This past Thursday night brought out many members of community as we all came together to celebrate the opening of the FIRST Ava Gardner Museum multi-media exhibit, The Most Photographed Woman In the World.  Together with the Greater Smithfield Selma Chamber of Commerce, which also held their monthly Business After Hours at the Museum, the [...]

I hope you will be able to attend the unveiling of the Ava Gardner Museum’s newest exhibit, The Most Photographed Woman in the World, this Thursday, May 20th from 5-7pm.  The staff and board of directors are very excited about the Museum’s first foray into digital exhibits.  With the sheer numbers of photographs of Ava, [...]

On Sunday, May 9th, star of the screen and stage Lena Horne passed.  She was 92 years old.
Lena joins other stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood that have passed in recent months, including Kathryn Grayson, Jennifer Jones and Jean Simmons.  Lena made her film debut in The Duke is Tops in 1938, but her [...]

Everyday we have visitors who arrive with cameras in hand ready to capture their favorite memories from their time here.  Whether it be shots of them standing just outside the entrance, with “Ava” (our cut-out), next to displays, or even the displays themselves, we have folks who are true shutterbugs.  There  has to be a [...]