CONWAY, S.C. – Area military veterans of the Vietnam War will be recognized at a special event entitled “Valor in Vietnam” at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31st – the day after Memorial Day – at the McCown Auditorium, located at 805 Main Street in Conway. The event is sponsored by the […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the SCETV documentary, Charlie’s Place. This 30 minute film tells the story of an African American nightclub owned by Charlie Fitzgerald in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Despite the fact that much of the South was segregated during the time, both blacks and […]
“The Morris Brothers & Dixie Station to perform traditional bluegrass concert at the Horry County Museum” The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a free traditional bluegrass concert by The Morris Brothers on June 4th at 1:00 PM. The Morris Brothers have been playing music together for 49 years. Originally […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with D-Day Remembered. This locally produced documentary profiles the events of "Operation Overlord," the Allied invasion of German-occupied France, which began on "D-Day" June 6, 1944. The joint military operation involved more than 150,000 Allied troops, almost 5,000 ships and landing craft, 13,000 […]
“A Really Old Door…” Rediscovering the Nathaniel Russell House’s Kitchen House The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by Grahame Long on June 11th, on recent discoveries at the Nathaniel Russell House in Charleston, SC. Constructed circa 1808, a rear outbuilding of the Nathaniel Russell House originally held […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Simeon Brooks Chapin: A Man of Action. A successful businessman, Chapin was involved in each of the communities in which he lived, including Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His philanthropy provided for schools, churches, libraries, hospitals, and YMCAs. He showed his care of […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Finding Clovis. This 30 minute film takes viewers on an archeological adventure at the Topper dig site in Allendale County, South Carolina. Famous for Clovis and pre-Clovis artifacts, there is recent evidence that may support the theory that a comet suddenly wiped […]
“Eric Crawford: Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom & Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands” The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by musicologist Eric Crawford on June 25th on his book, Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom & Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Join […]
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On June 28th children will learn about local fruits and vegetables. We’ll also make a notebook using […]
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On June 29th children will learn about the importance of the barn owl to the farm family. […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Chasing the Swamp Fox. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, details Francis Marion’s partisan campaigns during the American Revolution in South Carolina and paints a mosaic of what life was like in those years and how Marion’s participation […]
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On June 30th children will learn about the prehistoric animals that lived in Horry County and participate […]
