Morris Museum of Art
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Morris Museum of Art is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Burks Mountain stands 142 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese pocket garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Morris Museum of Art is an art museum in Augusta, Georgia. It was established in 1985 as a non-profit foundation by William S. Morris III, publisher of The Augusta Chronicle, in memory of his parents, as the first museum dedicated to the collection and exhibition of art and artists of the American South. In 1989, Morris bought 230 pictures for the museum from Southern art collector Robert P. Coggins, with Louise Keith Claussen appointed museum director the following year. On September 26, 1992, "The Morris" opened to the public, attracting over 10,000 visitors in the first two months. With more than 5,000 works in its permanent collection, the museum hosts changing exhibitions, educational programs, musical events, and hands-on art programs. The museum is located adjacent to Riverwalk Augusta and the Savannah River.
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Dates from 1992-09-26.
Wikidata Q6913830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lafayette Center: 0.2 mi
- Springfield Village Park: 0.2 mi
- Augusta Common Park: 0.3 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Augusta Technical College Foundation: 0.6 mi
- LaFayette Visits Augusta: 0.1 mi
- Springfield Baptist Church Birthplace of Morehouse College: 0.2 mi
- The Celebrated Revolutionary War Hero, Marquis de Lafayette Visited Augusta in March 1825.: 0.2 mi
- General James Oglethorpe: 0.3 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.3 mi
- The Spirit of Funk: 0.2 mi
- And They Went Down Both into the Water: 0.3 mi
- Tower of Aspiration: 0.3 mi
- James Brown Statue: 0.3 mi
- Mastro And Forever Young: 0.3 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 0.5 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 0.6 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 1.1 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
- Savannah River Site Museum: 15.1 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 0.1 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 1.2 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 1.3 mi
- The Terrace: 3.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.7 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 0.3 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 0.7 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 0.8 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
- Amen Corner: 3.3 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 4.3 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Barney Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Silver Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Poverty Hill: 6.4 mi
- Whites Mound: 12.5 mi
- Carey Hill: 15.5 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 16.2 mi
- Burks Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Hamburg: 1.1 mi
- New Savannah: 7.5 mi
- Ellenton: 22.9 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 13.7 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 14.1 mi
- Coker Springs: 14.8 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 6.3 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morris Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Mountain | NW 304° | 142 m | 17.3 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 336° | 130 m | 6.4 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 329° | 120 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 158° | 34 m | 16.2 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 162° | 33 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Daniel FLD AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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