The Snowbird Cherokees

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

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the SCETV film The Snowbird Cherokees. Deep in the mountains of western North Carolina is the isolated Cherokee community of Snowbird. The ancestors of these Native Americans managed to flee U.S. soldiers in 1838 when the Cherokee Nation was forced to march […]

Images of America: North Myrtle Beach

The Horry County Museum and AVX Foundation present a lecture and book signing for the new publication, Images of America: North Myrtle Beach on Saturday, June 19th at 1:00 PM. Books are available for purchase in the Museum lobby at the front desk and the Farm gift shop. In 1968, the family-based […]

Juke Joints and Honkytonk Legends

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

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the SCETV film Juke Joints and Honkytonk Legends. Their “Gaillard Auditoriums” are large, non-descript rooms with wooden tables, metal chairs, and a bar. Their “Bi-Lo Center ushers and doormen” are friends and family who double as roadies. Yet, for the love of the music, the performers and fans leave their 9 to 5 jobs to venture down the back roads of small southern communities to remote watering holes for down home blues, country and western, and bluegrass entertainment. This film is an excursion into a larger than life culture with roots that trace back to traditional African and folk music. It explores this nonconformist genre and the people who seek to preserve it.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 23rd, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2021. For a full 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@horrycounty.org.

JR Fennell to speak on the Yamasee War

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by J.R. Fennell on the Yamasee War on Saturday, June 26th, at 1:00 PM. This presentation will focus on the relationship between Native Americans and the colonists in the 17th and early 18th centuries and examine the causes of the devastating […]

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Songs from the Great Depression

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

Amidst the economic hardships of the Great Depression, many people used music to voice their frustrations and lift their spirits. The L.W. Paul Living History Farm will host musicians John Angus, Abigail Geedy, and Abigail Phelps from 1 PM to 2 PM on June 26th featuring songs both cheerful and sad from […]

Wash Day at the Farm

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

Have you ever wondered how laundry was done before modern washing machines? Visit the L.W. Paul Living History Farm to try your hand at doing laundry the old fashioned way on June 29th from 9 AM until 12 PM and see how clothes would have been cleaned using a scrub board and […]

Birth of a Nation: The Making of the Declaration of Independence

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

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the locally produced film, Birth of a Nation: The Making of the Declaration of Independence. Produced and narrated by historian Rod Gragg, this film chronicles the creation of one of the most important documents in American history.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 30th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2021. For a full 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@horrycounty.org.