Upcountry History Museum

Drop-In Tour: Changing Exhibitions
2023-12-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Annually, the Upcountry History Museum hosts and organizes a diverse exhibit schedule that features topics in history, art, science, natural history, and pop culture. Through guided tours, UHM Docents engage visitors further in the exploration of topics related to the exhibits and their connections to the Upcountry, SC.

Free to UHM Members and included with admission for all other guests.

The December Drop-In Tour will include:
“We Didn’t Wait for Freedom”: Civil War Narrative Quilts by Vera Hall
Hard Earned: The Military Photographs of Stacy Pearsall & The Veteran’s Portrait Project
A Very Grinchy Christmas

Drop-In Tours depart from the Main Lobby on the first floor.

No reservations are required, but non-members must purchase admission from the Welcome Desk to attend a Drop-In Tour.

Connections Café - Splash and Bubbles
2024-01-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Monthly program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association for individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia. Programs vary each month but usually include a short meeting with updates from the Alzheimer’s Association, a tour of a Museum exhibition, and a hands-on activity time in the classroom.
Connections Café meets the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Admission is free for all participants and caregivers.

January 11| 2:00 p.m.
Join us on January 11 to explore Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!

Hard Earned with Stacy Pearsall & Special Guests
2024-01-13 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
A special panel discussion and community screening of After Action, South Carolina ETV’s new national series that features conversations with military veterans revealing what life is like before, during and after action.

Join us at 3:30 PM for refreshments and the opportunity to explore the Museum’s current exhibit, Hard Earned: The Military Photographs of Stacy Pearsall & The Veteran’s Portrait Project, followed by a preview of an After Action episode and a conversation with the show’s Executive Producer and Host, Stacy Pearsall, alongside two veterans, Desiree Gordon and Joe Worley, featured in the nationally acclaimed series, as well as local Army veteran and Greenville County Veteran Affairs Officer, Alan Dabney.

The afternoon will be an inspiring opportunity to shine a light on the military experience, view a national program created right here in South Carolina and share in a candid discussion about the experience of serving in the military. We hope you’ll join us!

This special program is in partnership with South Carolina ETV and the ETV Endowment. Veterans and ETV Endowment Members will receive free admission, but must register in advance as space is limited.

Toddler Time!
2024-01-16 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-02-20 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Spark your child’s innate curiosity through hands-on play that is educational and engaging!

Come out for a Toddler Time of ocean exploration and enjoy exhibit playtime, themed game stations, museum-wide scavenger hunt, and a group story time with snack and juice.

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 2 and under.

Homeschool Day - Splash and Bubbles
2024-01-19 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!
Learn how to help save our oceans and explore Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin! Students will learn about how recycling can help protect ocean life and how marine biologists are working to clean up our oceans. Get hands-on in the classroom with a pollution simulation that incorporates STEM principles!

WHAT: UHM Homeschool Day

WHEN: Friday, January 19 | 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: January is open to children in 1st-5th grade.

WHY: Learn about ocean conservation and explore the interactive exhibition, Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!

COST: $10 per student & $12 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $6 per student & Adults are FREE

Neighborhood Night
2024-02-01 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Access for All!
UHM is open on the first Thursday evening of select months throughout 2024.

The Museum operates with the firm belief that its exhibits, events, and programming should be accessible to all, regardless of cultural, ethnic, geographic, or socioeconomic differences. The Neighborhood Night initiative, introduced in 2015, provides free access to educational programming for underserved children, families, and adults.

WHEN: Thursday, February 1, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Upcountry History Museum
HOW: Drop in to explore the Museum and its changing exhibitions. No registration is required.
WHY: Neighborhood Nights demonstrate the Museum’s commitment to accessibility, regardless of economic constraints by providing full access to the Museum’s diverse exhibitions.
COST: FREE!
QUESTIONS: Call (864)467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org

Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
2024-02-03 10:00 - 2024-06-16 17:00 UTC
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
February 3, 2024 – June 16, 2024
Dive deep into the world of nature’s most mystical sea-creature.
The Upcountry History Museum will invite visitors to “Meet the Unicorn of the Sea” when it hosts Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, February-June 2024.
What is a narwhal? It is, in fact a mammal, part of the whale lineage. Narwhals only live near the Arctic Circle, where climate and sea-ice changes pose a mounting challenge to their survival.
From their depiction in the 1500s as angry sea monsters to their status as icons of pop culture today, the narwhal, with its unique spiral tusk (which is a tooth), has inspired legend in Inuit and European society and fascinated people across cultures for centuries. This mysterious animal and its changing ecosystem are highlighted in this special exhibition developed by the National Museum of Natural History and its Arctic Studies Center.
Through first-hand accounts from scientists and Inuit community members, the exhibition reveals how traditional knowledge and experience, coupled with the latest scientific research, heighten our understanding of these fascinating animals and our changing global climate.
The 2,000 square-foot exhibition features an 18-foot fiberglass model of an adult male narwhal suspended from the ceiling. The model is surrounded by banners, graphic panels, object cases, and physical and digital interactives that engage audiences of all ages in the narwhal story.
Visitors will learn what the narwhal tusk is for, test their tooth knowledge, examine a cast of a skull from a prehistoric narwhal relative and compare the different ways that narwhals and their whale relatives have adapted to the changing Arctic environment. Panoramic images of landscapes and a soundscape of narwhal vocalizations, ice and water flows and other Arctic wildlife, will immerse visitors in the Arctic environment of the narwhal.
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Upcountry History Museum is committed to bringing “Smithsonian experiences” to South Carolina and to connecting Upstate South Carolina with Earth’s unfolding story.

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Connections Café - Narwhal
2024-02-08 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Monthly program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association for individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia.

WHEN: Thursday, February 8 at 2PM

WHAT: Meet the “unicorn of the sea” as we explore Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend

HOW: Simply check-in at the UHM Front Desk upon arrival

COST: Admission is free for all participants and caregivers.

Programs vary each month but typically include a short meeting with updates from the Alzheimer’s Association, exhibition tour, and hands-on activity time in the classroom.

Connections Café meets the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.

Homeschool Day with Abraham Lincoln
2024-02-16 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
“We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” Civil War Narrative Quilts by Vera Hall
Explore the history of the American Civil War through Baltimore trailblazer, Vera Hall, and her narrative quilt series, “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom.” An activist in her own right, Hall’s quilt series focuses on her interest in black history during the transition from slavery to freedom.
While learning about some of these important historical figures, families and visitors will also enjoy a very special presentation from SC Humanities speaker, Gerald Pitts, as he performs an original one-act play as President Abraham Lincoln.

WHAT: UHM Homeschool Day

WHEN: Friday, February 16 | 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: February’s Homeschool Day is open to children in 1st-12th grade.

WHY: Explore narrative quilts from Hall’s “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” quilt series and hear directly from Abraham Lincoln*

COST: $10 per student & $12 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $6 per student & Adults are FREE

PERFORMANCE BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN: FREE to visitors

*The performance featuring Abraham Lincoln is free to any visitors, however space is limited. Admission is required to explore the Museum and participate in the subsequent Homeschool Day activities and tour.

This program is supported by South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture and heritage. SC Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Family Fun Day
2024-02-17 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Celebrate the opening of UHM’s newest changing exhibits, Vision & Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection and Narwhal.

Families can take part in themed games, crafts, a museum wide scavenger hunt, and group story times.

Family Fun Days are included with your general admission.

Vision & Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection
2024-02-17 10:00 - 2024-06-02 17:00 UTC
Vision & Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection
February 17, 2024 – June 2, 2024
Vision & Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection, is an exhibition composed of more than 100 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and mixed media works by 48 renowned African American artists born in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Highlighting key aspects of their lives, as well as the important objects they created, the exhibition focuses on these artists’ strength and resilience as creative forces whose work continues to shape our understanding of the world.

