In 1931, Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, founded Brookgreen Gardens, a non-profit 501(c) (3) garden museum, to preserve the native plants and wildlife and display objects of art within that natural setting. Today, Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark with the most significant collections of figurative sculpture in the country and has the only accredited zoo on the coast of the Carolinas. Located south of Myrtle Beach, SC between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island the gardens are open to the public daily.