Horry County Museum

Over Here: The Homefront During World War I
2019-03-13 13:00 UTC | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Over Here: The Homefront During World War I. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, examines why African-Americans supported the war effort and how they were disappointed by the response to their efforts; women’s roles and how the war played a part in the women’s movement; military camps and what they meant for South Carolina cities; and how the influenza epidemic in 1918 impacted the state.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 13th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Jr. Curators
2019-03-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Christopher Boyle: The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts
2019-03-09 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a program by local author and historian Christopher Boyle on Saturday, March 9th, on his book The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts.
“The road to secession in antebellum Georgetown and Horry districts was long. Through the use of newspapers and public lectures, local leaders unified their communities against the Second Great Awakening reforms, industrialization, corporate model banks and abolition. The leading statesmen cast a bond of allegiance with the yeoman farmers of the pine forests against slave emancipation and changing economic models to forge Southern Nationalism. Planters and farmers joined forces in the struggle to maintain their agricultural traditions and their sense of identity in a rapidly changing world. Plantation historian Christopher Boyle explores the beginning of a critical era in Horry and Georgetown.”
Christopher C. Boyle is a full-time social studies teacher at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and a part-time teaching associate at Coastal Carolina University in Conway. Upon graduation from Coastal Carolina University with his bachelor’s degree in history, he further studied history at Winthrop University where he graduated in 1996 with his Master of Arts degree in American history. Boyle is the author of Mansfield Plantation: A Legacy on the Black River.
The program will begin at 1:00 pm in the McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway S.C. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jr. Curators at the Horry County Museum
2019-03-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, March 9th 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 join Museum Curator, Hillary Winburn as she discusses what we collect and why. Participants will also test their knowledge and try to guess what certain artifacts are. Parents must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7861.

Cooking demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-03-07 11:00 - 13:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on March 7th from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM for a cooking demonstration on the wood burning stove. Creativity was needed when the family wanted to get away from everyday recipes and add variety to their meals. In this demonstration, Wayne will use foods from the pantry to cook a small meal that would have been different for the average family.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the Farm will be available to the public at 3:00 PM following the demonstration.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Pirates of the Carolinas
2019-03-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Pirates of the Carolinas. This hour long film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, digs up the true tales of treachery and villainy that occurred off the coasts of North and South Carolina during the Golden Age of Piracy.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 6th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Farm Harvest Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-03-02 09:30 - 10:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on March 2nd from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for Farm Harvest Day as Wayne Skipper demonstrates finding, cutting and making a broom from straw that is found on the farm.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Wash Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-28 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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, February 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 polishing the wood stove and heater in the farm house.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Charlie’s Place
2019-02-27 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the SCETV documentary, Charlie’s Place. This film tells the story of an African American nightclub owned by Charlie Fitzgerald in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Despite the fact that much of the South was segregated during the time, both blacks and whites were welcomed into the club. This drew unwanted attention from groups like the KKK, who attacked Charlie’s Place one night in 1950.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 27th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Wash Day
2019-02-27 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Wash Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-26 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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, February 26th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 10 AM-11 AM staff will demonstrate how wood ashes would be saved and used on the farm.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Farm Animal Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-23 09:00 - 11:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on February 23rd from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM to learn about the different animals on the farm and their various roles.
The public is invited to help feed the animals from 9:00-9:30. Visitors can select an ear of corn, shell it, and use it to feed the chickens. This month farm staff will talk about farm animal housing and bedding in the winter when the weather is cold and will demonstrate how animals were groomed.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jr. Curators at the Horry County Museum
2019-02-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, February 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 Gullah history and how rag quilts were made from cloth strips. Participants will make a small token in the same style that they can take home. Parents must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7861.

The 25th Annual Horry County Museum Quilt Gala
2019-02-22 10:00 - 2019-02-23 16:00 | SC
The Horry County Museum Quilt Gala has become a fixture on the Grand Strand. Started in 1994, the first Gala was held on the lawn of the Horry County Courthouse. Over the years the Gala has continued to grow and is now held at the Ocean Lakes Family Campground Recreation Center in Myrtle Beach.
Many different types of quilts are displayed at the Gala which represent a variety of techniques and skill levels. Categories include large quilts, medium quilts, small quilts, and a challenge quilt. The challenge category changes each year and is based on preset restrictions. The 2019 challenge theme is “Starstruck”. Quilters in this category are challenged to create a wall hanging that includes at least one recognizable eight-pointed star using any color palette or technique that they like.
Winners from each category will be voted on by the public and will receive a ribbon. The blue ribbon winners from each category will be displayed in the Horry County Museum during the month of March.
In addition to displaying quilts, the Gala also hosts demonstrators, speakers, and a featured quilter, Pat Sprecher. Local and regional vendors will also be on hand to support, consult, and aid the quilter with various quilting products.
The Museum is grateful to have the support of local quilt guilds for many years to aid in the management, set-up, and break down of the Gala.
The 25th Annual Quilt Gala will be held Friday, February 22nd and Saturday, February 23rd from 10 am-4 pm. Admission is $5.00 per person; Museum Members and children 12 and under are free.
For more information about the 25th Annual Quilt Gala and a schedule of events please contact the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320, e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org, or visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The Education of Harvey Gantt, part of the Carolina Stories Series
2019-02-20 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with The Education of Harvey Gantt, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV.
South Carolina fought the desegregation of its schools longer than any other state, even after the passage of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. But a determined effort to enforce Brown, spearheaded by the NAACP, prevailed, and in January 1963 the Fourth Circuit Court ordered Clemson College to admit Harvey Gantt, a young African-American man from Charleston.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 20th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Active Adult Series: Historic African American Sites
2019-02-19 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on February 19th at 1:00 PM with a program on historic African American sites in Horry County. Join us as we discuss important locations associated with African American heritage, from Atlantic Beach, to Rosenwald and colored schools, and historic churches. 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 program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This series 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.

