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The Front Facade of the original Laurel & Hardy Museum (LHM). Unfortunately, the LHM simply outgrew the space.

Films playing on a loop in the Harlem Museum's Cinema Room:
January through May: Marking History's biopic about Oliver Norvell Hardy, The Lucky Dog, This is Your life! episode with Laurel & Hardy, The Hoose Gow, and Night Owls.
July through December: Marking History's biopic about Oliver Norvell Hardy, The Lucky Dog, Babes in Toyland (also called March of the Wooden Soldiers), Sons of the Desert, and Atoll K.
There is a photo option available to museum visitors: a face cut-out display in the main exhibit space.
The "Where in the World were Laurel & Hardy" interactive is a world map that indicates various places Stan Laurel and Oliver N. Hardy visited and places important to Laurel & Hardy history.
This interactive covers part of the Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies: SSKH2, SSKH3, SSKG1, SSKE1, and SSKE2.

Based on the Hal Roach classic, "March of the Wooden Soldiers," is a 1934 Laurel and Hardy film. This exhibit is scheduled to be on display in November 2025 in preparation of the holiday season.

In preparation for the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, the museum staff have been working on an exhibit about museums! The exhibit will include primary source information about the indigenous groups in the Columbia County, Georgia area, but will primarily focus on what we do and why we do it. This exhibit is scheduled to be available by July 2026.

We currently have a facility with exhibits, retail, and theater space. We show Laurel and Hardy movies and an 11 min biopic about Hardy during business hours and 2nd/3rd Run Movies on the lawn periodically.

Harlem is the Birthplace of Oliver Norvell Hardy. Through our exhibits, we tell the story of his life, Stan's life, the meeting of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, their careers, and their cultural influence.
Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, but primary sources can also include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later.
"Film Comic Stan Laurel dies at 74," Los Angeles Times, February 24, 1965
"Oliver Hardy of Famous Movies Comedy Team Dies," Los Angeles Times, August 8, 1957
Newspaper Clippings (unfortunately without dates or Newspaper Name)
The Augusta Chronicle
The Columbia County News Times
Northwest Evening Mail
The Augusta Herald
Columbia News Publishing
Various letters written or sent to Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy.
Typed Letter from Oliver Norvell Hardy to Althea Horne, dated Oct. 31, 1942 (Professionally framed with UV-blocking glass)
1986 Bid from Culpepper Motor Company
1978 Letter by Mayor Clary calling for a Department Head Meeting
This is your Life with Laurel & Hardy, filmed in 1954
*Any film with Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Norvell Hardy (you can see a full list on IMDB.com)
*Oral History Interviews
Secondary sources were created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you’re researching. For a historical research project, secondary sources are generally scholarly books and articles. A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may contain pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources.
"Laurel or Hardy" by Rob Stone
"The Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy" by Ronald Bergen
"A Fine Mess" edited by Richard J. Anobile
"The Films of Laurel & Hardy" by Everson
"Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy" by Simon Louvish
"Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies," by Randy Skretvedt
"Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy: an Affectionate Biography," by John McCabe
"Laurel and Hardy: The British Tours," by A.J. Marriot
"Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy," by John McCabe
"Stan and Ollie" (2019)
"Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy: An Affectionate Biography," by John McCabe Plume Publishing
Sons of the Desert members (oral stories)
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