White Christmas Virtual Tour
2021-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
From the comfort of home, experience the musical genius of Irving Berlin and the making of this beloved holiday film as our docents guide you through White Christmas: The Exhibition. Explore the original costumes worn by White Christmas stars Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye, as well as props, personal cast memorabilia, and archival materials. Each tour will end with time for Q&A.

Virtual Tours will occur every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. beginning December 9, 2020 through January 27, 2021.

$10 per person
No refunds or membership discounts.
Registrants will receive an email with their tour link by noon on the Tuesday before their registered tour date.
Sales for the January 27 tour will remain open through January 27 at Noon.

White Christmas Virtual Tour
2021-02-03 14:00 - 15:00
From the comfort of home, experience the musical genius of Irving Berlin and the making of this beloved holiday film as our docents guide you through White Christmas: The Exhibition. Explore the original costumes worn by White Christmas stars Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye, as well as props, personal cast memorabilia, and archival materials. Each tour will end with time for Q&A.

$10 per person
No refunds or membership discounts.
Registrants will receive an email with tour link by noon on Tuesday, February 2.

Neighborhood Night
2021-02-04 17:30 - 20:30
The Upcountry History Museum – Furman University is thrilled to invite our community to a series of programs designed to make our museum open to everyone! The Museum will be open on the first Thursday evening of select months throughout 2021. Neighborhood Nights will run from 5:30-8:30 pm during which time admission to the museum and all museum exhibitions will be FREE.
Neighborhood Nights will include story times for younger visitors and book give-a-ways for children.
We hope that through Neighborhood Nights we can show that museums are available for families regardless of economic constraints. No registration is required. Book give-a-ways are limited in number and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Due to limited number of books, the new policy will be one book per family with children in attendance at the event.
For questions please email info@upcountryhistory.org.

White Christmas Virtual Tour - Evening
2021-02-11 18:00 - 19:00
From the comfort of home, experience the musical genius of Irving Berlin and the making of this beloved holiday film as our docents guide you through White Christmas: The Exhibition. Explore the original costumes worn by White Christmas stars Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye, as well as props, personal cast memorabilia, and archival materials. Each tour will end with time for Q&A.

$10 per person
No refunds or membership discounts.
Registrants will receive an email with tour link by 5pm on Wednesday, February 10.

Toddler Time
2021-02-16 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for a socially distanced yet fun Toddler Time!

Toddlers will enjoy:

Personal/Family Game Stations

Story Time

Show time in the Theater

Treat bag for the road

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and children ages 3 and under are FREE.

Keeping with the Museum’s Covid-19 safety guidelines, attendance will be limited and reservations are strongly encouraged.

Lunchbox Learning
2021-02-17 12:00 - 13:00
Wednesday, February 17 at Noon
Presenter: Claudia Smith Brinson
Topic: Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina
In her newest book, Stories of Struggle, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson chronicles twenty pivotal years of petitioning, picketing, boycotting, marching, and holding sit-ins. Through her extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred fifty civil rights activists, Brinson will share intimate stories of courage and conviction that highlight the progress achieved by nonviolent activism while also revealing the often violent resistance to change.
Program will be offered virtually and in-person (through Zoom presentation) at the Museum. In-person attendance for the Zoom presentation is strongly encouraged.

Lunchbox Learning is free for UHM Members.
Cost for non-members is $5.00 per virtual attendee and general admission for on-site attendees.

Upcoming Lunchbox Learning Programs:

March 17 – Bob Howard, Commemorating National Vietnam War Veterans Day
April 21 – Bill Fitzpatrick, Photographs & History of the American Revolution in SC
May 19 – Dr. Claire Whitlinger, Furman University, Commemorating Racial Violence
June 16 – Bob Dotson, Masters of American Photography

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

Homeschool Day - Greenville's Civil Rights Movement
2021-02-19 13:30 - 15:00
Greenville’s Black History & Civil Rights Movement
While touring the Museum, children will investigate key events throughout black history, thus allowing a greater understanding of Greenville’s Civil Rights Movement. Children will listen to oral histories of student activists who led protests here in Greenville County, while also discussing the hardships they overcame in their stand against inequality.

