In 2018, the Ava Gardner Museum opened the “Hemingway’s Heroine” Exhibit, which showcases Ava’s close friendship with Ernest Hemingway. This exhibit features, for the first time, a movie costume…
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Ava Gardner Museum is Still Standing, and They Said It Wouldn’t Last! The board members of the Ava Gardner Museum may have heard a thousand times that the fans of Ava Gardner are old, dying off, and…
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On October 21st the Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield will show two vintage movies on their 60th anniversary. Released in 1957, Frank Sinatra’s “Pal Joey”, a musical-comedy starring Rita…
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The Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield, NC unveiled a new exhibit on the 10th of December last week. The museum has displays that change annually so that visitors to the museum can see new…
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The Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield, NC will unveil a new exhibit on the 10th of December. The museum has displays that change annually so that visitors to the museum can see new items from…
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This morning I stood by the side of the road on the sloping lawns of Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery to bear witness with around 2 dozen other people. I stood in the cold sunshine and watched as the…
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The Ava Gardner Museum will be unveiling a new exhibit including artifacts and information associated with Ava's friend and costar Omar Sharif, who sadly passed away this year. The exhibit will also…
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Join us in historic downtown Smithfield for the 10th Annual Ava Gardner Festival. October 3-5. Ava went to Hollywood in 1941, a beauty from North Carolina with her college threads and saddle oxford…
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This orange two-piece suit worn by Ava in "The Sun Also Rises", was on display at the Retroback 2014. North Carolina’s own Hollywood legend Ava Gardner was honored during an international classic…
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Ava Gardner, a native of Johnston County would appear on thousands of magazine covers during her career as one of Hollywood's elite stars. She was also the first and only North Carolina woman to be…
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