The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a program by local author and historian Christopher Boyle on Saturday, April 23rd, on his new book Lowcountry Agricultural and Convivial Societies “Throughout the first century of South Carolina’s settlement, rice was an important crop but the rice industry did not experience its […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Forgotten Founder: Charles Pinckney. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film is an historical visualization of the biography of Charles Pinckney, whose life serves as the basis for much of where and how we live today. Through the use […]
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On April 30th kids will learn how to make homemade ink using berries, and have the chance […]
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a program by Patrick McCawley on The Revolution of 1719 in South Carolina on Saturday, April 30th at 1:00 PM. This lecture will explore the largely forgotten bloodless Revolution of 1719 in Charles Town and its lasting impact on South Carolina history. […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: A Time to Fight. This documentary series is a collective remembrance of World War II, taken from personal stories of South Carolina veterans. Beginning with Pearl Harbor, the films weave together first person accounts of the first stages […]
Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On May 7th children are invited to […]
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by musicologist Eric Crawford on May 7th on his book, Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom & Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Join us to learn the history of Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: A New Front. The second episode of the series follows veterans living in South Carolina through the mountains of Italy, into the fields of England and onto the beaches of Normandy. Also featured are South Carolina doctors and […]
