Horry County Museum

Organic Gardening
2020-02-12 09:30 - 10:30, 2020-01-22 09:30 - 10:30 UTC | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Rodger Stroup: Meet Me at the Rocket: A History of the South Carolina State Fair
2020-02-08 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by Rodger Stroup on February 8th, on his book Meet Me at the Rocket: A History of the South Carolina State Fair.
In the early 1700s South Carolinians were gathering to exchange information about crops and livestock, and small rural fairs were held, enhanced by horse racing, raffles, and other diversions to draw in the populace. The State Agricultural Society of South Carolina was founded in 1839 and held its first annual fair and stock show in November of the following year. In 1869 the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina was founded to revive the fair and has presented a fair in every year except 1918. The South Carolina State Fair has a long and storied history from those early days to its current “meet me at the rocket” days. Those initial fair goers would have been astonished to see the rocket, a Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missile, greeting them as they arrived on the grounds. Join us as we explore South Carolina’s agriculture and industry, its science and art and history through the State Fair.
Rodger E. Stroup is a graduate of Wofford College and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. He has been the director/curator of the Historic Columbia Foundation, deputy director of the South Carolina State Museum, and director and state historic preservation officer of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor in the state of South Carolina.
The program will begin at 1 pm in the McCown Auditorium 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.

Jr. Curators
2020-02-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Conway publisher to speak on novel about Civil War hero Robert Smalls
2020-02-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture and book signing by local publisher, Steve Robertson on Thursday, February 6th, on his new novel about Civil War hero Robert Smalls.
In the early morning hours of May 12, 1862, a young enslaved man astonished a nation, torn by Civil War, when he commandeered Charleston’s most powerful warship and sailed it past a formidable gauntlet of Rebel forts to freedom.
As the war played out, his escape from deep within Southern territory set off a series of events that made Robert Smalls the most famous black man in the United States.
The exploits of Smalls before, during and after his daring dash to freedom is the subject of a novel written by Steve Robertson in conjunction with African-American History Month, Smalls: The South wanted his head. The North his heart.
“The Smalls story fascinated me from the moment I first heard it,” said Robertson, a journalist by profession. “The more I learned about his life and times, the more convinced I became that his story must be told.”
Although several excellent histories of Robert Smalls have been written, Smalls is among the first semi-fictional accounts of the man born into slavery, but who helped change the course of the Civil War.
“Interestingly, Robert’s escape from slavery is only part of the amazing story,” said Robertson. “After his escape, the South put a bounty on his head. Undeterred, Robert participated in numerous battles taking place around Charleston and Beaufort.”
More importantly, the previously enslaved man influenced President Abraham Lincoln to allow black men to fight on behalf of the Union at a pivotal point during the Civil War.

Cooking Demonstration
2020-02-06 11:00 - 13:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Museum Matinee
2020-02-05 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with When Rice Was King. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film tells the story of how rice became a major cash crop in South Carolina. The cultivation of rice in South Carolina began in the late 1600s. By the time of the American Revolution, it had created the largest concentration of wealth in the American colonies. The knowledge and labor of slaves from Africa’s Windward Coast were major factors in the making of this wealth. However, South Carolina’s rice culture experienced heavy tolls due to the Civil War, emancipation and hurricanes. Its passing, along with that of the grand cotton plantations, ended a way of life. The economic and social impact of the state’s rice culture created a legacy that remains today.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 5th, 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.

Waccamaw Riverkeeper Conference
2020-02-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Fecal Matters: The Ins and Outs of Poop in Our Watershed
All are welcome to attend this family-friendly community event highlighting the sources and impacts of poop in the Winyah Bay watershed and what you can do to help. Explore the museum while visiting the numerous exhibitor booths, student poster session, and presentations! FREE ADMISSION!
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Susan Libes, Coastal Carolina University
Esteemed Panel:
Bryan Rabon, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control; Chelsea Cogliano, Horry County Stormwater Management; Dr. Amy Scaroni, Clemson University; Jefferson Currie, Winyah Rivers Alliance

Farm Harvest Day
2020-02-01 09:30 - 10:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Jr. Farmers
2020-02-01 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Civil War & Reconstruction Era
2020-01-29 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with a documentary by South Carolina ETV on inductees from the Civil War & Reconstruction 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 Civil War & Reconstruction era inductees include John C. Calhoun, James Petigru, Wade Hampton, Mary Chestnut, Robert Smalls, Thomas Green Clemson, William Walker, James Marion Sims, and Anne Pamela Cunningham.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 29th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
For more information, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org, call 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Wash Day
2020-01-28 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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, January 28th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11:00 until 1:00, staff will clean and oil part of the mule harness at the pack house.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.
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.

