The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is a “single artist” museum displaying the art of Steffen Thomas. When Steffen Thomas passed away in 1990, he left his wife, Sara Douglass Thomas, and their four children the summation of a prolific artistic career. Nurturing a vision of a museum dedicated to the preservation of her husband’s art, Mrs. Thomas wanted to turn the Thomas home in Midtown Atlanta into a studio museum. After this was found to be impossible because of zoning and infrastructure issues, the Thomas family decided to build on land owned by the oldest son in rural Morgan County. In 1995, Mrs. Thomas used the bulk of her life savings to build a 13,000 square foot facility to protect and display her late husband’s work, the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art.