Inductees from the Colonial Era into the South Carolina Hall of Fame
2024-01-31 13:00 UTC | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with a documentary by South Carolina ETV on inductees from the Colonial Era into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, inducts one deceased and one contemporary honoree each year. It is by law the “official” Hall of Fame for South Carolina. There are nearly 100 members of the South Carolina Hall of Fame, each of whom has made outstanding contributions to South Carolina’s heritage, history, and progress.
Biographies of Colonial Era inductees include King Hagler, Eliza Pinckney, Henry Laurens, Thomas Lynch, Sr., William Henry Drayton, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31st, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-02-03 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, February 3rd for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about marbled paper and how it was used in the past. They’ll also use chalk to create their own marbled paper to take home.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Rev. Dr. Paul Wood, Jr.: Dicey Langston-Portrait of a Revolutionary War Heroine
2024-02-03 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
“Rev. Dr. Paul Wood, Jr.: Dicey Langston-Portrait of a Revolutionary War Heroine”
The Horry County Museum and the Theodosia Burr Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution present a series on Unique Voices from the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. Join us for a lecture by Reverend Dr. Paul Wood, Jr. on Saturday, February 3rd at 1 PM. Dr. Wood will speak on Laodicea “Dicey” Langston and her many acts of bravery as a Patriot in Laurens County, South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. As a teenager, Dicey was a spy and defender of her home and family as she risked her life for the Patriot cause.
The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Wood, Jr. holds a B. A. from Furman University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Doctor of Ministry from Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He is a retired United Methodist minister who served churches throughout South Carolina from 1980 until 2017. Upon his retirement, Dr. Wood became a historian of the American Revolution in South Carolina. He specializes in Dicey Langston Springfield, South Carolina’s renowned heroine of the American Revolution. Dr. Wood is writing a biography of William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham, who became the state’s most prolific murderer during the Revolution.
This lecture is made possible by a grant from The South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission. For more information about Revolutionary War events and programs throughout South Carolina during the 250th celebration, visit https://southcarolina250.com/.

Between the Waters
2024-02-07 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Between the Waters. This 30 minute film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, shares the history of Hobcaw Barony, named after a Native American word meaning ‘between the waters’. Join us to learn the Native American and African American history of Hobcaw as well as the history of environmental conservation that continues at the site.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 7th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Metalworking Demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us from 10 AM until noon on Saturday, February 10th as Logan Woodle demonstrates repousse techniques in the Blacksmith Shop. Woodle is an assistant professor and Chair of the department of visual arts at Coastal Carolina University. He is a silversmith and educator who lives on his family farm in Conway, S.C. Woodle earned a B.F.A. in sculpture from Winthrop University in 2009 and an M.F.A. in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Today you can find Logan teaching all things three-dimensional at Coastal Carolina University. His own work deals with the mythologies that grow like weeds in the agrarian South and has been featured in galleries and museums across the country and in the award-winning book Humor in Craft by Brigitte Martin.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm re-creates life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 through traditional farming activities. The farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526, is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, and is free to the public.
For more information, call 843-915-5321 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.
To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

A Visual Retrospective of the Whittemore Racepath Community: The School, The People, The Places
2024-02-10 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a program on the Whittemore Racepath Community in Conway, South Carolina on Saturday, February 10th at 1 PM. Speakers from the World Community Magazine, the Whittemore Alumni Association, and the Whittemore Racepath Historical Society will present on the people and places important to the Whittemore Racepath community as well as the history of the Whittemore School.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2024, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Men of Honor: Freddie Stowers & Alvin York.
2024-02-14 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Men of Honor: Freddie Stowers & Alvin York. This film follows the stories of two Medal of Honor recipients from World War I, Freddie Stowers, and Alvin York. Stowers, a native of South Carolina, was a corporal and squad leader who was killed in action while leading an assault that helped to break the German line in northern France. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1991, and became the first African-American soldier to receive the award in World War I. Also a corporal in the US Army, Alvin York went from being a conscientious objector to war hero when he captured more than one hundred German prisoners of war in combat.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-02-17 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, February 17th for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn how people in the past made cordage out of natural fibers. They’ll also use raffia to make their own piece of cordage.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Scott Gabrielson: The Intrepid Patriot-Captain Jacob Milligan of the South Carolina Navy
2024-02-17 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Scott Gabrielson on his book, The Intrepid Patriot on Saturday, February 17th at 1 PM. The Intrepid Patriot features the perspective of Captain Jacob Milligan of the South Carolina Navy during the American Revolution. Milligan served alongside Francis Marion, William Moultrie, and Charles Lee in the battles of Sullivan’s Island and the capture of Charles Town in 1780. He was one of the founding officers of the South Carolina Navy, established in 1776 before the Continental Navy, to defend South Carolina’s coastal cities and trade routes. Milligan went on to become the Harbor Master of Charleston, and took the first US Census of the city in 1790. The book also explores how the philosophies of the era guided America to war and influenced men like Milligan to serve.