Smokehouse Day
2020-01-25 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Visit the L.W. Paul Living History Farm to celebrate the pig! Winter was the time of year for curing pork on the farm and a season when the family was dependent on home preserved foods during the cold winter months. Join us as staff and volunteers demonstrate how pork was preserved and prepared on the family farm during the early twentieth century in Horry County. Demonstrations will include smoking and salting meat, making pork sausage, cooking on a wood burning stove, making lye soap, grinding grits, blacksmithing and more.
This free event will be held January 25th from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. The L. W. Paul Living History Farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, South Carolina.
For more information, call 843-915-5321 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
To view a full list of events and programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

South Carolina Hall of Fame - Antebellum Era
2020-01-22 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with a documentary by South Carolina ETV on inductees from the Antebellum 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 Antebellum Era inductees include Thomas Pinckney, Andrew Jackson, Joel Poinsett, Robert Mills, William Gregg, Dave the Potter, William Gilmore Simms, William Travis & James Bonham.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 22nd, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
For more information, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org, call 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Active Adult Series: Southeastern Native Americans
2020-01-21 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on January 21st at 1:00 PM with a program on Southeastern Native Americans. Join us to learn about the history and culture of the earliest residents of Horry County. The Active Adult Series is held the third Tuesday of each month and is perfect for new residents to the area, or lifetime locals who want to learn more about the place that they call home.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This series is free and open to the public, seating will be available. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs and events at the Museum, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Museum & Farm Closed
2020-01-18, 2020-01-01 | SC

Museum Matinee
2020-01-15 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Quilts of Valor Presentation
2020-01-11 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The public is invited to view a special Quilts of Valor display and presentation at the Horry County Museum. Quilts made especially for local veterans will be on display at the Museum December 17th through January 10th. A presentation of the quilts to veterans will take place January 11th in the Museum’s auditorium at 1:00 pm at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526.
The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) is to cover all service members and veterans, touched by war, with a comforting and healing quilt. In 2003, Catherine Roberts, the founder of the QOVF, had a son deployed to Iraq. She struggled with how to stay busy and keep her mind busy while he was in harm’s way. One night, she had a dream where she saw a man sitting on the side of a bed, shaking. In her dream, a quilt was placed around his shoulders and he seemed to be comforted. As a nurse and quilter, Roberts then decided she would make and send quilts to Kandahar. Each stretcher that had a wounded veteran got a red, white and blue quilt placed on their stretcher. After six years, the foundation decided to award a quilt to any veteran who served during wartime era, from WWII to present. Since 2003, the foundation, now a national organization, has awarded 216,471 quilts.
For more information about this program, contact the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Jr. Curators
2020-01-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Junior Curators continues at the Horry County Museum on Saturday, January 11th 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 local owls and will have the opportunity to dissect Barn Owl pellets. Adults must remain with children. To participate, sign up with Marion Calder at haynesm@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7861.

Museum Matinee
2020-01-08 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series begins 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 8th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
For more information, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org, call 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Organic Gardening
2020-01-08 09:30 - 10:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us January 8th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for a program on gardening where visitors can learn about growing a garden using heirloom varieties of vegetables and organic fertilizers. In this program, Farm staff will prepare the garden by plowing with mules and laying out compost.
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. 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.

Grahame Long: Lost Charleston
2020-01-04 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by J. Grahame Long on January 4th, on his book Lost Charleston.
Even in a city as conscious of history as Charleston, South Carolina, not everything has survived. Natural disasters, wars and other calamities claimed many treasures. Only a few preserved bits of one of the city’s grandest mansions survive at Dock Street Theatre. An old Quaker graveyard still rests in peace but does so under a downtown parking garage. The famous corner of Meeting and Broad Streets was once the area’s busiest marketplace. The Grace Memorial Bridge spanned the Cooper River for more than seventy years. Join us as author J. Grahame Long details the history of these and more lost locations in the Holy City.
As chief curator for America’s first museum (founded in 1773), Grahame Long maintains the numerous cultural and material collections within its vast holdings and further oversees the History, Archaeology, Textiles, Archives and Natural Sciences departments. Besides his work at The Charleston Museum, Grahame is an avid hunter and volunteers regularly with Historic Charleston Foundation and Middleton Place Foundation. He currently serves on the Charleston Art & Antiques Forum National Board of Advisors and the Nathaniel Russell House committee, and is a former member of the Presbyterian College Alumni Board of Directors and Historic Charleston Foundation’s Scholars Committee. Grahame is married to Reverend Lissa Long and has two daughters.
The program will begin at 1 pm in the McCown Auditorium 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.

Farm Harvest Day
2020-01-04 09:30 - 10:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on January 4th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for Farm Harvest Day to participate in the picking, gathering, and preparing of crops on the farm. This month’s demonstration will focus on the importance of firewood.
Cutting firewood was as much a part of harvesting on farms as picking or gathering field crops and would normally take place in the winter months when the work load was typically lighter. Visitors can try their hand at using the tools for this task and learn about the different types of wood that were most desirable to use.
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. 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.

Jr. Farmers
2020-01-04 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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 4th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about the dairy cow and how to make butter. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

Cooking Demonstration
2020-01-02 11:00 - 13:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on January 2nd 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.
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. 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.

Wash Day
2019-12-31 09:00 - 15:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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, December 31st from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11:00 until 1:00, staff will demonstrate splitting stove wood with an axe in the farm yard.
A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.
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 843-365-3596 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.

Traditional Christmas Music at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2019-12-21 13:00 - 15:30 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Enjoy a traditional Christmas music demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm on Saturday, December 21st. For this month’s demonstration, visitors are invited to sing along and enjoy traditional Christmas carols with Farm Site Manager Wayne Skipper. The program will last from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM and is free and open to the public.
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 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 843-365-3596 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.

Jr. Farmers
2019-12-21 09:00 - 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
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 December 21st from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about Christmas traditions on the family farm. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

Museum Matinee
2019-12-18 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series concludes 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 wile 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, 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, December 18th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
For more information, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org, call 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
