We are very excited to have hosted group tours this spring and summer at the Museum. Garner’s Able to Serve participants and their leaders visited, as well as the student campers and leaders from the Community of Hope summer camp. We appreciate partnering with Garner Fire Station One and the Garner Recreational Center in providing […]
Remember when we thought $1.00 was a big price to pay for a gallon of gas for our cars? And the place you bought gasoline was called a "filling station?" or a "service station"; And you actually got service from a person? Wow—those were the days! You may well remember Garner Gulf—a full-service station where […]
Don’t forget that our museum also features a Genealogy Library. You will find numerous resources about the histories of many local families, historical references for Wake and Johnston Counties and other resources for researching your ancestors. Assistance with Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com. We are open on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and at other […]
The Garner Area Historical Society is excited about partnering with Fire Station One and the Garner Recreation Center to provide "field trip"; activities for groups of local students. School groups could learn about fire safety and careers in Fire and Rescue at the Fire Department, tour the History Museum to learn about Garner's history, then […]
Tour guide training was given to a group of ten people in the History Museum at the Depot on Sunday, April 24. We are so lucky to have people interested in providing special tours and guidance at the museum. Thanks to all who came! To request a tour, you can call (984) 200-9612 or email […]
On March 3, The Garner Area Historical Society provided a "drop-in" presentation/exhibit in honor of Black History Month at the Southeast Regional Library. The exhibit honored some of Garner's outstanding Black educators from decades past and the importance of the early Rosenwald schools in our area. We also recognized outstanding citizen activists whose tireless efforts […]
The Garner History Museum at the Depot has hosted over 200 visitors in its first few months of operation. We are excited that folks are discovering us, particularly those who are newcomers to the Garner area and parents with children. The Museum is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., as […]
Featured in the March, 2022 issue of Our State magazine, the Clara Craven Book Club of Garner is celebrating its 75th anniversary! Founded by the late Katie Corbett during World War II, these women have met for cultural and literary enrichment for many years. Their namesake was the widow of a local Methodist pastor. Limited […]
The Garner Area Historical Society is excited to announce the Grand Opening of the Garner History Museum at the Depot on Saturday, November 20, 2021. The celebration of the Museum's opening will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Museum is located at 106 Pearl Street in Historic Downtown Garner.
The Town of Garner and the Garner Area Historical Society recently partnered with the Johnston County Heritage Center and Bingham descendants to place a monument on the grave of the first postmaster and mayor of Garner's Station, Thomas A. Bingham. The historic Smithfield Riverside Cemetery was the burial site of Thomas Bingham, his wife and […]
