The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by musicologist Eric Crawford on May 7th on his book, Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom & Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Join us to learn the history of Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: A New Front. The second episode of the series follows veterans living in South Carolina through the mountains of Italy, into the fields of England and onto the beaches of Normandy. Also featured are South Carolina doctors and […]
Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm 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 help ensure social distancing. On May 14th children will learn about […]
The public is invited to the L.W. Paul Living History Farm at 1pm on May 14th to experience the sound of American shape-note singing. This traditional form of music has been sung in churches and “singing schools” since the early 1800s and has strong roots in the American South. Join staff member Abigail […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: A Path to Victory. This episode follows our veterans from the beaches of Normandy through the hedgerows of France, continues through to Operation Market Garden and the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. Additional sections include stories […]
Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm 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 help ensure social distancing. On May 21st children will learn about […]
“Fielding Freed: The Things They Carried: Grunt Gear of the Vietnam War” The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by Fielding Freed on Saturday, May 21st, on grunt gear of the Vietnam War. A grunt once said that with all the gear on his back he felt […]
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolinians in WWII: Liberation. This episode follows our veterans past the Battle of the Bulge and through the Siegfried Line as they battle their way into Germany to discover the horror of concentration camps. Combining first person accounts of the holocaust […]
