The Ava Gardner Museum has hosted a year-long Centennial celebration in honor of the legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian Ava Gardner, a North Carolina native who grew up just 7-miles ...

In 1985, Ava Gardner and two of her sisters attempted to visit the Ava Gardner Museum, near the farm where she was born in Smithfield, North Carolina. Unfortunately, it was closed. “Ava responded with ...

For many years, Ava Gardner received a bottle of champagne every year on her birthday from Princess Grace of Monaco. “She never forgot, and every year at Christmas she sent a handwritten card,” wrote ...

Ava Gardner sings in the movie, Show Boat (1951), which MGM executives would later dub with singer Annette Warren. World-renowned costumier, James Kelly, will collaborate with the Ava Gardner Museum ...

From Hometowns to Hollywood, the Ava Gardner Festival gave what it was supposed to give! In this episode, “C” attends A Toast to Ava! Reception at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield. Executive ...

There are many surprises in North Carolina: Touring the Ava Gardner Museum, for instance, I was amazed not only that the actress and tobacco farmer’s daughter had an 18-inch waist, but that she ...

Board members of the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield have achieved a longtime goal -- to move it to larger quarters. The museum will move next year from its current location in a small store to a ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ava Gardner Museum has hosted a year-long Centennial Celebration in honor of the legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian Ava Gardner, a ...