On loan from Bank of America’s Art in Our Communities program, the exhibition was curated in partnership with the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC. In selecting works of art for the exhibition, guest curator Dexter Wimbley sought images and concepts that embody the exhibition’s central theme of resilience. Throughout this process he continually reflected on the social and political times in which the works of art were created.
The exhibit features work from artists born in the 19th and 20th centuries, but the images and concepts depicted span an even greater period in time. There are pieces that depict the middle passage – the taking of enslaved Africans by boat across the Atlantic – the Underground Railroad and the Great Migration of Black Americans from the South during the Jim Crow era.
The breadth of work in the exhibition further includes portraits of unknown and well-known individuals, including influential figures such as Muhammad Ali, Harriet Tubman, John and Alice Coltrane, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It also includes photographs taken during the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement, as well as intimate and quiet moments in early to mid- century and contemporary Black life.
Artists in the exhibition include Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, Chelle Barbour, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Willie Cole, Murry DePillars, Jacob Lawrence, Whitfield Lovell, Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, Jamel Shabazz, and James VanDerZee.
Seeking to balance the presentation of figuration and abstraction, Vision & Spirit also includes the work of several emerging or lesser-known contemporary African American artists to explore the idea that all art exists on a continuum, and that art being made today is both historically and psychologically influenced by art made in the past.
Vision & Spirit inspires viewers to go on a journey of revelation and discovery and opens the door for greater discussions about the past, present, and future of African Americans.

This exhibition has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in Our Communities® program.

Lunchbox Learning
2024-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe Street, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
Resisting Jim Crow: The Autobiography of Dr. John A. McFall
Presented by Lahnice McFall Hollister
“Injustice… is a cancer that is rapidly eating into the vitals of our nation.” A newspaper reported Dr. John A. McFall’s words at an annual program on race relations at a Charleston church in 1936. The details of how Dr. McFall and many thousands experienced the transition to Jim Crow in Charleston is vividly told in the book Resisting Jim Crow: The Autobiography of Dr. John A. McFall. Found in the Fisk University Library—the manuscript was not originally intended for publication. Dr. McFall’s grandniece, Lahnice Hollister, edited and published it in 2021 because “few African-American voices tell our lived history.”

Dr. McFall’s life spanned the years between the end of Reconstruction in 1878 and the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. McFall’s emancipated parents had hoped for both freedom and equality for themselves and their children. Instead, generations faced white supremacy and legalized segregation.

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

Salley Mavor’s Bedtime Stitches
2024-03-02 10:00 - 2024-05-05 17:00 UTC
Salley Mavor’s Bedtime Stitches
March 2, 2024 – May 5, 2024
Award winning fiber artist Salley Mavor has spent four decades developing her signature style, carving out her own niche within the children’s book world and the fiber art community. Mavor’s three-dimensional embroidered tableaus have been used as children’s book illustrations, social commentary, and stop-motion animation.
For Salley Mavor, a needle is her tool, thread her medium, and stitches are her marks. From her home studio in Falmouth, Massachusetts, she has illustrated 11 children’s picture books using her distinctive blend of materials and hand-stitching techniques.
The Upcountry History Museum will partner with Salley Mavor for the third time, when it hosts original artwork from her latest book, My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep around the World, published in 2020. The book, illustrated by Mavor, features three-dimensional art showcasing “the universal theme of children sleeping safe in their beds”.
From Afghanistan to Ghana to Scandinavia and South America, both the story and the art connect visitors with a sense of home and familiarity. Visual clues, made with a variety of materials including fabric, beads, wire, and found objects, provide unique opportunities for visitors of all ages to experience the three-dimensional quality of Salley’s storytelling.
The exhibit, titled Salley Mavor: Bedtime Stitches, features eighteen pieces of original artwork created for the book. Each of the distinctive sculptural artworks is created like a shadow box, containing Mavor’s detailed, intricate designs and embroideries in a 3-D picture, assembled like a tiny stage set with its own scenery and characters.
The miniature children fall asleep in an endless variety of ways, on hammocks, straw mats, colorful woven rugs and futons; in curtained cupboards, cubby holes, and quilt-covered four-posters. They nod off in houseboats rocking on the water; next to a warm stove or under the stars on a rooftop; with their favorite toys nearby. The tiny animals that accompany the children in each frame provide what Mavor calls “visual clues” to each geographic region, as do the traditional designs and patterns found within each illustration.
The result is a colorful and immersive experience for a multi-generational audience, highlighting the universal act of cozying into bed.

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Saturday Toddler Time with Elsa
2024-03-09 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
The “unicorn of the sea” will rise from the deep for a fun-filled morning with game stations, scavenger hunt, and group story time with snack & juice!

Spark your child’s innate curiosity through hands-on play that is educational and engaging.

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 2 and under.

