Upcountry History Museum

Films for Our Veterans
2019-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Films for Our Veterans
Movies at the Museum are FREE to UHM Members and included with admission for all other guests.
Saturday, November 16 – 2:00 pm
Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Toddler Time with Snoopy
2019-11-19 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Snoopy as we throw a “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” party for our November Toddler Time! There will be games for your little ones and for snack time, sample Snoopy’s Thanksgiving feast while also enjoying story time.
The BEST part of Toddler Time, all children ages 3 and under are FREE!
NEXT Toddler Time: December 17 – Reindeer Games
Toddler Time is included with your general admission.
Adults – $10
Senior Adults – $9
Children (ages 4-18) – $8
Any other questions, just give us a call and we are happy to help!
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Family Fun Day
2019-11-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
It’s GAME DAY! As arch rivals Clemson and USC prepare for the annual Palmetto Bowl, drop by the Museum for football fun. Enjoy games and story times along with crafts that will have you game time ready for your Palmetto team.
WEAR YOUR TEAM COLORS TO RECEIVE $1.00 OFF YOUR ADMISSION!
ADMISSION:
$10 – Adults
$9 – Senior Adults & College Students
$8 – Kids (ages 4-18)
Children ages 3 and under are FREE!
**Family Fun Day is included with your general admission.**
The Museum (and all exhibits) will be open until 5:00 p.m.
Family Fun Day programming will end at 12:00 p.m.

UHM Kids Book Club
2019-12-10 15:30 - 17:00 UTC
Join the adventures of Jack and Annie as we explore real history through the best selling children’s book series, Magic Tree House! Enjoy games, crafts, and hands-on activities that bring to life the adventures of your favorite storybooks. All Book Club meetings begin at 3:30 pm. Parents: Please prepare for each UHM Kids Book Club by reading the book listed below.
2019 Kids’ Book Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

December 10 ~ Warriors in Winter

UHM Book Club is FREE to museum members and regular admission for all other guests. To sign your child up in advance call 864-467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.
Looking for a copy of one of these titles? Try the Greenville County Library! The Library carries all of these books and so many more.
The Upcountry History Museum is a proud participant of READ Greenville!

Lunchbox Learning
2019-12-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Wednesday, December 11 at Noon

Join us as author Donald Kilburg discusses his book, Hitler’s Last Christmas, commemorating the day the entire mighty 8th Air Force entered the Battle of the Bulge. The events of World War II have been studied, analyzed and documented extensively. Yet, one of the greatest feats of aerial bombing warfare has been all but ignored.
In Hitler’s Last Christmas, we revisit the Second World War and specifically Sunday, December 24, 1944—when the 8th Air Force launched the largest air armada in the history of warfare. It was a desperate effort by the Allies to support the troops hopelessly hunkered down in the frigid weather of the Battle of the Bulge. The eventual success of those beleaguered troops was to some great measure due to the success of that Christmas Eve air mission.
The details of the 8th Air Force mission #760 were mis-filed shortly after the war and the magnitude of that day in December 1944 overlooked—until now. Hitler’s Last Christmas shares the accounts of the event both from the Air Force Archives and the memories of those brave flyers who participated in it.

Programs run from Noon – 1:00 PM
Drinks and Dessert Provided
For reservations call the Museum at (864)467-3100 or info@upcountryhistory.org.
FREE to members – Regular admission for other guests

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Homeschool Day
2019-12-13 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Night Before Christmas
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 in one of the museum’s galleries, hands-on activities in our classrooms, and all day admission to the museum. Programs are multidisciplinary and support South Carolina state standards for social studies.
Click here for frequently asked questions. Click here for a complete list of our Homeschool Day programs for 2019-2020 and pricing information.
Homeschool Days fill up quickly. Purchase your tickets early. Registration will be ONLINE ONLY this year.
Please call the front desk only if you need assistance with online ticketing (864) 467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.

Saturday Toddler Time!
2019-12-14 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Celebrate the traditions of Christmas with games, snacks, juice and story time. We will play a Christmas classic in our theater after story time as well.
The BEST part of Toddler Time, all children ages 3 and under are FREE!
Toddler Time is included with your general admission.
Adults – $10
Senior Adults – $9
Children (ages 4-18) – $8
Any other questions, just give us a call and we are happy to help!

