Upcountry History Museum

Chautauqua Coffee Talk
2018-06-20 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
Meet the Chautauqua History Alive Festival performers off-stage. One performer and their Historical Character will be featured each morning. Often the other performers and Chautauqua staff join in the fun. In an intimate setting over free coffee, you can discuss their character, themselves or “whatever.”
Admission to the event is Free. When the event is over, the Upcountry History Museum will be open. If you are not already a Museum member, admission to the Museum is $8 adults, $7 seniors and $6 for children.
Wednesday June 20 – Winston Churchill with Larry Bounds

UHM Kids Book Club
2018-06-19 15:30 - 17:00
Join Jack and Annie on their historic adventures. Read the book at home, then enjoy games, crafts, and more at the Museum. All book club meetings are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission for all other guests.
June19 will feature Tigers at Twilight.

Picturing Nam
2018-06-16 - 2018-10-21
Organized by the National Archives
June 16 – October 21, 2018
Photographs are a powerful part of our collective memory of the Vietnam War. Many of the iconic photographs were taken by photojournalists working for newspapers, magazines, or wire services. But there were also military photographers in Vietnam serving in our armed forces. They took thousands of photographs that covered every aspect of the conflict –photographs that are now a part of our National Archives.
Military photographers were sent everywhere: the jungles and swamps, forward bases, hospital ships, rivers, and air bases. Un-sanitized and uncensored, these indelible images give an intimate and ground up view of the war and those who fought it.

Connections Cafe
2018-06-14 14:00 - 15:30
Connections Café is a monthly program at the Upcountry History Museum, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association. 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.

Neighborhood Night
2018-06-07 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 is open on the first Thursday evening of each month throughout 2018. Neighborhood Nights runs from 5:30-8:30 pm during which time admission to the museum and all museum exhibitions is be FREE.

UHM Kids Book Club
2018-06-05 15:30 - 17:00
Join Jack and Annie on their historic adventures. Read the book at home, then enjoy games, crafts, and more at the Museum. All book club meetings are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission for all other guests.
June 5 will feature The Knight at Dawn.

UHM Kids Book Club
2018-05-22 15:30 - 17:00
Join Jack and Annie on their historic adventures. Read the book at home, then enjoy games, crafts, and more at the Museum. All book club meetings are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission for all other guests.
May 22 will feature Night of the Ninjas.

Armed Forces Day
2018-05-19 10:00 - 16:00
Celebrate Armed Forces Day with the American Super Soldier – Captain America! Enjoy free coffee and donuts (while supplies last), meet Captain America (11-Noon), and enjoy a screening of Captain America (Noon). Explore the hands-on touch table with military artifacts. Scavenger hunts with military prizes will be available for children.

Everyday heroes and heroines get $1 off admission (includes military personnel, police officers, firemen, EMTs, doctors, and nurses).

History After Dark
2018-04-19 18:30 - 20:30
History After Dark

A new Upcountry History Museum lecture series that mixes historical research with contemporary topics for a unique experience.
Thursday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Presented by Dr. Elizabeth Dowling Taylor,
Author of A Slave in the White House and
The Original Black Elite
Exploring Shifting Prospects for African Americans From 1800 to 1920 through Biography
Tickets: $20 per person, 10% discount for Museum Members
Ticket includes: lecture and dessert. Book signing optional. Books available for purchase through the Museum Store.
RSVP – 864-467-3100
“The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.” – W.E.B. Dubois

Friday Flicks
2018-04-19 13:00 - 15:30
Triumph of the Soul: The Story of Two Holocaust Survivors
Join us for a Friday Flick in connection with “The Power of Children” exhibition and the story of Anne Frank. While young Anne did not survive the horrors of the concentration camps, learn about two individuals who did. Hear their story in their own words with this moving documentary by the Greenville Jewish Federation.

Connections Cafe
2018-04-12 14:00 - 15:30
The Connections Café is a program in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association. The monthly 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 and sharing with other people in similar situations. The bonds formed in Connections Cafés often last throughout the continuum of the disease and become an additional support for those involved.
Each month the Connections Café group will tour one of the Museum exhibitions and then have a social with snacks and a hands-on activity. Admission to the Connections Café is free.

Friday Flick
2018-04-06 14:00 - 16:00
Superman the Movie (1978)
See the films that inspired the work of Alex Ross on the big screen at the Upcountry History Museum.
Movies are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission to all other guests.

Neighborhood Night
2018-04-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe Street, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
The Upcountry History Museum – Furman University is committed to making our museum open to everyone. Thanks to generous grant support the Museum is open on the first Thursday evening of every month for Neighborhood Nights. 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. Books will be connected to the theme of the current Main Gallery exhibition.
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 bases. For questions please email info@upcountryhistory.org.

Friday Flick
2018-03-30 13:00 - 15:00
Flash Gordon (1981)
See the films that inspired the work of Alex Ross on the big screen at the Upcountry History Museum.
Movies are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission to all other guests.

Back Where I Come From: The Upcountry’s Piedmont Blues
2017-12-08 10:00 - 2020-03-06 17:00
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 Upcountry South Carolina’s blues history.
Through an in-house exhibition, diverse programming, and musical performances, the project will explore the history of the Upcountry’s Piedmont Blues, including its origins, its unique style, and the musicians who created a musical legacy.
The project will include archival materials, oral histories, and historic film footage that embody the unique style, sound, stories, and emotions associated with the Upcountry’s blues. Together, these engaging experiences will preserve and disseminate the legacy of the Piedmont Blues while introducing diverse audiences to this enriching genre.
Piedmont Blues, also known as East Coast Blues, resulted from a unique guitar finger-picking method. Compared to the Delta Blues, which is purely rooted in African culture, the Piedmont Blues in the Carolinas and Georgia has more diverse elements. This characteristic was a result of white gospel, ragtime, country, and pop music influences that allowed Piedmont Blues artists to display greater instrumental range compared to their Delta counterparts.
The Upcountry South Carolina served as a hub for Piedmont Blues pioneers. Back Where I Come From will spotlight these early blues vanguards including: Josh White, the Reverend Gary Davis, Pinkney “Pink” Anderson, Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson, “Blind Willie” Walker and Charles Henry “Baby” Tate, who created a musical movement, inspired future musicians, influenced rock ‘n’ roll, and called the Upcountry South Carolina home.