Scott Gabrielson entered Coastal Carolina University at the age of sixty to study early American history and earn his M.A. degree, following his passions of genealogy, family history, and American history. Gabrielson is a retired businessman, church consultant, and pastor. He is the author of Finest Man We Ever Knew and lives in Myrtle Beach, SC.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2024, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Saving Sandy Island
2024-02-21 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Saving Sandy Island. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film details the struggle to save an exceptional South Carolina island and its Gullah community from development. Home to endangered species and rare long leaf pine forests, Sandy Island is the largest undeveloped freshwater island on the east coast. The program tells the story of the unique coalition of conservationists, state agencies, businessmen and community residents that came together to save this extraordinary place and preserve a historic culture.
Early every weekday morning, a fleet of small motorboats launches from the Mount Arena landing on Sandy Island, taking residents to work along South Carolina’s Grand Strand. The children board the school boat, the Prince Washington, for the daily trip to mainland schools. However, residents do not seem to mind that there are no roads on or off the island. In fact, they fought to keep it this way.
Saving Sandy Island takes a multi-faceted look at the sensitive issue of environmental development along this stretch of South Carolina’s coastline. A year in the making, this program explores the complex issues surrounding the threat of development to Sandy Island, the residents and the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Perspectives from all the main players in the debate-from the residents who are descended from freed slaves, to the environmentalists, to the developers themselves-are offered during this unflinching look.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 21st, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Gullah Geechee Community Day
2024-02-24 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum is excited to participate once again as a venue during the 2024 Gullah Geechee Community Day on February 24th! Activities will take place in and around downtown Conway throughout the day. For more information, visit https://gullahgeecheeday.com/.

Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry
2024-02-28 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry. This film features the St. Paul Camp Meeting, located in Harleyville, South Carolina, approximately 45 miles northwest of Charleston. Similar meetings were first started 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 those enslaved on their plantations. 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. St. Paul began in the decades after emancipation, when four leaders of the St. Paul community purchased property to hold religious services. Interviews for the St. Paul meeting feature new and lifetime participants of the event and focus on the importance of food, faith, and fellowship in this historic annual gathering.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 28th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-03-02 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, March 2nd, for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about a few of the common vegetables grown on the family farm and start a mini garden using recycled egg cartons.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Jason Flynn: Native Plant & Organic Vegetable Gardening
2024-03-02 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a program by Jason Flynn on creating and caring for a multi-species beneficial garden space on March 2nd at 1 PM. With the promise of spring around the corner, now is the time to understand that gardening can provide a multi-layered experience of understanding and growth. Jason will discuss the basics of planning and caring for a native plant garden and an organic vegetable garden. Understanding how these two types of gardens can be inter-designed to benefit not only humans, but also the environment will help provide a deeper understanding of the correlations found in nature that humans are a part of.
Jason Flynn is a horticulturist at Brookgreen Gardens with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies and a lifelong interest in understanding the interconnections found within the natural and manmade world. In addition to creating the South Carolina Geologic Garden at Brookgreen Gardens, he cares for the native garden, a display of plants that grow in the wild of South Carolina, with ecologically friendly practices. Jason also cares for Bethea’s Garden, an organic vegetable garden that utilizes sustainable practices, and has a strong emphasis on educating on the diversity of vegetables grown in the south and their importance to a healthy community and ecosystem.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2024, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Brenda Grampsas: Documenting Your Quilts
2024-03-05 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us March 5th at 11 AM for a program by Brenda Grampsas on labeling quilts. This program will go over why quilters should add a label, how to make and attach it, and what to include on the label. Your questions about quilt labels will be answered and your quilts will be valued more because of the addition of a simple label.