Connections Café - Salley Mavor
2024-03-14 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Monthly program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association for individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia. Programs vary each month but usually include a short meeting with updates from the Alzheimer’s Association, a tour of a Museum exhibition, and a hands-on activity time in the classroom.
Connections Café meets the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Admission is free for all participants and caregivers.

March 14 | 2:00 p.m.
Join us on March 14 to explore Salley Mavor: Bedtime Stitches.

Homeschool Day - Salley Mavor's Bedtime Stitches
2024-03-15 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Salley Mavor’s Bedtime Stitches
Explore the fiber art of Salley Mavor! Students will tour through the original artwork from Salley Mavor’s newest book, My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World.
Learn about the different cultures depicted in Mavor’s story and create your own fiber-art masterpiece!

WHAT: UHM Homeschool Day

WHEN: Friday, March 15 | 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: March’s Homeschool Day is open to children in 1st-12th grade.

WHY: Learn about the the colorful world of Salley Mavor’s fiber art children’s books by exploring, Salley Mavor’s Bedtime Stitches

COST: $10 per student & $12 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $6 per student & Adults are FREE

Toddler Time with Elsa
2024-03-19 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Lunchbox Learning
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe Street, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
Writing Greenville: Place and Community in the Upstate
Presented by Dr. James Engelhardt, Furman University
Join Dr. James Engelhardt as he explores the intersection of writing, history, and place. Using his experience as a published poet, Dr. Engelhardt will lead a writing seminar, outlining his career in both academia and the world of publishing.
Dr. Engelhardt is a published poet and lecturer at Furman University. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He spent five years as the acquisition’s editor at the University of Alaska Press. His published works include Bone Willows, a collection of poetry that catalogs his move to Alaska with his family.

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

Drop-In Tour: Changing Exhibitions
2024-03-28 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Annually, the Upcountry History Museum hosts and organizes a diverse exhibit schedule that features topics in history, art, science, natural history, and pop culture. Through guided tours, UHM Docents engage visitors further in the exploration of topics related to the exhibits and their connections to the Upcountry, SC.

Free to UHM Members and included with admission for all other guests.

The March Drop-In Tour will include:
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
Salley Mavor: Bedtime Stitches
Vision and Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection

Drop-In Tours depart from the Main Lobby on the first floor.

No reservations are required, but non-members must purchase admission from the Welcome Desk to attend a Drop-In Tour.

Neighborhood Night
2024-04-04 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Access for All!
UHM is open on the first Thursday evening of select months throughout 2024.

The Museum operates with the firm belief that its exhibits, events, and programming should be accessible to all, regardless of cultural, ethnic, geographic, or socioeconomic differences. The Neighborhood Night initiative, introduced in 2015, provides free access to educational programming for underserved children, families, and adults.

WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Upcountry History Museum
HOW: Drop in to explore the Museum and its changing exhibitions. No registration is required.
WHY: Neighborhood Nights demonstrate the Museum’s commitment to accessibility, regardless of economic constraints by providing full access to the Museum’s diverse exhibitions.
COST: FREE!
QUESTIONS: Call (864)467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org

Connections Café - Museum Behind the Scenes
2024-04-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Monthly program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association for individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia. Programs vary each month but usually include a short meeting with updates from the Alzheimer’s Association, a tour of a Museum exhibition, and a hands-on activity time in the classroom.
Connections Café meets the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Admission is free for all participants and caregivers.

April 11 | 2:00 p.m.
Join us on April 11 for a behind-the-scenes look at UHM Collections.

An Evening with Dr. Diane Vecchio
2024-04-11 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Enjoy a special evening with Dr. Diane Vecchio as she shares stories from her recently published book, Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers: How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina.

Join us Thursday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. for drinks and light hors d’oeuvres with Dr. Diane Catherine Vecchio, author and recently retired Furman University professor of history. Working with a rich set of oral histories, memoirs, and traditional historical documents, Dr. Vecchio will discuss Jewish community development and how Jewish business leaders also became civic leaders and affected social, political, and cultural life in what we now call the Upcountry. Dr. Vecchio’s book provides a new and essential examination of Jewish textile and clothing manufacturers.
The evening will be an enlightening opportunity to get a closer look at how the Jewish community influenced all facets of life across the Upstate and why that influence has been so significant to the growth of today’s Spartanburg-Greenville corridor.

