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Lectures & Programs

HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOURS
Fridays through May 15
10:30 am - starts in Museum Lobby
Join Museum Director George Bassi for an engaging and informational walking tour of Laurel’s historical district as he traces the history and evolution of the city and some of its finest homes and structures.



Friday, June 5
6:30 - 10:00 pm
LRMA Front Lawn

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the sounds of The Rusted Strings on the Museum's front lawn. Free and no tickets needed! Food and beverages available for purchase. 

Sponsored by:
Roy Rogers Body Shop
BankFirst, Southern Beverage Co., Burson, Entrekin, Orr, Mitchell & Lacey, Chris Albritton Construction, Laurel Oaks Dental Care, First South Farm Credit, Kim's No Bull, Walley Forestry Consultants, Inc., Woodland Realty, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Rock 104, WDAM-TV


EXHIBIT LECTURE | The Prints of Sam Gilliam

Thursday, June 18, 2026
5:30 p.m. Lecture

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Reception

Free and open to the public


Join us as Sadé Ayorinde — Curator at the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina and a scholar with an interest in African American art and visual culture — explores Sam Gilliam’s groundbreaking approach to abstraction and considers the ways in which he approached printmaking with the same experimental spirit.

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