Events

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 Sawmill Saturday from 9:30 AM-11:30 AM on December 29th to see the sawmill in operation. There were, and still are, a lot of trees being grown in Horry County for timber production. In the early twentieth century, most communities had a sawmill in the area to get the trees from their forest turned into boards. Farm staff and designated volunteers will operate the sawmill at the farm and Wayne will discuss the type of engines that would have powered these mills.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series begins with the PBS Film Series Rebels & Redcoats: The Shot Heard Round the World. “With vivid dramatizations of battles, eyewitness accounts, original documents and paintings, Rebels & Redcoats tells the untold story of the American Revolution. Richard Holmes, a renowned British military historian, […]

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 3rd from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM to learn about the New Year’s Day meal of collard greens and hoppin’ johns, also known as ‘Dollars and Pennies’. A traditional New Year’s meal on many farms would have been collard greens, dried peas, hog jowls, and peas cooked in rice. Many people still carry on this tradition to represent green (paper) money and brown money (pennies) that they hope to have more of during the upcoming year. Join us to see how this meal would have been prepared on the wood burning stove.

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 January 5th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn how corn becomes grits. Children will shell corn, see how it is ground in the grist mill, and sift grits and corn meal. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

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.