Special Hours – OPEN
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
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... Read more »
Lunchbox Learning: The Cherokee Path
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,... Read more »
Homeschool Day
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... Read more »
Family Fun Day
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.... Read more »
Kids’ History Camp
**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... Read more »
Saturday Toddler Time
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... Read more »
UHM Kids’ Book Club
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... Read more »
Connections Cafe
Connect, engage and reflect at the Museum. UHM is one of the first museum's in SC to offer programs specially designed to make its collection and special exhibits accessible to people living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Join us in February as we explore the birth of the West as an idea in American... 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 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,... Read more »
