Events

The 2021 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 2nd, 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.

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture and book signing for the new publication, Coastal South Carolina Fish and Game: History, Culture and Conservation on Saturday, June 5th at 1:00 PM. Books are available for purchase in the Museum lobby at the front desk or the Farm gift […]

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a free Native American Flute concert by Snow Wolf on Saturday, June 12th, at 1:00 PM. Those attending will experience the healing sounds of the Native American Flute and the Lore around this legendary instrument. Snow Wolf is a Native American style Flute Musician of Shoshone and Mohawk descent. Originally from Idaho, he spent much of his childhood in South Carolina and New Mexico. His love for the sounds of Native American Flute music began early in life. While living in New Mexico he spent much of his time in the desert visiting historical places and learning the lore of nearby tribes, most notably the stories of the Kokopelli (the traveling flute player). Many years passed before the instrument came to him in a very old traditional way. Soon after, he set out on the road as a truck driver and taught himself to play the instrument. Along his travels, he met others who also shared his passion for the Native American Flute.
Snow Wolf has released 3 full length concept albums telling his own story of the life of a traveling flute player set several hundred years in the past. He has also been featured in the song "Trail of Tears" by Tennessee Outlaw Country.
The concert 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 hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For more information about programs for 2021, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.