Events

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by throughout March to hear from a variety of quilters, plus, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every program!
Join us Tuesday, March 12th at 10 AM as local quilter Karen Dodson shares the history and methods behind several quilts from her collection. Quilted items will include bed quilts, wall hangings and placemats. Karen moved to Conway from Connecticut five years ago. Before retiring, she worked as a receptionist at several Connecticut corporations and a pollster at Quinnipiac Polling Institute (CT) and Political Connections (SC). An avid reader and now quilter, her first two quilts were a memory quilt with her late mother’s shirts and a quilt made up of scraps from her late mother-in-law’s fabric leftovers.
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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Miss Springmaid. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, tells the story of World War I hero and legendary advertising savant Elliott White Springs, who also founded Springmaid Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC as a resort for his employees. The 30-minute program takes an unflinching look at the irrepressible and provocative advertising slant that made “Springmaid” sheets a household name and changed the approach of the entire country’s advertising industry.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 13th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us March 13th at 2:00 PM for a presentation by local quilter Louise Veverka.

Ever wonder what those quilters are talking about when they use words like “flimsy”, “sandwich”, “batting and backing”, “sashing and cornerstones”, or even the letters HST, WOF, LOF?

This program is an introduction to quilt blocks and how they are constructed from pieces and the language used by quilters; along with piecing names that go into the standard blocks used to construct the quilt top. Topics will include Half Square Triangles, Strips, or Square in a Square, and what it takes to make a “Log Cabin”, or “Courthouse Steps” or “Cathedral Windows”. Become familiar with the terminology used while quilting and see some of the most used blocks.

An avid quilter, Lou is the current president of Coastal Carolina Quilters, and a member of the Grand Strand Quilters program committee, along with being a member of Myrtle Beach Shorebirds Quilts of Valor. She has been quilting well over four decades and has been a longarmer for about ten years.

Lou is a Navy veteran and learned to sew in high school in New Jersey. She raised a family in Ohio and was owner/president of her own survey company, “L.V. Surveying, Inc.”. She and her husband retired to the Myrtle Beach area in 2021.

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 Horry County Museum will host a free workshop on Crochet for Beginners, Thursday, March 14th at 1 PM. Participants will learn a few of the basic stitches, reading patterns, and start a granny square to take home. Space is limited, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Abigail Geedy at 843-915-7864 or email geedy.abigail@horrycountysc.gov.
The Horry County Museum is located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about programming at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by to hear from local quilters on a variety of topics. In addition to the free programming, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every event! Join us Friday, March 15th at 11 AM as local quilters Louise Roebuck & Leslie Corriveau discuss the different techniques, patterns and construction of Christmas quilts made by members of the Conway Quilt Guild.
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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Join us Saturday, March 16th, for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina. They’ll also design and dye their own small bag to take home.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

The Horry County Museum presents a concert by the Saltwater Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, March 16th at 1 PM. Join us for an afternoon of Irish themed music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Comprised of volunteer members and performers, Saltwater Chamber Orchestra boasts a robust season of concerts with quality music performance. The group began as a club in the Coastal Carolina OLLI program in Myrtle Beach, SC, and is now an independent chamber string orchestra. Their repertoire consists of classical and show/pop selections, as well as selections for various holidays. Throughout the years since its founding, the organization has performed along the Grand Strand coast of South Carolina, sharing the comforting sounds of strings in the palmetto community. Venues have included churches, schools, libraries, and museums, as part of an ongoing concert series, and for educational, charitable, and civic events. For more information about the Saltwater Chamber Orchestra, and to view a schedule of their events, visit www.saltwaterchamberorchestra.org.
The concert will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2024, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.