Events
Museum Drop-In Tour
Interested in Upcountry history? Join UHM Docent, Wynn Herbert, for an upcoming, drop-in tour through the Museum's permanent galleries and explore the area's rich and fascinating history. Drop-In Tours will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of each month through 2021. All tours will begin at 11:00 a.m. and conclude at approximately 11:45 a.m. Drop-In... Read more »
Toddler Time!
To coincide with the current exhibition, Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams, children ages 1-5 years old will explore Japanese culture and traditions through centuries-old folktales with interactive game stations and themed snack time and storytime. Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 3 and under.
Lunchbox Learning with Dr. Vernon Burton
Presenter: Dr. Vernon Burton, Clemson University Topic: Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court From the Cherokee Trail of Tears to Brown v. Board of Education to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, historian Orville Vernon Burton shines a powerful light on the Court’s race record during the short period spanning the 1930s through the early 1970s. Much of... Read more »
Family Fun Day at UHM
Explore the world of photography through the legendary lens of Ansel Adams with themed craft stations, games, group story times, and a museum scavenger hunt. Family Fun Days are included with your general admission.
Heritage Green Open House
After a year and a half of temporary closures, changes, and updates, we hope you will join us for an Open House on Heritage Green. On the evening of September 30th, visit any or all of these Heritage Green entities: Greenville Theatre The Children’s Museum of the Upstate Greenville County Library System | Hughes Main... Read more »
The Revolutionary War in the SC Backcountry
Wednesday, October 6 | Noon "The Cherokee War of 1776" The Backcountry of South Carolina was home to 112 Revolutionary War engagements, the greatest number in all of America. Beginning August 4, join battlefield preservationist and historian, Durant Ashmore, as he discusses these Revolutionary War events, on the first Wednesday of each month through June... Read more »
Museum Drop-In Tour
Interested in Upcountry history? Join UHM Docent, Wynn Herbert, for an upcoming, drop-in tour through the Museum’s permanent galleries and explore the area’s rich and fascinating history. Drop-In Tours will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of each month through 2021. All tours will begin at 11:00 a.m. and conclude at approximately 11:45 a.m. Drop-In Tours... Read more »
Lunchbox Learning
Presenter: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Topic: Even As We Breathe Join Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) as she discusses her debut novel, Even As We Breathe. Even As We Breathe tells the story of Cowney Sequoyah, a young man yearning to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina... Read more »
Toddler Time!
To coincide with the current exhibition, Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams, children ages 1-5 years old will explore Japanese culture and traditions through centuries-old folktales with interactive game stations and themed snack time and storytime. Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 3 and under.
Life in an American War Relocation Camp
On February 19, 1942, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, a mandate that required all Americans of Japanese ancestry to enter internment camps. Join special panelists Catherine Ladnier, Greg Robinson, and Karen Korematsu as they discuss everyday life for Japanese American citizens that were... Read more »
