The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hurricane Hugo: Storm of the Century. Hurricane Hugo made landfall north of Charleston sometime around midnight September 22, 1989. A category 4 storm, Hugo caused significant damage along the South Carolina coast. The Grand Strand saw 12 foot high walls of water […]
Join us on September 26th as Marian Calder shares some interesting moments in Horry County’s history including Confederate deserters raiding local farms, the largest wooden ship built in SC, an abandoned community on the Waccamaw River, and a suspected murderer calling down the wrath of God on his accusers. Marian Calder is […]
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 September 26th we’ll talk about how measuring air pressure can help us […]
Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! It’s laundry time yet again at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! Stop by on October 27th from 9 AM until 12 PM to see how clothes would have been cleaned before the use of modern washing machines.
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 843-915-5321 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.
Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! It’s laundry time yet again at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! Stop by on September 29th from 9 AM until 12 PM to see how clothes would have been cleaned before […]
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with General William Westmoreland: The Man Behind the Four Stars. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30-minute film is the story of General Westmoreland, an Eagle Scout from Spartanburg County, who earned medals for bravery in World War II and […]
Visitors of all ages are invited to join us Saturday, Oct 3rd from 9 AM-12 PM at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm as we celebrate one of our favorite treats, the peanut. Stop by to try boiled peanuts grown at the farm and help harvest them. Bring the kids for a game of hopscotch and a chance to make their own birdfeeder using peanut butter!
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 843-915-5321 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.
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. I. This 30 minute film tracks the legends and lore from South Carolina’s past in a haunting journey from the Old Exchange Dungeon in Charleston to the Abbeville Opera House in the Upstate. Search for the Lands’ End Ghost that walks the Carolina coast and maybe the most famous of all, the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 7th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2020. 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.
