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 5 children per session to help ensure social distancing. On November 14th, children will learn about the different types of tools that […]
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation will offer a lecture and book signing for the new publication, Sandy Island…forever: A Collaboration of Essays & Images on Saturday, November 14th at 1:00 PM. Sandy Island…forever includes a general history of the island’s plantations researched and written by Susan Hoffer McMillan with […]
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Back to the Battlefield: Remembering D-Day. This locally produced film follows the late Mike Fitch of Conway, an 89-year-old D-Day veteran, as he returned to Omaha Beach in France for the first time since landing as an American combat soldier on June […]
A large part of farm life in Horry County involved old-fashioned syrup making. Each fall, sugar cane would be gathered from the field and taken to a local cane mill where the juice could be squeezed from the stalk. Cooking down the raw juice into sweet cane syrup became a celebration and […]
Have you ever wondered how laundry was done before modern washing machines? Visit the L.W. Paul Living History Farm to try your hand at doing laundry the old fashioned way on November 24th from 9 AM until 12 PM and see how clothes would have been cleaned using a scrub board and […]
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Patriot Dream: The Story of the Pilgrims. This locally-produced documentary tells the story of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, whose arrival in America in 1620 shaped the founding of the nation. Shot on location in the Pilgrim country of Great Britain and […]
Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! Join us on December 5th from 9 AM until 12 PM to see how the farm family would have prepared for the Christmas season. Visit the farmhouse to see seasonal activities including, cooking on […]
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues on December 9th at 1:00 PM with an installment of the South Carolina Hall of Fame Film Series produced by SCETV. This film will feature inductees from the Early 20th Century. Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, […]