Brenda has a lifetime of sewing and quilting experience with a passion for all things quilted. Her experience in teaching the “how to” of quilting extends not only to adults but many years of quilting classes with children and teens. Watching others catch the “quilt bug” through her shared trunk shows, lectures and workshops feeds the natural teacher in her. She is inspired by quilts from many eras and is especially fascinated by scrap quilts because of their wide range of fabrics. Brenda is very involved in the restoration of quilts. Teaching others the art of restoration has become advantageous due to the many requests for restoration service. More information can be found on Brenda’s website www.thimbletales.com.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Deanna Holter: Chandeliers & Milky Ways in Quilting
2024-03-06 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by to hear from local quilters on a range of topics. In addition to the free programming, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every event! Join us Wednesday, March 6th at 10 AM as local quilter Deanna Holter shows a variety of Chandelier & Milky Way quilts. These beautiful quilts and quilt tops were made in a class taught by Deanna at the Conway Quilt Guild. She will also discuss how the look of a pattern can change by the use of color.
Deanna Holter started her quilting career around 1982 with Eleanor Burns and Quilt in a Day. In that program, quilters didn’t use long arm quilts, but instead sewed an ‘x’ from corner to corner. She has since altered her original piece and quilts on her long arm machine. After her first piece, Deanna didn’t make any more quilts until moving to South Carolina in 2005. She found a cute pattern and went to town making quilts for each of her sister in laws. Those quilts got her started on a quilting journey in which she connected with the Grand Strand Quilters. There she met Joan Wobbleton and began volunteering to make Quilts of Valor quilts. Wanting to be a part of a closer knit guild, Deanna joined the Conway Quilt Guild. Deanna feels very grateful to be part of a group of who she calls wonderful and caring ladies that have also been involved in many ceremonies to present quilts to veterans in the Conway area.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

SC A to Z
2024-03-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with SC A to Z. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, takes a light-hearted look at favorite places and homegrown things, spanning the alphabet to showcase all that South Carolina is and has to offer. From the ACE Basin and the Arthur Ravenel Bridge to the Yorktown aircraft carrier and Zentrum (BMW’s visitor’s center), South Carolina A to Z is a vivid look at the unique offerings of South Carolina. Cameras spotlight the familiar (Brookgreen Gardens, Palmetto trees) to the not-so-familiar (Edgefield pottery, locally-grown rice, UFO Welcome Center) for a glimpse of what makes our state so special.
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 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Embroidery Workshop at the Horry County Museum
2024-03-07 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum will host a free workshop on Embroidery for Beginners Thursday, March 7th at 10 AM. Participants will learn a few of the basic embroidery stitches and create a small piece to take home. Space is limited, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov.
The Horry County Museum is located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about programming at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jill Messier: My "1st" Quilt
2024-03-08 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by to hear from local quilters on a variety of topics. In addition to the free programming, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every event! Join us Friday, March 8th at 11 AM as local quilter Jill Messier shows off a collection of “First Quilts” and shares the stories behind them. The collection is supplied by quilters from the Conway Quilt Guild and many remain with the person who first pieced them together.
Jill Messier moved to Conway from Enfield, Connecticut in 2018 and arrived two days before Hurricane Florence. She began quilting in the 1970s after visiting a neighbor who quilts. Messier used the book Lap Quilting by Georgie Bonesteel to create a quilt in the Grandmother’s Fan pattern. After preparing and sewing the quilt by hand, Messier soon found that she had a new hobby. She has currently finished nearly 100 quilts ranging in size from baby to king, with all but 2 being quilted by hand. Many quilts have been kept or gifted to friends and family, while some have won ribbons at shows. She also likes to use leftover material to create other items, such as origami butterflies, wallets, cozies, iPad covers and purses.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-03-09 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, March 9th, for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will decorate quilt squares to be used for local Quilts of Valor quilts.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526

Conway Quilt Guild Quilts of Valor Ceremony
2024-03-09 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Featured Quilter Karen Dodson
2024-03-12 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by throughout March to hear from a variety of quilters, plus, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every program!