Toddler Time!
2019-12-17 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for reindeer games and a Christmas celebration! We will have games, snacks, juice, story time and a special holiday screening of Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983). It is all included with your general admission and ALL children ages 3 and under are FREE!
ADMISSION
Adults – $10
Senior Adults – $9
Kids (ages 4-18) – $8
Toddlers (ages 3 and under) – FREE

Wear Red Day!
2019-12-23 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
On Monday, December 23, the Museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Explore our local history while also enjoying these changing exhibitions:
The Night Before Christmas: The Art of Charles Santore
Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost
Love a Vet: Honoring our Military Veterans
Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny

*SAVE $1.00 ON ADMISSION IF YOU WEAR RED!*

NORMAL ADMISSION COSTS:
Adults -$10
Senior Adults – $9
Veterans & Teachers – $9
Children & Teens (4-18) – $8
Children ages 3 and under are FREE!

Family Fun Day
2019-12-28 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
For our final Family Fun Day of 2019, we are going to look back at some of our favorite exhibits of the past year. We will have dinosaur and Snoopy themed crafts and story times, and of course, appearances from Snoopy and Tina T-Rex. You can also expect to go “down the rabbit hole” while also going “under the arctic.”
Bring your Bank of America debit/credit cards to receive free admission for the cardholder.
ADMISSION:
$10 – Adults
$9 – Senior Adults & College Students
$8 – Kids (ages 4-18)
Children ages 3 and under are FREE!
**Family Fun Day is included with your general admission.**
The Museum (and all exhibits) will be open until 5:00 p.m.
Family Fun Day programming will end at 1:00 p.m.

Special Hours - OPEN
2019-12-30 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
On Monday, December 30, the Museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Explore our local history while also enjoying these changing exhibitions:
The Night Before Christmas: The Art of Charles Santore
Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost
Love a Vet: Honoring our Military Veterans
Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny

Saturday Toddler Time
2020-01-11 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 | 10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Learn through play and fun at our next Saturday Toddler Time! As we close out Under the Arctic, we happily welcome back the Snow Queen, Elsa. Meet Elsa from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., while playing winter-themed games designed just for your little ones, then enjoy a snack and juice box for story time. Everything is included with your general admission.
Children ages 3 and under are FREE.

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Lunchbox Learning: The Cherokee Path
2020-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Wednesday, January 15 at Noon

Pickens County historian, naturalist, and author, Dennis Chastain, will discuss his highly popular presentation on the ancient Cherokee Path that once crossed South Carolina from Earle’s Ford to King Street in downtown Charles Town. Learn about his discoveries of more than a dozen new sections of the Indian trading path, with several of those segments located in Pickens and Oconee counties. Incorporating stories of historic sites and events that happened along the route, from the time when it was only a footpath to later times when it could accommodate wagons.
Dennis will also tell the stories of those who traveled the Cherokee Path during the Cherokee Wars and the American Revolution. Some of South Carolina’s most revered heroes of the American Revolution got their first taste of war fighting the Cherokees — folks like Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox), Thomas Sumter (The Gamecock), William Moultrie, the hero of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. Then there were the Cherokee Headmen and warriors that played an equally important role in the future of the Upcountry and indeed the entire country. Chastain will also tell the story of Cherokee leaders such as Attakullkula, Dragging Canoe and Oconostota, the Great Warrior of Chota.
This is a rare opportunity to see this perennially popular slide show and hear Dennis Chastain tell the story of our shared history in the Upcountry of South Carolina.

Programs run from Noon – 1:00 PM Drinks and Dessert Provided

For reservations call the Museum at (864)467-3100 or info@upcountryhistory.org.

FREE to members – Regular admission for other guests

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Homeschool Day
2020-01-17 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny Real and Imagined
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 in one of the museum’s galleries, hands-on activities in our classrooms, and all day admission to the museum. Programs are multidisciplinary and support South Carolina state standards for social studies.
Click here for frequently asked questions. Click here for a complete list of our Homeschool Day programs for 2019-2020 and pricing information.
Homeschool Days fill up quickly. Purchase your tickets early. Registration will be ONLINE ONLY this year.
Please call the front desk only if you need assistance with online ticketing (864) 467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.

Family Fun Day
2020-01-25 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Storm the castle as we celebrate the opening of our new children’s exhibit, The Amazing Castle! From 10:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m., guests can enjoy games, crafts, and story times. You can even meet Sleeping Beauty from 10:00 a.m. through Noon. Everything is included with your general admission and children ages 3 and under are free.
Meet Sleeping Beauty at 10:00 a.m. through Noon.
Enjoy Family Fun Day from 10:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m., however the Museum and the Amazing Castle will remain open through 5:00 p.m.

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Kids' History Camp
2020-01-25 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
**Great opportunity for 3rd and 4th graders to get hands-on with several SC Social Studies standards.**
Dig into our Native American history and explore the past lives of the Cherokee and Catawba. Children will handle artifacts (pottery, tools, food, furs) while also learning about some of our first settlers. After the tour, kids will participate in an “archaeological dig” and unearth even more artifacts left behind by the first people of South Carolina. Your children will investigate, analyze and even classify their finds. They will learn a lot without even realizing it!
To register (limit of 30 kids), please call (864)467-3100.
Cost per participating child is $10.
Cost per participating UHM Member is $3.
Recommended for children ages 6-12.
One adult per family is free and younger siblings need only pay regular admission.

