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 »
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 »
Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
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... Read more »
50 Years of Integration
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... Read more »
Lunchbox Learning – Harriet Tubman
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... Read more »
Homeschool Day
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... Read more »
Family Fun Day
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... Read more »
Kids’ History Camp
**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,... Read more »
Guaranteeing Her Right…The 19th Amendment, Women and the Right to Vote
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... Read more »
Kids’ Book Club
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... Read more »