Frank Hubbell: Vanishing Architecture-The Inside Story of the Outhouse
2019-02-16 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum and The AVX Foundation present a program by Frank Hubbell on Saturday, February 16th, on “the inside story of the outhouse”.
Since 1992, Frank Hubbell has travelled throughout Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, sharing his collection of outhouse photographs and memorabilia. The program includes a brief reading from Charles “Chic” Sales’ 1929 humor book, The Specialist, which provides the fine points of putting up a proper “necessary house.” Hubbell will also share a collection of slides, inherited from his father, who in his retirement traveled around the country on two lane roads and photographed any outhouse he could find. The audience will be encouraged to share their outhouse stories and can also view a display of miniatures and other memorabilia provided by Mr. Hubbell.
The program will begin at 1 pm in the McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Junior Farmers at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-16 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions and workings of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on February 16th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to help plant potatoes. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Part II: Saint Paul.
2019-02-13 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Part II: Saint Paul. This film explores various primitive religious camp meetings-the earliest founded in the late 1700s by the horseback evangelist, Bishop Francis Asbury, along with African American evangelist, Harry Hosier, who rode with him to conduct “brush arbor” worship services for white planters and their slaves. In the Dorchester County pine forests of South Carolina these camp-meetings have “tents” built and owned by long-standing extended families from their respective communities. The campgrounds are all located within a 20 mile radius of each other near St. George, SC. At five different times each year these camp-meetings draw more than 3,000 congregants from extended families and friends of families nationwide. These congregants stay for a week and are invited to the “tents” of family members, the worship services, and to enjoy the Southern home-cooked meals prepared 3-times-a-day on wood stoves in each tent during the seven days of camp-meeting.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 13th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Junior Farmers at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-13 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions and workings of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on March 2nd from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about plowing. Children will try their hand at plowing using a push plow. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

2019 Waccamaw Conference
2019-02-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Winyah Rivers Foundation and its Waccamaw RIVERKEEPER® program along with its partners, North Inlet – Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium, and Horry County Museum, invite you to our FREE & FAMILY FRIENDLY public education event to learn about the important connections between our coastal communities and the land, rivers, and ocean. The Waccamaw Conference is an opportunity to increase community involvement in the protection and appreciation of the rivers and coasts that we all depend on. This year’s theme is The Journey of Trash: Pollution to Solution, highlighting common sources and impacts of trash in waterways throughout the Winyah Bay Watershed and what you can do to help. Understanding the journey of trash from land-based sources all the way to the ocean helps communities better protect our local waterways to ensure fishable, swimmable, drinkable water for our future.
The 2019 Waccamaw Conference will feature presentations, interactive exhibits, and a student poster contest. Held at the Horry County Museum, the Conference also presents an opportunity to explore the museum’s exhibits displaying the history of our watershed.
Our speaker this year is Dr. Stefanie Whitmire of the Clemson Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science. Dr. Whitmire will discuss her research on microplastics on the South Carolina coast in her talk. We will also be hosting “Let’s Get Trashy: Discussing the Journey of Trash with the Experts,” a panel discussion with local experts including Kelly Thorvalson, S.C. Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital; Ranger Mike Walker, Huntington Beach State Park; Michelle LaRocco, Georgetown County Environmental Services Division; Michael Hughes, Horry County Solid Waste Authority; and Bo Ives, Keep Horry County Beautiful.
Students (K – 12th grade and post-secondary) will be participating in a poster contest that will showcase the work of individuals or groups within the categories of science and art. Posters will be displayed during the conference and special time will be dedicated to allow attendees the opportunity to meet the poster presenters and ask questions.
Join us to celebrate the Waccamaw watershed and learn how you can protect our waters.
Winyah Rivers Foundation (dba Winyah Rivers Alliance) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization with the mission to protect, preserve, monitor, and revitalize the health of the lands and waters of the greater Winyah Bay watershed. The Alliance includes the Waccamaw RIVERKEEPER® and the Lumber RIVERKEEPER® programs. www.winyahrivers.org.
North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in Georgetown, SC was established in 1992. The mission of the Reserve is to promote healthy estuaries, and thriving ecosystems through research and education. It is 1 of 29 reserves around the coastal United States that form the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. http://www.northinlet.sc.edu/
Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium was established in 2004 to assist local governments to meet federal requirements for stormwater education and public involvement. This includes programs for diverse audiences within the Waccamaw River Basin and coastal watersheds along South Carolina’s northern coast. www.cwsec-sc.org
The Horry County Museum was established in 1979 and opened its doors to the public in 1981. The Museum focuses on the history, pre-history, and natural history of Horry County, S.C., and educates the public about these subjects through exhibits, outreach programs, and events www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jr. Curators at the Horry County Museum
2019-02-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, February 9th 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 local owls and will have the opportunity to dissect Barn Owl pellets. Adults must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7861.

