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 Wash Day on Tuesday, November 26th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11 AM-1 PM staff will demonstrate how feather bed mattresses were fluffed and how quilts that were stored in the summer would be brought out and prepared for winter use.  

 A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Barbecue and Homecooking: Food That Makes You Smile. This documentary was made to promote folklore and folklife experiences visitors might have in the economically depressed four-counties of the Region III SC National Heritage Corridor. These counties bear primary roots to the beginnings and growth of barbecue in South Carolina. This film explores eateries where the cooks heading up the kitchens or barbecue pits have agrarian family roots and were first taught on wood stoves or by the side of heralded barbecue pit-men. They maintain today recipes with ingredients and cooking methods learned at the side of mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles or grandparents in these farming communities. Music by South Carolina roots musicians move the viewer along as they hit the road with filmmaker Stan Woodward and the folklorist from McKissick Museum as they ‘root-out’ these sites.

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Southern Routes, Vol. II. Take a journey along southern routes with filmmaker Stan Woodward and learn about southern culture and folklife. This documentary includes a spontaneous stop outside of Helena, Georgia at the sighting of a four story tall mobile; a visit […]

“Cooking demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm”   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 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM for a cooking demonstration on the wood burning stove. Chicken and dressing has […]

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. On December 7th, see how the farm family would have prepared for the Christmas season. Visit the farmhouse throughout the day to see seasonal activities including making candy, cooking on the wood burning stove, […]

“How Does the Garden Grow? Organic Gardening at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm”   Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us December 11th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for a program on gardening where visitors can learn […]

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Discovering Dave: Spirit Captured in Clay. Directed and produced by George Wingard and Mark Albertin and released through the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and Scrapbook Video, this film tells the story of David Drake, a slave potter from Edgefield, South Carolina. […]