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 January 5th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM to learn about seasonal produce on the farm. During the winter months, collard greens were usually available and had their best flavor after a hard freeze. Visitors can join farm staff in the collard patch to learn about this vegetable, how to harvest it, and how to prepare it for cooking.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the PBS Film Series Rebels & Redcoats: American Crisis 1776. Washington is forced out of New York. His army begins to desert him, until a daring raid across a frozen river gives him victory at Trenton. But the British still seem to be masters in this war, capturing the great Fort Ticonderoga.

Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, January 12th 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.

The Horry County Museum will host a discussion by Coastal Carolina Univiersity Anthropology faculty on the Homo naledi (meaning “Star”) fossils discovered in South Africa on Saturday, January 12th. Participants will watch several video clips about the deep cave excavation and examine 3D printed casts of the fossils to understand what this discovery means for human evolution.

The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on January 15th at 1:00 PM with a program on the history of transportation in Horry County. From dugout canoes, to steamboats, trains, cars, and planes, learn the history and impact that these different methods of transportation had on the residents of, and visitors to, Horry County. 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 the PBS Film Series Rebels & Redcoats: The War Moves South. The British open a new front in the southern colonies. They win a series of victories against American and French forces, and find a new army of recruits amongst former slaves. Thousands of African Americans join the British in the expectation of freedom. The war in the south is an untold story, the stuff of nightmares. It becomes a savage war of partisans, border raids and guerilla style skirmishing.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the PBS Film Series Rebels & Redcoats: The World Turned Upside Down. The British have enjoyed command of the sea, and with it the ability to move thousands of troops to wherever they are needed. But now an extraordinary naval blunder allows the French fleet to isolate a large British garrison at Yorktown. Surrender is inevitable, giving overall victory to Washington and his French allies. Those who have supported the British, the loyalists, thousands of African Americans and American Indians are left to the mercy of the new state.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 23rd, 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.

Visit the L. W. Paul Living History Farm to celebrate the pig! Winter was the time of year for curing pork on the farm and a season when the family was dependent on home preserved foods during the cold winter months. Join us as staff and volunteers demonstrate how pork was preserved and prepared on the family farm during the early twentieth century in Horry County. Demonstrations will include smoking and salting meat, making pork sausage, cooking on a wood burning stove, making lye soap, grinding grits, blacksmithing and more.