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The "McKenzie Beach Memories - Art by Natalie Daise" exhibit at Brookgreen


  • Brookgreen Gardens 1931 Brookgreen Drive Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 United States (map)

The "McKenzie Beach Memories - Art by Natalie Daise" exhibit will be in Learning Lab One (directly across from the Program Shed) at Brookgreen Gardens through Oct. 15, and can be viewed by only five guests at a time.

Those who pay attention as they are driving on Highway 17 in the Pawleys Island area may have noticed the ruins of an old motel behind a fence and a street sign saying "Old Beach Road." That is what is left of McKenzie Beach, once a popular and well-known vacation resort. But what made it important then was that it was a beach for African-Americans at a time when direct access to the Atlantic oceanfront in the Jim Crow South was extremely limited. The exhibit is made up of paintings that have been used as the illustrations for the book McKenzie Beach Memories, published by CLASS Publishing and available in September.

This exhibit may only be viewed by visitors wearing facial coverings, and they will be provided.

Daily, Noon-4:30 PM, free with garden admission, 843.235.6000 or www.BrookgreenGardens.org.