Join us Tuesday, March 12th at 10 AM as local quilter Karen Dodson shares the history and methods behind several quilts from her collection. Quilted items will include bed quilts, wall hangings and placemats. Karen moved to Conway from Connecticut five years ago. Before retiring, she worked as a receptionist at several Connecticut corporations and a pollster at Quinnipiac Polling Institute (CT) and Political Connections (SC). An avid reader and now quilter, her first two quilts were a memory quilt with her late mother’s shirts and a quilt made up of scraps from her late mother-in-law’s fabric leftovers.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Miss Springmaid
2024-03-13 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Miss Springmaid. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, tells the story of World War I hero and legendary advertising savant Elliott White Springs, who also founded Springmaid Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC as a resort for his employees. The 30-minute program takes an unflinching look at the irrepressible and provocative advertising slant that made “Springmaid” sheets a household name and changed the approach of the entire country’s advertising industry.
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 2024. For a 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Louise Veverka: Pieces to Pieces, Blocks to Blocks
2024-03-13 14:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us March 13th at 2:00 PM for a presentation by local quilter Louise Veverka.
Ever wonder what those quilters are talking about when they use words like “flimsy”, “sandwich”, “batting and backing”, “sashing and cornerstones”, or even the letters HST, WOF, LOF?
This program is an introduction to quilt blocks and how they are constructed from pieces and the language used by quilters; along with piecing names that go into the standard blocks used to construct the quilt top. Topics will include Half Square Triangles, Strips, or Square in a Square, and what it takes to make a “Log Cabin”, or “Courthouse Steps” or “Cathedral Windows”. Become familiar with the terminology used while quilting and see some of the most used blocks.
An avid quilter, Lou is the current president of Coastal Carolina Quilters, and a member of the Grand Strand Quilters program committee, along with being a member of Myrtle Beach Shorebirds Quilts of Valor. She has been quilting well over four decades and has been a longarmer for about ten years.
Lou is a Navy veteran and learned to sew in high school in New Jersey. She raised a family in Ohio and was owner/president of her own survey company, “L.V. Surveying, Inc.”. She and her husband retired to the Myrtle Beach area in 2021.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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.

Crochet for Beginners Workshop
2024-03-14 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum will host a free workshop on Crochet for Beginners, Thursday, March 14th at 1 PM. Participants will learn a few of the basic stitches, reading patterns, and start a granny square to take home. Space is limited, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Abigail Geedy at 843-915-7864 or email geedy.abigail@horrycountysc.gov.
The Horry County Museum is located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about programming at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Louise Roebuck: Christmas Quilts
2024-03-15 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by to hear from local quilters on a variety of topics. In addition to the free programming, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every event! Join us Friday, March 15th at 11 AM as local quilters Louise Roebuck & Leslie Corriveau discuss the different techniques, patterns and construction of Christmas quilts made by members of the Conway Quilt Guild.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2024-03-16 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, March 16th, for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina. They’ll also design and dye their own small bag to take home.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Myrtle Beach Shorebirds Quilts of Valor Ceremony
2024-03-16 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Saltwater Chamber Orchestra: A Wee Bit of Irish & More
2024-03-16 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a concert by the Saltwater Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, March 16th at 1 PM. Join us for an afternoon of Irish themed music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Comprised of volunteer members and performers, Saltwater Chamber Orchestra boasts a robust season of concerts with quality music performance. The group began as a club in the Coastal Carolina OLLI program in Myrtle Beach, SC, and is now an independent chamber string orchestra. Their repertoire consists of classical and show/pop selections, as well as selections for various holidays. Throughout the years since its founding, the organization has performed along the Grand Strand coast of South Carolina, sharing the comforting sounds of strings in the palmetto community. Venues have included churches, schools, libraries, and museums, as part of an ongoing concert series, and for educational, charitable, and civic events. For more information about the Saltwater Chamber Orchestra, and to view a schedule of their events, visit www.saltwaterchamberorchestra.org.
The concert will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2024, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Ginger Monaghan and others: Our Most Cherished Quilts
2024-03-19 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Stop by to hear from local quilters on a variety of topics. In addition to the free programming, you’ll have a chance to win a door prize at every event! Join us Tuesday, March 19th at 11 AM as local quilter Ginger Monaghan shows off a collection of favorite quilts. Everyone has a most precious and/or prized quilt in their collection, a special quilt that has deep connections and meaning to the person. Ginger will share the meaningful story behind the “why” these quilts are considered so special to the people who own them.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, 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 hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.
