Events

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us March 21st at 1:00 PM as local quilter and textile artist Jill Messier discusses felting and shares some of her creations.
Jill Messier moved to Conway from Enfield, Connecticut four years ago and arrived two days before Hurricane Florence. Jill first started felting in March 2022 when a stuffed bear that she was working on required felting for the nose. She soon fell in love with the endless possibilities for different animals and characters that could be felted and is open to changing each creation as it is being made, depending on where the journey takes her. Messier has made dogs, pigs, bears, owls, cats, and much, much more. She has also began doing pictures that are felted on cloth and has started felting on a canvas picture.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hearts & Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society. This film presents a vital part of American history, the role played by women and their textiles in the nineteenth century’s great movements and events including the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, westward expansion, the suffrage and temperance movements. The film explores the astonishing lives and accomplishments of ordinary, often anonymous women as well as chronicling the lives of extraordinary individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard and Abigail Scott Duniway.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 22nd, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycountysc.gov.

There are treasures to be found from days gone by in Granny’s Attic. Come take a peek at some treasures Brenda Grampsas has found that tell stories of how things used to be. She will share a nice collection of Granny’s personal items and quilts that are now heirlooms. We wish each item had a voice of its own to share where it has been up until now. Brenda Grampsas is an American Quilter’s Society Certified Quilt Appraiser and will be sharing quilts from her collection of vintage and antique quilts on March 28th at 11 AM at the Horry County Museum.
Brenda has a lifetime of sewing and quilting experience with a passion for all things quilted. Her experience in teaching the “how to” of quilting extends not only to adults but many years of quilting classes with children and teens. Watching others catch the “quilt bug” through her shared trunk shows, lectures and workshops feeds the natural teacher in her. She is inspired by quilts from many eras and is especially fascinated by scrap quilts because of their wide range of fabrics. Brenda is very involved in the restoration of quilts. Teaching others the art of restoration has become advantageous due to the many requests for restoration service. More information can be found on Brenda’s website www.thimbletales.com.
The program will begin at 11 AM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Steel Roads, Iron Men. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, takes viewers on a nostalgic journey through railroading in South Carolina. From the early days when the giant locomotives were steam driven, to the modern world of diesel powered trains, hear railroading stories from the men who drove the spikes, or manned the engines from the early 1940s to the present.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 8th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 22nd, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycountysc.gov.