WHAT: Exhibit Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every 3rd Friday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: February 19 is open to kids ages 6-14 years old.

WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

History Homeschool Day - Civil War
2021-02-23 13:30 - 15:00
Our Road to Union
Analyze the turbulent times of the mid-1800s through artifacts and images. Identify the social, political, and fiscal concerns leading to the Civil War. This lesson meets SC standards for 3rd-4th grade, and is designed for children ages 8-10 years old.

WHAT: History Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: February 23 is open to kids ages 8-10 years old

WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Framed Step Into Art
2021-02-27 - 2021-06-18
The Upcountry History Museum will continue its mission of connecting young audiences with hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning experiences when it hosts Framed: Step Into Art.
The bilingual (English and Spanish), exhibition transforms the works of well-known painters into interactive environments. Children ages 3-12, enter the exhibit by stepping though an oversized frame and are immersed in the worlds created by well-known artists. Each work is re-created as a three-dimensional, sensory, walk-in environment that includes a print of the artist’s original work as well as important facts about the artist’s life and painting style.
Supporting the National Standards for Arts Education for K through 5th grade, the exhibit provides conversational prompts that employ visual thinking strategies. Children explore the works of four specific artists, as well as enter a Mona Lisa Gallery where they discover a print of the original painting along with famous parodies, and step behind a a cutout version replacing Mona Lisa’s face with their own.

The exhibition’s four interactive spaces include:

Dinner for Threshers by Grant Wood explores rural life at the turn of the century inviting children to tend to the chickens and eggs, prepare a seasonal meal, set the table, and mix and match the farmers patterned shirts.

Camp at Lake O’Hara by John Singer Sargent invites visitors to Sargent’s 1916 camp in the Canadian Rockies. Children climb inside a tent, explore camping gear like Sargent’s, prepare a meal over the campfire, and create a painting of what today’s campsite might look like.

Corn Festival by Diego Rivera visitors travel to Mexico through this piece from the Court of Fiestas in the Ministry of Education Building in Mexico City. Children explore a rendition of one of Rivera’s frescos, add flowers and ribbons to the flower tower for a celebration and add their flourish to a miniature building mural.

Big Chicken by Clementine O’Hara visitors meet Louisiana’s most famous female artist and folk-art icon and create imaginary animals like Hunter’s “goosters”! Children load the cart and climb behind the reins of Hunter’s giant rooster to take the load into town.

In addition to climbing inside works of art, children are invited to curate their own exhibit gallery, draw self-portraits, take part in an art/history hunt through the exhibit and create different images at a three-dimensional pattern puzzle.

Framed: Step into Art OPENS
2021-02-27 10:00 - 17:00
Upcountry History Museum’s Newest Exhibition Brings Art to Life
‘Framed: Step into Art’ Turns Famous Paintings into Lifesize Experiences

Greenville, S.C. – They say life imitates art, but what if art becomes life? Find out in Framed: Step into Art, the newest exhibition coming to the Upcountry History Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, as visitors can actually step into famous paintings, be transported to another time, and experience art like never before beginning Saturday, February 27, 2021.
This bilingual (English and Spanish) exhibition creates immersive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning environments filled with distinctively interactive experiences as visitors step through oversized frames into a three-dimensional, sensory world that transforms the works of well-known painters into activities and conversational prompts that employ visual thinking strategies which help art and make-believe come alive.
On display through May 23, 2021, Framed is filled with opportunities for children and families to explore works of art in four discovery spaces that include setting up camp in the Canadian Rockies during 1916 at John Singer Sargent’s Camp at Lake O’Hara; taking the reins of a giant chicken pulling a wagon carrying a load to town in Clementine Hunter’s Big Chicken; learning about rural life at the turn of the century by tending chickens and eggs, preparing a meal and setting the dining table for a noontime dinner in Grant Wood’s Dinner for Threshers; and traveling south of the border to add flowers and ribbons of “corn husks” to the flower tower for a celebration in Diego Rivera’s Corn Festival from the Court of Fiestas in Mexico City’s Ministry of Education Building.
Designed for children ages 3 to 12, this unique exhibition encourages them to ask questions and find answers through the exploration of art, as well as recognize art as a tool for expression, understanding and an important aspect of life.
The Upcountry History Museum is located at 540 Buncombe St., in Greenville, S.C. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Please note, the Museum adheres to a mandatory mask requirement for visitors ages 10 years and older.

