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Director's Message for the New Year: "See You Soon!"

By Lynell Seabold on Dec. 29, 2023

A new year. Turning the page. A new beginning. These phrases resonate with me right now, on my official last day as the Executive Director of the Ava Gardner Museum. It has been quite an adventure! I…

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Reflections on Ava

By Lynell Seabold on Dec. 22, 2022

Ava Gardner. What do you think of when you hear that name? Movie star, icon, “The World’s Most Beautiful Animal,” Frank Sinatra’s wife? That was how I thought of her, a beautiful star who had it all…

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A Tribute to Ava Gardner

By Lynell Seabold on Sep. 06, 2022

A mural of Ava Gardner was proposed at the very first planning meeting for the Ava 100 Centennial Celebration over a year ago and has been in the works ever since. Our first order of business was to…

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My Weekend with Ava

By Lynell Seabold on Jul. 24, 2020

Every once in a while, everything lines up in your life just right. That was the case for me in 2017. I had recently been promoted to Director of the Ava Gardner Museum, and I had spent the last…

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