Events

The 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with The Baruchs of Hobcaw, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV. In 1718, 17,500 acres of pristine land in Georgetown County became a colonial land grant, or barony, from the King of England to one of the Lords Proprietors. The Native Americans called it “hobcaw,” meaning between the waters. Purchased by Bernard Baruch in 1905, Hobcaw Barony eventually passed into the hands of Baruch’s daughter, Belle, who created a foundation to protect it from development. This film tells the story of the Baruchs and Hobcaw Barony, which is today home to USC’s Baruch Marine Field Laboratory and Clemson’s Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science.

Enjoy a traditional music demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm on Saturday, June 15th. In this presentation, Wayne Skipper will talk about which instrument was likely the most popular for musicians to learn to play and why. The program will last from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM and is free and open to the public.

The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on June 18th at 1:00 PM with a program on Hurricanes of the Grand Strand. Join us to learn about the history and impact of some of the major storms that have hit 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 2019 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Chasing the Swamp Fox. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, details Francis Marion’s partisan campaigns during the American Revolution in South Carolina and paints a mosaic of what life was like in those years and how Marion’s participation led to the birth of modern day guerilla warfare as well as the liberation of our country.

The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 19th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on June 22nd from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM to learn about the different animals on the farm and their various roles.
For farmers who wanted egg production from their hens, a broody hen could be a problem. When broody, a hen wants her eggs to hatch and may stop laying eggs if she is not allowed to hatch chicks. Join us as farm staff will talks about hens and ways to prevent them from becoming broody. The public is also invited to help feed the animals. From 9:00-9:30 visitors can select an ear of corn, shell it, and use it to feed the chickens.

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by local author and historian Christopher Boyle on the Declaration of Independence on Saturday, June 22nd, at 1:00 PM. Attendees will learn about the influences behind the creation of this historic document and the compromises that the colonies had to make in order to produce the final product.

Christopher C. Boyle is a full-time social studies teacher at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and a part-time teaching associate at Coastal Carolina University in Conway. Upon graduation from Coastal Carolina University with his bachelor’s degree in history, he further studied history at Winthrop University where he graduated in 1996 with his Master of Arts degree in American history. Boyle is the author of Mansfield Plantation: A Legacy on the Black River and The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown & Horry Counties.

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, June 25th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot, and dried using a clothes line.

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

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on June 26th 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 only organic fertilizers. At this program, staff will plant the summer cover crop for green fertilizer that will be used for next year’s garden.