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Current Exhibits
Museum Hours and Admission Tues-Fri 10-4, Sat 10-3 Adults $8, Seniors $7 College students with ID $5 Under 18 Free, Active military Free | Visit Our New Exhibit “Beaufort on Stage and Screen - A Love Affair for the Ages.” Saturday, October 11, 2025 – February 2026 Most of us know that films such as Forrest Gump, The Big Chill, and Prince of Tides were filmed here, but so many other film producers have chosen Beaufort as a setting that we thought it would be entertaining and fun to revisit them. A special feature is videotaped recordings of many Beaufortonians recalling behind-the-scenes experiences with actors, directors, and Hollywood companies. For example, Gene and Beth Grace talk about renting their home to Barbra Streisand for three months during the filming of Prince of Tides. Suzanne Schwank gives an account of why Tom Hanks had to find other quarters. And William Rhett was a young kid on Forrest Gump’s school bus and endured summer temperatures during retakes on the bus! These stories and others are both personal and entertaining. Maude Odell is a name very few people in Beaufort would recognize today. We hope you will join us for this extraordinary and exciting exhibit to celebrate the connection that Beaufort has with Hollywood throughout the years. This unique exhibit will be presented in our brand new, Immersive Theater on the second floor of the Arsenal. |
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Born, raised, and buried in Beaufort (St. Peter’s), she became one of the biggest stars in America on stage and in films beginning in the late 1800s. The novelist and playwright Somerset Maugham spent time here. Jack Webb of Dragnet fame played a Parris Island drill instructor in The DI. The list goes on with over 100 films and TV Shows using Beaufort in their productions.
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In June 2016, the Museum unveiled a new Special Exhibit focused on the post Civil War Reconstruction Era here in Beaufort, titled Reconstruction Beaufort, Islands of Hope in a Sea of Distress. In the South, the Civil War wreaked devastation, and the Reconstruction Era which followed doomed it to more--except in Beaufort. This exhibit explains how and why education, politics, industry and agriculture thrived here while suffering elsewhere. This exhibit is currently on display across the street from the Arsenal, at the National Park Service's office. |
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