Back Where I Come From: The Upcountry’s Piedmont Blues
Back Where I Come From, the Upcountry History Museum – Furman University’s newest upcoming, semi-permanent exhibition will take visitors on an enlightening experience through the roots and evolution of the... Read more »
Love a Vet: Honoring Our Military Veterans
Since its inception in 1983, the Upcountry History Museum has committed to honoring the sacrifices, courage, and patriotism of the men and women who have worn a military uniform. Dedicated... Read more »
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 »
The Night Before Christmas: The Art of Charles Santore
No other text has been illustrated by picture-book artists as much as "A Visit From Saint Nicholas" or "The Night Before Christmas," attributed to theologian Clement Clarke Moore. The narrative... Read more »
Homeschool Day
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... Read more »
Saturday Toddler Time!
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... Read more »
Toddler Time!
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... Read more »
Wear Red Day!
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... Read more »
Family Fun Day
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... Read more »