Each ticket reservation includes two, complimentary drinks tickets.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:00 p.m.

$20 for UHM Members | $25 for all other guests

Light hors d’oeuvres with tea, beer, and wine will be provided by Chef360 Catering.
Reservations are required to attend this program. Dr. Vecchio’s book will be available for purchase from the Museum’s Gift Shop.

Saturday Toddler Time!
2024-04-13 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Toddler Time!
2024-04-16 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Lunchbox Learning
2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe Street, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams
Presented by Claudia Smith Brinson
Witnessing peaceful protests, police violence, and the lives of ordinary citizens called to action during the turbulent Civil Rights Movement, Cecil Williams became one of the few Southern Black photojournalists to document civil rights activism in South Carolina. Active throughout the state, Williams captured pivotal movements including the arrival of Thurgood Marshall in Charleston for the arguing of Briggs v. Elliott, a landmark case that was the first in the twentieth century to challenge the constitutionality of racially segregated schools. Nearly two decades later, Williams’ photography documented the aftermath of South Carolina’s infamous Orangeburg Massacre.
Coauthor Claudia Smith Brinson presents first-hand accounts of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina alongside images taken by Cecil Williams in her latest book Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams. Working with Williams, she documents both his life behind the camera and the decades-long struggle for equality in the South. Claudia Smith Brinson is a newspaper journalist with over thirty years of experience as a senior writer for Knight Ridder Media. She taught writing courses at the University of South Carolina and Columbia College. During her career, she won more than thirty awards at the state, regional, and national levels and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her coverage of Hurricane Hugo.

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

Homeschool Day - Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
2024-04-19 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
Dive in and explore the science of the “unicorn of the sea.” Students will learn about the history and biology of the Narwhal and their ecosystem.
This Smithsonian traveling exhibition features an 18-foot fiberglass model of an adult male narwhal as well as panoramic images of their Arctic environment. Experience the enormity of the spiral-tusked mammal while incorporating STEM education goals.

WHAT: UHM Homeschool Day

WHEN: Friday, April 19 | 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: April’s Homeschool Day is open to children in 1st-12th grade.

WHY: Meet the “Unicorn of the Sea” while exploring the Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend exhibition from the Smithsonian.

COST: $10 per student & $12 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $6 per student & Adults are FREE

Drop-In Tour: Changing Exhibitions
2024-04-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Annually, the Upcountry History Museum hosts and organizes a diverse exhibit schedule that features topics in history, art, science, natural history, and pop culture. Through guided tours, UHM Docents engage visitors further in the exploration of topics related to the exhibits and their connections to the Upcountry, SC.

Free to UHM Members and included with admission for all other guests.

The April Drop-In Tour will include:
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
Salley Mavor: Bedtime Stitches
Vision and Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection

Drop-In Tours depart from the Main Lobby on the first floor.

No reservations are required, but non-members must purchase admission from the Welcome Desk to attend a Drop-In Tour.

Connections Café - Vision and Spirit
2024-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Monthly program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association for individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia. Programs vary each month but usually include a short meeting with updates from the Alzheimer’s Association, a tour of a Museum exhibition, and a hands-on activity time in the classroom.
Connections Café meets the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Admission is free for all participants and caregivers.

May 9 | 2:00 p.m.
Join us on May 9 and explore Vision and Spirit: Black Artists in the Bank of America Collection.

An Evening with Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness
2024-05-09 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Enjoy a special evening with Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness as she shares stories from her recently published book, “Our Country First, Then Greenville” A New South City During the Progressive Era and World War I.

Join us Thursday, May 9, for drinks and light hors d’oeuvres as local author, public historian, and Furman University history professor, Dr. Tollison Hartness discusses Greenville’s home-front experience of race relations, dramatic population growth, the women’s suffrage movement, and the contributions of African Americans and women to Greenville’s history.
The evening will explore this earlier period in time and the moment that catalyzed Greenville’s development into a modern city, setting the stage for continued growth that persists into the present-day.

Each ticket reservation includes two, complimentary drinks tickets.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:00 p.m.

$20 for UHM Members | $25 for all other guests

Reservations are required to attend this program. Dr. Tollison’s book will be available for purchase from the Museum’s Gift Shop.
