The Greer Heritage Museum is getting ready to add new exhibits focused on police, fire and the history of Greer’s economy.

Later this year, the museum is expected to open Fire, Crime and War, an exhibit highlighting some of Greer’s first responders throughout history. The exhibit will include an authentic door from one of Greer’s first jails, a mock burning building and fire department records dating back to the 1940s.

“In the scope of the exhibits we do, this is a really major one,” said Museum Director David Lovegrove. “It’s going to be a crowd favorite.”

In addition to highlighting the work of police and fire over the years, the exhibit will tell the story of how wartime impacted the city. There will be a portion of the exhibit dedicated to air raid wardens, civilian volunteers in World War II who would watch over their neighborhoods during air raids and other wartime emergencies.

After this fall’s exhibit is complete, the museum will then begin work on the Money, Business and Community exhibit, set to open in spring 2027. Money, Business and Community is a partnership with Countybank, which donated $10,000 toward the exhibit in late July.

“It’s a really big thing for the museum to get community support like that for an exhibit,” Lovegrove said. “This exhibit will be a storefront featuring the Bank of Greer, and it’s going to talk about money, economy and community in the city.”

The spring exhibit will consist of an authentic, one-ton vault from the Bank of Greer. The Bank of Greer was founded following the fall of several other local banks during the Great Depression.

“[The Bank of Greer] was founded out of the remains of several local banks, but most importantly, the Bank of Duncan,” Lovegrove said. “So, the safe has ‘Bank of Duncan’ painted on it, but it was actually from the Bank of Greer.”

The museum is also already looking beyond next spring, with plans to add a Ponder’s Ice Cream storefront after the bank exhibit is complete. No opening date has been set.

For more information on the Greer Heritage Museum and updates on its exhibits, visit greerheritage.com.