Charlene Scruggs

Charlene Scruggs is the new director at the Carver Price Legacy Museum.

By STEPHANIE A. JAMES

Staff Writer

In hopes to increase visibility, a director will now work to attract more visitors to the Carver Price Legacy Museum.

Charlene Scruggs started the position as director on Monday at the museum, which houses artifacts and documents from the historically black school known as Carver Price. The school had its last graduating class in 1969.

Scruggs, hopes to boosts attendance at the museum, which currently attracts an average of 30 visitors per month.

In early fall, Scruggs was appointed by the Carver Price Alumni Board and the Carver Price Legacy Museum Board. She has been in discussions with the boards on future marketing plans for the museum.

“First of all, we are going to make sure the museum is known,” Scruggs said.

Also, Scruggs plans to pursue various grants for operations, exhibits and equipment.

Also she anticipates on applying for a Community Development Block Grant that has an application deadline in Spring 2015.

Furthermore, Scruggs is exited about the prospect of the museum being a success.

“I am happy to be here. I know we are going to be successful and that we will be one of the top museums in the state of Virginia,” said Scruggs.

Located on Clover Lane off of Confederate Boulevard in the old elementary school building, the museum has been open since June 2008.

The museum includes photos, books, manuscripts, sports trophies and awards from Carver Price Alumni.

The museum also includes DVDs consisting of an oral history through interviews with teachers Harriet Pierce James, Joan Lewis, Celestral Turner, Sara Elliot, Joseph Lewis and Josephine Webb.

The museum is named after Carver Price School, which was in existence for 40 years.

The school is named after Supervisor of Schools Mozella Price and George Washington Carver, inventor and educator.

In 1952, the school became Carver-Price High School and the last graduating class was in 1969.

In 1970, Carver-Price integrated into the Appomattox County Public School system.