Events

“Repair, reuse, make do, and don’t throw anything away” was a common motto during the Great Depression. This way of thinking applied to many aspects of life, including the creation and use of textiles. Join us on Tuesday, March 17th at 1 pm as we discuss how feed and flour sacks were reused to make a variety of items around the house, including quilts, clothing and more.

The program will be held at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway SC. This program is free and open to the public, seating will be available. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs and events at the Museum, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with This is Brookgreen Gardens. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film explores Brookgreen Gardens, one of South Carolina’s most beloved landmarks, located in Murrells Inlet, near Myrtle Beach. History, nature and art come together in a program that is both beautiful and informative, revealing Brookgreen’s enduring importance to the Palmetto state. A distinctive collection of American figurative sculpture, education programs for all ages, dazzling gardens, rare natural habitats, a long and fascinating history—are the things that make Brookgreen Gardens such a unique treasure, nestled between the Waccamaw River and the sea.

The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 18th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.

Throughout the month of March, the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm will host a variety of textile themed programs in celebration of our 26th Annual Quilt Gala.

The public is invited to join us on March 18th at 1 pm at the Living History Farm for a program by J.R. Fennell and Trish Shandor of the Lexington County Museum. This presentation will focus on the quilts and decorative arts of Dutch Fork and Lexington County. Visitors will learn about the German and Swiss German influences in quilts found in Lexington County and will also have the opportunity to view some of the quilts from the Lexington County Museum’s collections. Admission is free.  

The Horry County Museum will host a free program by local quilter Pat Sprecher on Friday, March 20th at 1 pm on creating Scrappy Quilts. Join us to view different examples of scrappy quilts and learn about the many types of patterns that can be used!

Pat took a class several years ago on scrappy quilts by Augusta Cole and fell in love with her patterns. She has made several of her scrappy curved log cabins, snappy scrappy stars and snappy square quilts. While Pat has kept a few for herself, she mainly uses these patterns to use scraps for her charity sewing, which she feels is a perfect way to not only use up scraps, but provide for those in need.

The Horry County Museum will host a free program by JoAnn Zeise on Saturday, March 21st at 1 PM. Join us as JoAnn uses images to show some of the finest examples of quilts in the South Carolina State Museum’s collections. The quilts and bedding go back over 200 years and are from all over the state. JoAnn will also discuss patterns, design, history, and culture through those bed pieces. There are also some exciting new acquisitions to be shared!

JoAnn Zeise is the curator of Cultural History at the South Carolina State Museum. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Public History. She has been at the State Museum for almost 7 years and was at McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina before that. Originally from Pennsylvania, she lives in the Dutch Fork area of Columbia and has been in the midlands for 20 years.