Ava Gardner Blog /ava-gardner/blog/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:05:41 +0000 An Open Letter to Ava Gardner at the Close of Her Centennial Celebrations /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

As the Ava Gardner Museum celebrated a meaningful end to Ava’s centennial year this fall, one of the many activities included a visit to Ava’s Grave. Here is what I wish I could say to her:

Rebecca Johnson behind an Ava fan

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A Legacy of Giving: The Ava Gardner Trust /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0500

I get many questions about the Ava Gardner Trust and how it still exists thirty years after Ava’s passing. Many want to know what the Trust does and how it operates. The Trust has evolved through the

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Museum Alphabet: The Ava Gardner Museum From A to Z /ava-gardner/blog/post/museum-alphabet-the-ava-gardner-museum-from-a-to-z/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/museum-alphabet-the-ava-gardner-museum-from-a-to-z/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/museum-alphabet-the-ava-gardner-museum-from-a-to-z/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 19:00:00 -0400

The Ava Gardner Museum has spent the last few months participating in #MuseumAlphabet, sharing artifacts from the collection from A to Z as a way to bring the museum to you at home. Now you can

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Women's History Month: Ava Gardner's Political Activism /ava-gardner/blog/post/womens-history-month-ava-gardners-political-activism/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/womens-history-month-ava-gardners-political-activism/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/womens-history-month-ava-gardners-political-activism/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Ava Gardner was born in 1922, just two years after women officially gained the right to vote. While she never had to fight for women’s suffrage, Ava made use of this hard won right throughout her life

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What Ava Means to Me as a Young Person /ava-gardner/blog/post/what-ava-means-to-me-as-a-young-person/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/what-ava-means-to-me-as-a-young-person/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/what-ava-means-to-me-as-a-young-person/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

The Ava Gardner Museum is very excited to present a guest blog post from a young Ava Gardner fan from the UK. You can follow Alexandra's Instagram account where she shares about her love of Ava as

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Celebrating Black History Month at the Ava Gardner Museum /ava-gardner/blog/post/celebrating-black-history-month-at-the-ava-gardner-museum/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/celebrating-black-history-month-at-the-ava-gardner-museum/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/celebrating-black-history-month-at-the-ava-gardner-museum/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0500

In honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating some of Ava Gardner’s African-American contemporaries and friends from the studio era. We are also sharing some of Ava’s personal experiences and

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