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  • About Us
  • Exhibits
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  • Oliver Hardy Festival
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Museum Education
  • Christmas Festival
  • OHF Art Contest
  • News and Publications
  • Policies
  • Walking Tour

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The front and N side of the Harlem Museum and Welcome Center, Home of the Laurel and Hardy Museum

Harlem Museum and Welcome Center

Opened October 5, 2019, at the 31st Oliver Hardy Festival in Harlem, Georgia. The Harlem Museum and Welcome Center provide the history of the city and a bit about Columbia County. 

Home of the Laurel and Hardy Museum of Georgia

Shortly after the first Oliver Hardy Festival in 1989, the City of Harlem, Georgia received various Laurel & Hardy objects. As time passed, this collection grew larger. As a result, the original Laurel & Hardy Museum of Georgia opened on July 15, 2002. The original museum did not have a collection storage to properly store the donated objects; the environment was not ideal for the longevity of the objects and was operated by Laurel-and-Hardy-fans-turned volunteers who quickly began to run out of space. This part of the Museum moved from its previous location at the time of the Harlem Museum and Welcome Center grand opening in 2019. This current location has more space, a collections storage, and a better exhibition area to be able to tell the phenomenal story of Laurel and Hardy and their impact on society.

Museum Director and Events Coordinator

Meghan Foster

mfoster@harlemga.org

Master of Heritage Preservation, Public History (Georgia State University)

Bachelor of Arts in History and Anthropology (Augusta University)

Associate of Arts in General Studies (Georgia Military College)

Museum & Welcome Center Assistant: Collections

Vacant

Museum & Welcome Center Assistant

Sina Trotman

strotman@harlemga.org

Student Intern

Volunteers

Gary O. Russeth - Sons of the Desert member and occasional docent volunteer


Volunteers are welcome please contact the museum staff by calling, emailing, or stopping in the Museum. We will be happy to discuss your volunteering preferences. A background check through the City of Harlem, Georgia is a requirement.


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