Events

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on November 2nd from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for Farm Harvest Day to learn participate in the picking, gathering and preparing of seasonal crops at the Farm. Most farms in […]

The 2019 CCU & OLLI Film Series continues with the locally produced film Death Drop: The 82nd Airborne & D-Day on November 2nd at 1:00 PM. Produced and narrated by historian Rod Gragg, this film chronicles the remarkable story of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and airborne operations related to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. 

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: The Rising Sun. This episode focuses on the early days of the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor through the battle for Guadalcanal and Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return to the Philippines. The film also features South Carolina Marines and their training on Parris Island and navy veterans’ life at sea. 

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on November 7th from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM for a cooking demonstration on the wood burning stove. White tail deer have not always been as abundant in Horry County as they are today. To shoot a deer meant fresh venison and provided a change to the ordinary, everyday foods that they family would have typically had. In this month’s demonstration, visitors will learn about the variety of ways that deer meat would have been cooked and show how venison hash would be made on a wood burning stove.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: The Island War. This episode follows our veterans through the battles for Philippines, Peleliu, Bougainville and Iwo Jima. It also includes segments on the air war in the Pacific and women in the service.

The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 13th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway

The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is celebrating its 10th anniversary with this year’s annual Syrup Day! Join us to experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 with this popular seasonal event. A large part of farm life involved old-fashioned syrup making. Cooking down the raw juice into sweet cane syrup became a celebration and gathering for the community.  Relive that celebration on November 16th from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm as staff and volunteers will be making syrup. Other traditional demonstrations will take place throughout the day including grinding corn into grits and meal, blacksmithing, cooking on a wood stove, butter making, traditional children’s games and more.  

The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on November 19th at 1:00 PM with a program on Horry County’s military history. Join us to hear stories of military figures who had ties to Horry County from the Revolutionary War up to the modern era. The Active Adult Series is held the third Tuesday of each month and is perfect for new residents to the area, or lifetime locals who want to learn more about the place that they call home.   

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: The Way Home. This episode covers the battle for Okinawa, the atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan. It also includes the experiences of African-American service members, our veterans coming home and messages from them to today’s generation.

The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 20th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.

Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, November 23rd, from 9 AM-10 AM. This free, family friendly, program is open to children ages 5 and older and will teach children the history and natural history of Horry County through hands on activities. In this session, children will learn about the Native Americans who lived here, the types of tools they used, and will make a small coil pot to take home. Adults must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7861

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on November 23rd from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM to learn about the different animals on the farm and their various roles. Visitors can help feed the animals from 9-9:30 by shelling corn and using it to feed the chickens.

While mules in other regions usually needed shoes to protect their hooves, the animals who worked the sandy soils of Horry County often did not need them. Typically, the farmer would have trimmed and cleaned his mule’s hooves himself. Join us for this month’s demonstration to see how a mule’s hooves would have been cared for.

The Horry County Museum and The AVX Foundation present a lecture by Donald Kirkpatrick at 1:00 PM on November 23rd on vertebrate fossils of the Upper Cretaceous (Age of Dinosaurs) Period in the Pee Dee. Featuring fossils from his own collection, Mr. Kirkpatrick will discuss what areas he looks for fossils in, […]

Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us for Wash Day on Tuesday, November 26th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11 AM-1 PM staff will demonstrate how feather bed mattresses were fluffed and how quilts that were stored in the summer would be brought out and prepared for winter use.  

 A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Barbecue and Homecooking: Food That Makes You Smile. This documentary was made to promote folklore and folklife experiences visitors might have in the economically depressed four-counties of the Region III SC National Heritage Corridor. These counties bear primary roots to the beginnings and growth of barbecue in South Carolina. This film explores eateries where the cooks heading up the kitchens or barbecue pits have agrarian family roots and were first taught on wood stoves or by the side of heralded barbecue pit-men. They maintain today recipes with ingredients and cooking methods learned at the side of mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles or grandparents in these farming communities. Music by South Carolina roots musicians move the viewer along as they hit the road with filmmaker Stan Woodward and the folklorist from McKissick Museum as they ‘root-out’ these sites.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Southern Routes, Vol. II. Take a journey along southern routes with filmmaker Stan Woodward and learn about southern culture and folklife. This documentary includes a spontaneous stop outside of Helena, Georgia at the sighting of a four story tall mobile; a visit […]