Toddler Time!
2021-03-16 10:30 - 11:30
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and join us for themed games designed for ages 1-5 years old. Toddlers can partake in a scavenger hunt, group story time, and grab a treat bag for the road. Families will also enjoy the new exhibition, Framed: Step into Art.

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and FREE for children ages 3 and under.

Lunchbox Learning
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:00
Wednesday, March 17 at Noon
Presenter: Robert E. Howard
Topic: Growing up with the Vietnam War
As the country prepares to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29, join Greenville native and Vietnam veteran, Robert E. Howard, as he speaks on his personal experiences serving as an Army officer from 1968-1970. After graduating from Greenville High School in 1964, he enrolled at Davidson College as tensions steadily escalated in Vietnam. He graduated from Davidson in 1968 as a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant through the school’s ROTC program. He went on active duty in July of that year, and served 18 months at Fort Knox and a year in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement.
Now, looking back from the vantage point of half a century, Howard will recall what he saw happening in society during those days and share stories from his life before, during, and after Vietnam, highlighting the impact his military service has played throughout his life.

Lunchbox Learning is free for UHM Members and included with general admission for all other guests.

Upcoming Lunchbox Learning programs:

April 21 – The Road to Yorktown: South Carolina’s Role in America’s Revolutionary War with Bill Fitzpatrick
May 19 – Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi with Dr. Claire Whitlinger, Furman University
June 16 – An Interview with Florence Thompson, the Migrant Mother with Robert Charles “Bob” Dotson

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

Women in Aerospace: Stories from the Smithsonian Collection
2021-03-17 17:00 - 18:00
Join us for a virtual discussion of how women have worked from the very beginning of aviation to innovate, and how museums have documented their stories.

The program will be led by Dr. Margaret Weitekamp , Curator and Department Chair of the National Air and Space Museum, has researched and written on how a groundswell of support helped create a Lego set representing women’s contributions to aerospace.

This virtual program is free of cost and open to all ages.

CLOSED
2021-03-18 10:00 - 17:00
To ensure the safety of museum staff and guests, the Upcountry History Museum will be closed tomorrow, March 18. Doors will reopen Friday, March 19, at 10:00 a.m.

Stay safe, Upcountry!

Exhibit Homeschool Day - Framed: Step into Art
2021-03-19 13:30 - 15:00
Framed: Step into Art
They say life imitates art, but what if art becomes life? Find out as we explore Framed: Step into Art! Children will be transported to another time and experience art like never before.

WHAT: Exhibit Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every third Friday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: March 19 is open to kids in grades 1st-12th

WHY: Get hands-on with art and history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Salley Mavor: Social Fabric
2021-03-30 10:00 - 2021-09-04 17:00
Open NOW through September 4, 2021
Award winning fiber artist Salley Mavor (born 1955) has spent four decades developing her signature style and working methods, carving out her own niche within the children’s book world and the fiber art community. Mavor’s three-dimensional embroidered tableaus have been used as children’s book illustrations, social commentary, and stop-motion animation.
A Rhode Island School of Design illustration major, Salley left traditional mediums behind, preferring to communicate her ideas with sculptural needlework. From her home studio in Falmouth, Massachusetts, she has illustrated 11 picture books using her distinctive blend of materials and hand stitching techniques. Salley has roots in South Carolina, as her maternal grandmother, Louise Hartwell, (nee Salley) was born and raised in Orangeburg.
For Salley Mavor, a needle is her tool, thread her medium, and stitches are her marks. Mavor’s needlework’s are narrative and sculptural and are presented as miniature stage sets with scenery, props and characters assembled on fabric backdrops in shadow boxes.
The Upcountry History Museum is honored to partner with Salley on a second exhibition project, titled Salley Mavor: Social Fabric. Exploring the irony, tragedy, and beauty of humanity as it “unravels and mends throughout history” the exhibition provides a unique opportunity for visitors of all ages to experience the three-dimensional quality of Salley’s storytelling. Visitors will peek into imagined miniature worlds full of characters, props, and scenery all stitched by hand, and all focused on the importance of social connectivity.
Social Fabric explores cultural diversity, migration, fashion, the natural world, and a range of social narratives, from the everyday to topical subjects. Oversized bas-relief scenarios, presented in shadow box frames, are designed to create conversations between the artist and her audience. For Salley Mavor her wish is that visitors will “connect to Social Fabric in personal and meaningful ways.”

