The Ava Gardner Museum will open new exhibits featuring Ava's movie career, "Bringing Back Ava's Costumes", with garments that date back to some of Ava's earliest movies, She Went to the Races (1945), and My Forbidden Past (1951). Ava's career spanned four decades beginning as a MGM starlet in 1941 to her last years on television mini-series and drama, Knots Landing.

There will be an opening night reception at the museum on Friday night, special hours, heritage tours, and showing of "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" movie over the weekend of October 16-18, 2020.

Regular museum admission will be honored all weekend, with special ticket prices for the Opening Night Reception and heritage tours. Special hotel rates are available in Smithfield.