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.