History Homeschool Day - WWII
2021-03-30 13:30 - 15:00
WWII: Training our Soldiers
Examine artifacts from World War II, explore local training bases, and learn about life on the home front. This lesson meets SC standards for 4th-5th grade, and is designed for children ages 8-12 years old.

WHAT: History Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: March 30 is open to kids ages 8-12 years old

WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Clemson Football History with Tim Bourret
2021-04-08 12:00 - 13:00
Clemson Football History with Timothy Bourret

Thursday, April 8, Noon

$8.00 per UHM Member
$12.00 per all other guests

Hear from the Clemson legend, Timothy Bourret, as he shares his favorite stories and memories of Tiger football history. Often acknowledged as the treasure trove of Clemson history, Bourret is not only a fixture in the Clemson world but also in the broader sports world as well. As a graduate of Notre Dame (1977), Bourret was with Clemson University for over 40 years, 24 years of which he served as the Sports Information Director. Bourret later became the Sports Information Director for the Clemson Football program and was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame in 2017.
Bourret has authored and helped write several books and now works as a statistician for NBC Sports, focusing on coverage of the PGA Tour. Bourret is also the star of a Clemson sports trivia app, Tiger Trivia with Tim Bourret, and is very active on Twitter, where he has over twenty-thousand followers and is a major presence in the Clemson athletics social media world.

Exhibit Homeschool Day - Pigskin Peanuts
2021-04-16 13:30 - 15:00
Pigskin Peanuts: From the STEM Zone to the End Zone
Explore the history of football while also learning about the science, technology, and evolution of this beloved pastime. Exhibit Homeschool Days are open to children in 1st-12th grade. Children will be divided into two groups: Elementary and Middle/High School.

WHAT: Exhibit Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every third Friday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: April 16 is open to kids in 1st-12th grade

WHY: Get hands-on with history and science while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Toddler Time!
2021-04-20 10:30 - 11:30
Explore children’s exhibit, Framed: Step into Art with themed games designed for ages 1-5 years old. Toddlers can partake in a scavenger hunt, group story time, and grab a treat bag for the road.

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and children ages 3 and under are FREE.

Lunchbox Learning
2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
Presenter: Bill Fitzpatrick
Topic: The Road to Yorktown: South Carolina’s Role in the American Revolutionary War
Join author and historian, Bill Fitzpatrick as he shares our state’s outsized contributions to America’s independence, beginning with the invasion of Charleston, through the battles of Huck’s Defeat, King’s Mountain, and Cowpens, through the heroics of Andrew Pickens, Nathanael Greene, and Kate Barry, and to the day the British and their compatriots left Charleston harbor on “Victory Day,” December 14, 1782.

Lunchbox Learning is free for UHM Members and included with general admission for all other guests.

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by:

History Homeschool Day
2021-04-27 13:30 - 15:00
War and Peace: The 1960s and 1970s
Explore the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the events that shaped a generation. This lesson is open to children ages 9-14 years old.

WHAT: History Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: April 27 is open to kids ages 9-14 years old

WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Masters of American Photography
2021-05-01 10:00 - 2021-08-08 17:00
May 1 – August 8, 2021
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the saying goes, and the 24 images on display in Masters of American Photography, takes visitors on a pictorial journey that traces the history of photography from the mid-19th century to the 20th century.

From Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans to Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and Margaret Bourke-White, the range of these notable photographers underscores the influence each had on the Pictorialism movement which sought to elevate the status of photography to a fine art. Themes such as portraiture, landscape, cityscape, still life, motion capture, and cultural history are explored in an impressive array of works by these most important artists in the chronicles of photography.
Examining the advent of photography from the 1880s through the 1980s, Masters focuses on the extraordinary fervor that surrounded the innovation of this newest medium of visual representation. Emphasizing the experimental nature and evolution of photographic techniques through this time period, this unique exhibition showcases some of the photographs made during the Great Depression to call attention to the challenges of rural poverty, as well as the impact on the people whose lives were now documented as part of the collective record of the artform and its noted accounts of those moments.
On display through August 8, 2021, Masters of American Photography is filled with opportunities for visitors to explore an extraordinary time in the early history of what has not only become a profession and hobby, but a passion and art form for so many.
This definitive collection, comprised of many vintage prints, was organized by the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Toddler Time!
2021-05-18 10:30 - 11:30
Explore the world of plants with themed games designed for children ages 1-5 years old. Toddlers can partake in a scavenger hunt, group story time, and grab a treat bag for the road. Also, make time to explore Framed: Step into Art!

Toddler Time is included with your general admission and free for children ages 3 and under.

Lunchbox Learning
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00
Threading a compelling story with theoretical insights, Dr. Claire Whitlinger, delivers a study that will help scholars, students, and activists alike better understand the dynamics of commemorating difficult pasts, commemorative practices in general, and the links between memory, race, and social change.

Presenter: Dr. Claire Whitlinger, Furman University, Sociology
Topic: Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi

Lunchbox Learning is free for UHM Members and included with general admission for all other guests.

Exhibit Homeschool Day
2021-05-21 13:30 - 15:00
Masters of American Photography
Examine photography in America from the 1880s through the 1980s, with an emphasis on the first decades of the 20th century, when the medium was changing rapidly.

WHAT: Exhibit Homeschool Day

WHEN: This is the FINAL Exhibit Homeschool Day of 2020-2021 school year

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: May 21 is open to kids in 1st-12th grade

WHY: Get hands-on with history and art while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

History Homeschool Day
2021-05-25 13:30 - 15:00
The Meaning of Money
Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history through trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.

WHAT: History Homeschool Day

WHEN: Every last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Upcountry History Museum

HOW: May 25 is open to kids ages 8-14 years old

WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards

COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult

UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE

Opening Day Celebration with Belle & Cinderella
2021-06-05 10:00 - 15:00
Opening Day Celebration with Belle and Cinderella!
Saturday, June 5 | 10am-3pm

Join us for opening day as we host fairy tale themed games, craft stations, story times and princess appearances!

Explore the larger-than-life pages of world famous fairy tales as we celebrate the opening of our summer children’s exhibit, Once Upon a Time: Exploring the World of Fairy Tales.

The celebration is included with your general admission and free to all UHM members.

Once Upon A Time: Exploring the World of Fairy Tales
2021-06-06 - 2021-09-19
June 5 – September 19, 2021
The bilingual exhibition (English and Spanish) is a unique and educational experience that emphasizes the importance of reading and the significance of fairy tales throughout history. From an African jungle to a giant’s castle, visitors explore larger-than-life pages of six of the world’s most famous fairy tales: Anansi and the Talking Melon (Ghana), Beauty and the Beast (France), Jack and the Beanstalk (England), Cinderella (France, China), The Elves and the Shoemaker (Germany), and Lon Po Po (aka: Little Red Riding Hood, China).
Entering the exhibit via a magical portal, visitors will be surrounded by an enchanting storybook kingdom. Each tale is brought to life through its own large-scale environment, interactive components, and costumes.
With seven storybook settings designed for children ages 3-10 years old and their caregivers, Once Upon A Time will take traditional story time to a new interactive level. The result is a three-dimensional, fully developed world that resonates with young visitors, while still appealing to the grown-ups in their lives who are just as fond of the beloved stories that were a major part of their own childhood.

Summer Camp: We Built this City!
2021-06-14 09:00 - 2021-06-18 12:00
Its not just the mayor who runs this city! Discover the history of what it takes to build, maintain, and grow a city and all the quirky jobs, dirty jobs, and everything in between that make a city run. You’re in for a surprise in this behind-the-scenes camp.

UHM Summer Camps are open to children ages 6-12. Each camp is limited to only 16 campers.

Registration deadline for Week One is June 1, 2021.

Camp runs Monday-Friday from 9AM-12PM.

Cost is $150 per UHM Member and $170 per non-members. Discounts are available to families with multiple children.

For more details on UHM Summer Camps, click HERE.