Saturday Toddler Time
2020-02-08 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Storm the castle and explore a medieval community through hands-on play! The Amazing Castle is great for your little ones plus there will be a scavenger hunt and story time with a snack and juice box.
The BEST part of Toddler Time, all children ages 3 and under are FREE!
Toddler Time is included with your general admission and free to UHM Members.
Adults – $10
Senior Adults – $9
Children (ages 4-18) – $8
Any other questions, just give us a call and we are happy to help!

UHM Kids' Book Club
2020-02-11 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
Children’s Classic Literature, Award Winning, Fun, Historical Fiction, Informational… tag lines for the books we will be reading in 2020.
Enjoy games and activities that bring to life the adventures of your favorite storybooks. Book Club meetings 3:30-4:30 pm. Parents: Please prepare for each UHM Kids Book Club by reading the book listed below.

February 11 – Ramona Quimby, Age 8
March 10 – Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
April 14– The Tail of Despereaux
May 12- Sarah, Plain and Tall
June 9- Farmer Boy
July 14- Shiloh
August 11- Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
September 8- Charlotte’s Web
October 13– The One and Only Ivan
November 10- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
December 8- Alien in My Pocket- #1 Blast Off

UHM Book Club is FREE to museum members and regular admission for all other guests. To sign your child up in advance call 864-467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.
Looking for a copy of one of these titles? Try the Greenville County Library! The Library carries all of these books and so many more.
The Upcountry History Museum is a proud participant of READ Greenville!

Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
2020-02-15 10:00 - 2020-08-09 17:00 (America/New_York)
They left in the middle of the night – often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. In the decades prior to the Civil War in 1865, an estimated 100,000 slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad, a journey of untold hardship, in search of freedom.
Under the cover of darkness, “fugitives” traveled roughly 20 miles each night traversing rugged terrain while enduring all the hardships that Mother Nature could bring to bear. Occasionally they were guided from one secret, safe location to the next by an ever-changing, clandestine group known as the Underground Railroad. Whether they were slaves trying to escape or free blacks and whites trying to help, both sides risked everything for the cause of freedom.
Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales has spent more than a decade meticulously researching “fugitive” slaves and the ways they escaped to freedom. While the unnumbered routes of the Underground Railroad encompassed countless square miles, the path Michna-Bales documented encompasses 2,000 miles and is based off of actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers passed through during their journey.
The national traveling exhibition, developed by ExhibitsUSA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, includes over 50 images and research tracing the collective steps of men, women and children in their steps toward liberation. Unforgettable color photographs, ephemera, and narratives featured in the exhibition share the story of the Underground Railroad.
Considered to be the first Civil Rights movement in the United States, the Underground Railroad included people of different races, genders, classes, faiths, and regions working together to covertly guide the enslaved from one safe location to the next, until they reached freedom.
Sponsored by: Becky & Bobby Hartness, Men of Color National Summit at Clemson University, North Greenville University, WSPA 7News, and Greenville Technical College

50 Years of Integration
2020-02-17 15:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Join The School District of Greenville County as They Mark 50 Years of Integration with a Free Commemorative Event. For more information contact The School District of Greenville County at 864-355-8870.

Lunchbox Learning - Harriet Tubman
2020-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
A native Greenvillian, graduate of Davidson College and former owner of The Open Book, Duff Bruce has a deep and personal knowledge of South Carolina history. He has worked extensively uncovering and bringing to light the Harriet Tubman South Carolina story – as a scout, a spy and the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the Civil War.

Programs run from Noon – 1:00 PM
Drinks and Dessert Provided
For reservations call the Museum at (864)467-3100 or info@upcountryhistory.org.
FREE to members – Regular admission for other guests

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Homeschool Day
2020-02-21 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Black History Month: The Underground Railroad
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 in one of the museum’s galleries, hands-on activities in our classrooms, and all day admission to the museum. Programs are multidisciplinary and support South Carolina state standards for social studies.
Click here for frequently asked questions. Click here for a complete list of our Homeschool Day programs for 2019-2020 and pricing information.
Homeschool Days fill up quickly. Purchase your tickets early. Registration will be ONLINE ONLY this year.
Please call the front desk only if you need assistance with online ticketing (864) 467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.

Family Fun Day
2020-02-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Storm the castle and spend the morning playing in the medieval community of The Amazing Castle. As usual, there will be games and crafts, but kids can also meet the castle’s friendly dragon, Herald! Everything is included with your general admission and children ages 3 and under are free.
Enjoy Family Fun Day from 10:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m., however the Museum and the Amazing Castle will remain open through 5:00 p.m.

