901

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17067247501

Website

http://www.themorris.org/

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