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 […]
Closed for Juneteenth Holiday
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 […]
