Highlight
Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
Throughout the nineteenth century as Americans pushed west toward the Pacific, they were fascinated by westward expansion in North America. Printed imagery – lithographs and engravings – played an important... Read more »
Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost
The Upcountry History Museum will invite visitors to explore real Ice Age fossils, ancient ice cores, climate change, and engineering challenges posed by thawing permafrost when it hosts Under the... Read more »
Neighborhood Night
The Museum will be open on the first Thursday evening of select months throughout 2019. Neighborhood Nights will run from 5:30-8:30 pm during which time admission to the museum and all museum... Read more »
Saturday Toddler Time!
Explore Upcountry history through PLAY! Go back to the Upcountry frontier and learn about the Cherokee and Catawba, explore farming and childhood in the Piedmont during the early 1800s, see... Read more »
History Speaks with Don Koonce
“History Speaks” allows YOU the chance to share YOUR stories! We want to hear about your past. Join us on Saturday, November 9 at Noon, as local historian Don Koonce... Read more »
Kids’ History Camp
**Great opportunity for 3rd and 4th graders to get hands-on with several SC Social Studies standards.** Allow your kids the chance to get hands-on with history! For Saturday, November 9,... Read more »
Films for Our Veterans
Films for Our Veterans Movies at the Museum are FREE to UHM Members and included with admission for all other guests. Sunday, November 10- 2:00pm Pride of the Marines (1945)
Lunchbox Learning
Lunchbox Learning Wednesday, November 13th at Noon November 13th at noon Love a Vet Panel: From Soldier to Civilian, Surviving the Transition Join upstate veterans for a personal look at... Read more »
Homeschool Day
Love a Vet: Honoring Our Military Veterans Looking for a way to add some spice to your social studies curriculum? Join us for Homeschool Day! Each Homeschool Day includes a guided experience... Read more »
Fall Bus Tour- “Sacred Spaces” with Bill Fitzpatrick
Upcountry History & Sightseeing Historic content combined with great storytelling and legendary locations Discover the Upcountry's "sacred sites" on a day trip to Spartanburg County with author, photographer, and preservationist... Read more »
