Events

The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with a documentary by South Carolina ETV on inductees from the Civil War & Reconstruction Era into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, inducts one deceased and one contemporary honoree each year. It is by law the “official” Hall of Fame for South Carolina. There are nearly 100 members of the South Carolina Hall of Fame, each of whom has made outstanding contributions to South Carolina’s heritage, history, and progress.

Fecal Matters: The Ins and Outs of Poop in Our Watershed All are welcome to attend this family-friendly community event highlighting the sources and impacts of poop in the Winyah Bay watershed and what you can do to help. Explore the museum while visiting the numerous exhibitor booths, student poster session, and […]

The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with When Rice Was King. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film tells the story of how rice became a major cash crop in South Carolina. The cultivation of rice in South Carolina began in the late 1600s. By the […]

The Horry County Museum presents a lecture and book signing by local publisher, Steve Robertson on Thursday, February 6th, on his new novel about Civil War hero Robert Smalls.
In the early morning hours of May 12, 1862, a young enslaved man astonished a nation, torn by Civil War, when he commandeered Charleston’s most powerful warship and sailed it past a formidable gauntlet of Rebel forts to freedom.