Cooking demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm: Hog Head Cheese
2019-02-07 11:00 - 13:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on February 7th from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM for a cooking demonstration on the wood burning stove. When a hog was butchered in the early part of the year, every effort was made to make as much use of the meat as possible. The head of the pig was often cooked and pressed into a “cheese loaf” or souse meat to be used for breakfast or sandwich meat. Many families would also process the liver into “liver pudding”. Join us to see how both of these dishes would have been prepared.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the Farm will be available to the public at 3:00 PM following the demonstration.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jail, No Bail
2019-02-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Jail, No Bail, part of the Carolina Stories Series produced by SCETV. On January 31, 1961, black students from Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill, SC walked into McCrory’s, sat at the lunch counter, and ordered hamburgers and soft drinks. They were denied service and asked to leave. After refusing to leave, the students were arrested for trespassing and processed. This 30 minute program pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the ‘Friendship Nine’ sit-in protest that inspired the Jail, No Bail Movement, a strategy which turned the tables on the establishment and reinvigorated the National Civil Rights Movement.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 6th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Donald Kirkpatrick to give lecture on Fossils of the Pee Dee Region
2019-02-02 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum and The AVX Foundation present a lecture by Donald Kirkpatrick at 1:00 PM on March 2nd 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, and the types that can be found in the Pee Dee. The public is invited to bring fossils from their personal collections, share stories of where they found their items and discuss what they may have.
Donald Kirkpatrick received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from James Madison University in 1979. During his junior year at JMU he was selected by the Smithsonian Institution to spend his senior year as a Museum Study Appointee to the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. Following his appointment, Kirkpatrick spent two years at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, taking graduate biology courses and researching fossil vertebrates. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Don recently retired from the Marion County School District where he taught for 20+ years. Kirkpatrick is a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Science Education, and the South Carolina Science Council. In addition to these educational associations, he is also a member of the South Carolina Academy of Science, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and the Paleontological Research Institution.
The program will be held in the McCown Auditorium located in the Horry County Museum at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public.

Farm Harvest Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-02 09:30 - 10:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on February 2nd from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for Farm Harvest Day. Before the days of oil and electricity, most small farm houses were heated by burning wood. Cutting wood was as important as harvesting any other crop that was grown on the farm. Join us to try your hand at sawing wood and see how it was sawn into blocks using a cross cut saw.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Junior Farmers at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-02-02 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on February 2nd from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about the importance of the blacksmith in the farming community. Children will learn about the different tools that a blacksmith uses and creates, and witness a blacksmith demonstration from Horry County Museum Director Walter Hill. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

Hallowed Ground Part 1
2019-01-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Part I: Cattle Creek and Cypress Camp Meetings. This film explores various primitive religious camp meetings-the earliest founded in the late 1700s by the horseback evangelist, Bishop Francis Asbury, along with African American evangelist, Harry Hosier, who rode with him to conduct “brush arbor” worship services for white planters and their slaves. In the Dorchester County pine forests of South Carolina these camp-meetings have “tents” built and owned by long-standing extended families from their respective communities. The campgrounds are all located within a 20 mile radius of each other near St. George, SC. At five different times each year these camp-meetings draw more than 3,000 congregants from extended families and friends of families nationwide. These congregants stay for a week and are invited to the “tents” of family members, the worship services, and to enjoy the Southern home-cooked meals prepared 3-times-a-day on wood stoves in each tent during the seven days of camp-meeting.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 30th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2018. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Part I: Cattle Creek and Cypress Camp Meetings.
2019-01-30 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Part I: Cattle Creek and Cypress Camp Meetings. This film explores various primitive religious camp meetings-the earliest founded in the late 1700s by the horseback evangelist, Bishop Francis Asbury, along with African American evangelist, Harry Hosier, who rode with him to conduct “brush arbor” worship services for white planters and their slaves. In the Dorchester County pine forests of South Carolina these camp-meetings have “tents” built and owned by long-standing extended families from their respective communities. The campgrounds are all located within a 20 mile radius of each other near St. George, SC. At five different times each year these camp-meetings draw more than 3,000 congregants from extended families and friends of families nationwide. These congregants stay for a week and are invited to the “tents” of family members, the worship services, and to enjoy the Southern home-cooked meals prepared 3-times-a-day on wood stoves in each tent during the seven days of camp-meeting.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 30th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2019. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Wash Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-01-29 11:00 - 13:00 | SC
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, January 29th 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 starching and ironing clothes using powdered starch and an iron heated on a wood burning stove.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.
The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-365-3596 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.
