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 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 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues on December 9th at 1:00 PM with an installment of the South Carolina Hall of Fame Film Series produced by SCETV. This film will feature inductees from the Early 20th Century. Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, […]
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues on December 16th at 1:00 PM with an installment of the South Carolina Hall of Fame Film Series produced by SCETV. This film will feature inductees from the Early 20th Century. Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, […]
The 2020 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, named after a Native American word meaning ‘between the waters’. Join us to learn the Native American and African American history of Hobcaw […]
The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series begins with War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator. This film tells the story of three American pilots who flew with the Royal Air Force during World War I. The film chronicles the exploits of John Grider, Elliott White Springs, and Larry Callahan, all known as the “Three Musketeers”. War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator was originally published after World War I and became a bestseller. It was assumed that the diary was written and kept by Grider, the only member of the trio to be killed in action. However, it was later discovered in 1959 that Springs, who later became president of Spring Cotton Mills, Inc. and founder of Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC, wrote and published the work in memory of his friend and other pilots who had died in the war.
Have you ever wondered how laundry was done before modern washing machines? Visit the L.W. Paul Living History Farm to try your hand at doing laundry the old fashioned way on December 29th from 9 AM until 12 PM and see how clothes would have been cleaned using a scrub board and […]
The 2020 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Southern Stews: A Taste of the South. The traditions of cooking communal stews in huge black iron pots stirred with wooden paddles have long been a way of Southern gatherings-whether at hunt clubs, church or family reunions, during holidays, or special events […]