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Saturday, March 28

Kids' History Camp
2020-02-29 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
**Great opportunity for 5th and 8th graders to get hands-on with several SC Social Studies standards.**
Allow your kids the chance to get hands-on with history!
For Saturday, February 29, we will travel back in time to learn about Greenville’s Civil Rights Movement, while also touching on our history of slavery and reconstruction. Hear about the movement from local activists that personally created change through their oral histories. We will also explore the traveling exhibit, “Through Darkness to Light: Photographs from the Underground Railroad.”
To register (limit of 30 kids), please call (864)467-3100.
Cost per participating child is $10.
Cost per participating UHM Member is $3.
Recommended for children ages 6-12.
One adult per family is free and younger siblings need only pay regular admission.

Guaranteeing Her Right…The 19th Amendment, Women and the Right to Vote
2020-03-05 10:00 - 2021-03-13 17:00 (America/New_York)
The campaign for women’s voting rights lasted more than seven decades. Considered the largest reform movement in United States history, its participants believed that securing the vote was essential to achieving women’s economic, social. and political equality. Culminating 100 years ago in the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. the fight for women’s suffrage was not for the fainthearted. Determined women organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, and picketed for years. Suffragists were ridiculed, patronized, and dismissed by opponents. yet they persisted and would not be denied.

Although few of the women who began the suffrage campaign before the Civil War lived long enough to witness its final victory in August 1920, their work was carried on by their daughters. granddaughters. and other women whom they had inspired, nurtured, and taught. Their collective story is one of courage, perseverance, and hope that continues to inspire women today.
From the outset. organizers knew the journey would be long and that the battle for the vote would require tenacity, resourcefulness and steadfastness. That resourcefulness was apparent in the efforts of South Carolina women like Anita Pollitzer. Susan Pringle Frost. Charlotta Rollins. Emma Anderson Dunovant. Eulalie Chaffee Salley and numerous others. such as Greenville’s Miss Jim Perry, Eudora Ramsey and Mary Camilla Judson.
In honor of this monumental anniversary, the Upcountry History Museum will present Guaranteeing Her Right… The 19th Amendment, Women and the Right to Vote, an exhibition that celebrates the centennial of women’s suffrage by exploring the stories of women’s struggles to achieve full citizenship. The project includes photographs. drawings, illustrations. and artifacts that visualize the complex political messages conveyed by national and local suffragists.

Sponsored by: Charles and Tracy Hardaway and WSPA News Channel 7

Kids' Book Club
2020-03-10 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson will be the featured book at our Kids’ Book Club. An International Reading Association Book Award recipient, this inspiring book tells the fictional story of a slave girl that creates a quilt map from scrapes of fabric and information. Join us this month to create your own “pictorial quilt square” and celebrate Clara’s quest for freedom.

Connections Cafe
2020-03-12 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Connections Café is a monthly program at the Upcountry History Museum, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association of Greenville.
Each meeting offers a fun and relaxed way for people living with early-stage memory loss to get connected with one another through social events that promote interaction and companionship. This is a place where the care partner can receive information while connecting with other care partners.
The program utilizes the unique setting of the History Museum to explore topics both from the past and the present through gallery tours and hands-on activities.
Admission is FREE to guests.

Saturday Toddler Time!
2020-03-14 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Storm the castle and play pretend in the medieval community of The Amazing Castle! Toddlers can enjoy games, snack and story time, and meet the castle’s friendly dragon, Herald. All children ages 3 and under are FREE.
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Toddler Time is included with your regular admission.
Adults – $10
Senior Adults (65+) – $9
College Students with ID – $9
Kids & Teens (ages 4-18) – $8
Toddlers ages 3 and under are FREE!

Kids Book Club @ Home
2020-04-07 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
With the Museum being closed, we are sharing our activity for the March book club program. This activity can be done at home and we encourage all of the family to join the fun. Enjoy and share your experiences on social media by using #UpcountryMuseum.

April 2020 – The Tale of Despereaux
Brave, curious, imaginative, and chivalrous…Despereaux was everything a mouse should not be.

Follow the link below for several at-home family activities:

UHM Kids Book Club at Home – April 14

March 2020 – Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Click on the book image below to hear the story!
Now follow the link below for some good ol’ fashioned family fun:
UHM Kids Book Club at Home – March

Story Times at Home
2020-04-16 08:30 - 23:50 (America/New_York)
VIDEO STORY TIMES FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES…

VIDEO STORY TIMES FOR CHILDREN AGES 6 & UP…

ONLINE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AGES 9 & UP…
