The Horry County Museum will host a panel discussion of the South Carolina Humanities Council Program: “Just Sharing: Building Community through Stories of Our Past” on Saturday, December 2nd at 1 PM. “Just Sharing” is a series of panel discussions in communities across South Carolina held from September 2023 through June 2024. […]
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: The Rising Sun. This episode focuses on the early days of the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor through the battle for Guadalcanal and Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return to the Philippines. The film also features South Carolina […]
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with This is Brookgreen Gardens. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film explores Brookgreen Gardens, one of South Carolina’s most beloved landmarks, located in Murrells Inlet, near Myrtle Beach. History, nature and art come together in a program that is […]
Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! Join us on December 16th 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 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee. In Latta, South Carolina in the historic Pee Dee region, a southern stew tradition that served the appetites of rural families located in the swamp communities of Lowcountry South Carolina, is maintained […]
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series concludes with Hallowed Ground: Primitive Camp Meetings of the South Carolina Lowcountry. This film explores various primitive religious camp meetings-the earliest founded in the late 1700s by the horseback evangelist, Bishop Francis Asbury, along with African American evangelist, Harry Hosier, who rode with him […]
