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Homeschool Day – The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons Explore the history of the legendary Warner animation studio through production artwork that will include drawings, transparent celluloids, sketches, and more. Hands-on activities will allow children the opportunity to test their artistic abilities while also learning through play. WHAT: UHM Homeschool Day WHEN: Friday, April 15 | 1:30 p.m.... Read more »
Toddler Time – The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Explore the world of Warner Bros. animation with themed game stations, museum wide scavenger hunt, and a group story time with snacks and juice. Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 3 and under.
Lunchbox Learning
Topic: Witness to History: Selma Photography of Stephen Somerstein Presenter: Stephen Somerstein Two thousand marchers set out March 21, 1965, along Route 80, known as the “Jefferson Davis Highway.” After two failed attempts to complete the march, President Lyndon B. Johnson dispatched federal and state troops to guard the demonstrators along the way to... Read more »
Saturday Toddler Time – The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Explore the world of Warner Bros. animation with themed game stations that includes a toy-character matching game, a Looney Tunes obstacle course, and a Space Jam challenge station. Little ones can also partake in a museum wide scavenger hunt and group story time with snacks and juice. Toddler Time is included with your... Read more »
The Revolutionary War in the SC Backcountry
Wednesday, May 4 | Noon "Patriot Victory at Kings Mountain" 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 August... 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. All tours will begin at 11:00 a.m. and conclude at approximately 11:45 a.m. Drop-In Tours are... Read more »
Toddler Time with the Carolina Ballet Theatre
For the past 50 years, Greenville's own Carolina Ballet Theatre has been bringing this timeless performance art to the Upstate. Join us Tuesday, May 17, as UHM welcomes one of CBT's professional ballerinas for a special Toddler Time program. Toddlers can enjoy ballet-themed game stations, a museum-wide scavenger hunt, professional ballet instruction, and a... Read more »
Lunchbox Learning
Topic: Animating Forces: The Lasting Legacy of Warner Bros. Animation Presenter: Jeffrey Martell Join Mr. Jeffrey Martell for a brief production-centric survey of Warner Brothers animation traditions that last even to today. The traditional animation of Disney’s Nine Old Men often overshadows the equally important innovators and craftsmen of Warner Bros. Cartoons. The work... Read more »
Homeschool Day – Carolina Ballet Theatre
Pointes, Pirouettes and Plies with the Carolina Ballet Theatre Learn about the incredible 50-year journey of Greenville’s own Carolina Ballet Theatre. Having graced royal courts and stages across the globe, CBT has been bringing this timeless performance art to the Upstate. Join us May 20th, as CBT brings their dancers and instructors to the Museum,... Read more »
Vietnam: The Real War Photographs from the Associated Press
May 28, 2022 – August 20, 2022 The Vietnam War (1954-1975) was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than... Read more »