Grahame Long-A Really Old Door

McCown Auditorium 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

“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 […]

Simeon Brooks Chapin-A Man of Action

Horry County Museum 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

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 […]

Finding Clovis

Horry County Museum 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

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

McCown Auditorium 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

“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 […]

Jr. Program-Fruits & Veggies

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

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 […]

Jr. Program-Owl Pellets

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

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. […]

Chasing the Swamp Fox

Horry County Museum 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

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 […]