Events

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Uncommon Courage: The D-Day Battle of Graignes. This documentary tells the remarkable story of the little known battle of Graignes described as the “Alamo of D-Day”. When the D-Day invasion of France began on June 6, 1944, approximately 180 American paratroopers were accidentally dropped far from their drop zone, and landed outside the small village of Graignes in Normandy, right in the path of a major German counterattack. Assisted by French villagers, the American paratroopers at Graignes made a courageous stand against a force of German S.S. troops that was ten time their size.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 5th, 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.

The Horry County Museum presents a program on snake identification by Mark Bara on Saturday, June 8th, at 1:00 PM. Bara will discuss the different snakes found in South Carolina and how to identify them.
Mark Bara is a professionally trained wildlife biologist with Wildlife Society certification. He has a BS in Agriculture from Cornell University, and after serving 3 ½ years of shipboard duty as a USCG officer, he used his GI Bill benefits to obtain a Master’s degree in Wildlife Science at the University of Georgia. He was employed for 33 years by SCDNR, retiring as a Regional Coordinator for a nine county area in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. He has worked with hundreds of landowners and hunting clubs, assisting them with habitat improvement and harvest strategies. Among numerous other duties, he was responsible for programs on several public wildlife management areas and heritage preserves, wild turkey restoration, and assisting farmers with USDA cost share programs for soil conservation and wildlife habitat improvements. During the early to mid-1970s, he also conducted alligator research during which time he captured 1,000 alligators.
The program is free to the public and will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of scheduled programs, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with The Mapping of Kosciuszko’s Tunnel. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film highlights the story of the Kosciuszko tunnel and the technology behind the 3D mapping and preservation efforts concerning the little known tunnel that is a part of the Ninety Six National Historic Site in Ninety Six, South Carolina. The Mapping of Kosciuszko’s Tunnel project is collaboration between SCETV, The University of South Florida (USF), The Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies (AIST) and the National Park Service.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 12th, 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.

The Horry County Museum will host a free concert, part of Varna International’s Muzika! 2024 series, on Saturday, June 15th at 1:00 PM. The public is invited to enjoy Baroque to the Future featuring Levon Ambartsumian, violin & Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva on violin and viola.
Kalin and Sharon Tchonev started Varna International over twenty years ago with the goal to bring high quality choral training to Bulgarian school teachers. Their company has since grown into a globally recognized festival organizer that specializes in large-scale performances and music training academies for conductors, singers, and instrumentalists throughout Europe, Israel, and the United States. Varna International’s annual event, Muzika! will take place throughout South Carolina June 1st-30th. For more information about performances across the state, visit www.varnainternational.com.
The concert will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. Admission is free and open to the public, no reservations or tickets are required. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about our programs, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Closed June 19th for Juneteenth.

The Horry County Museum presents a program on the Battle of Sullivan’s Island from the British perspective by Carin Bloom on Saturday, June 22nd, at 1:00 PM.
The Continental Army's victory over the might of the British Royal Navy on June 28, 1776 - forever now enshrined as Carolina Day - had all the dramatic makings of a feature-length film. Hear the story of this disastrous defeat from a British Royal Navy sailor who saw the action first-hand. From failed piloting in the harbor (was it inexperience or intentional grounding?), to Army reinforcements that never landed, to horrific destruction aboard the ships of the line - including injuries both serious and downright comical - there should never have been a question about the superiority of the British fighting force...and yet somehow, 430-odd Continental soldiers held fast in their palmetto-logged fortress. Come hear the comedy of errors that never should have been; a riveting episode that left no stain on the bravery and intrepid enterprise of His Majesty's Royal Navy, though their loss was complete.
Carin Bloom is a public historian with undergraduate and graduate degrees in historic sites archaeology - particularly sites of the American Revolution. Her passion over the past two decades has been sharing the hidden histories of the Colonial era with interested audiences through conventional and unconventional programs. Bringing diverse narratives to light that have been long ignored is a particular focus of hers, and her portrayal as a sailor in the British Royal Navy is no exception. Carin is the Education Manager for Middleton Place Foundation in Charleston, SC, where she puts her passion to work every day for K-12 visitors, as well as in planning and executing interpretive programming for learners of all ages and historical interests.
The program is free to the public and will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of scheduled programs, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with A True Likeness. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film tells the story of Richard Samuel Roberts, a little-known African American photographer from South Carolina whose posthumous discovery transcended stereotypes and brought to light a significant legacy. Heralded as one of the south’s most accomplished photographers of the 1920's and 1930's, Roberts was a self-taught artist who was determined to become a master portrait maker, with every image a true likeness of the subject. But for more than 40 years after his death his work remained lost to all but his family and friends.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 26th, 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.

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the locally produced film Swamp Fox: Francis Marion & the American Revolution. Produced and narrated by historian Rod Gragg, this film follows the life of Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion from his birth in 1732 near Monck’s Corner, SC to his experiences as a sailor, and service in the French and Indian War, where he learned the ambush fighting techniques that would frustrate the British in the Revolutionary War and earn him the nickname ‘Swamp Fox’.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, July 3rd, 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.