On April 26, guests were invited to s tep back in time to the heyday of dancing at Folly Beach and the Grand Strand at the Charleston Museum’s annual fundraiser. They danced night away at “Beach Music on the Boardwalk,” featuring live beach music by the Ocean Drive Party Band,…
Read MoreCharleston’s Women Naturalists Lecturer: Jennifer Scheetz, Archivist, The Charleston Museum In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Museum Archivist, Jennifer Scheetz, discussed several of Charleston’s own women naturalists. See examples of their art as they painted the world they studied. Take a closer look at Maria Martin Bachman, Ida Morris Jervey,…
Read MoreRelieve Us of this Burthen Lecturer: Carl Borick, Assistant Director, The Charleston Museum Assistant Director Carl Borick discusses his new book, “Relieve Us of this Burthen”: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782. The book focuses on the prisoners that were captured by the British in South Carolina…
Read MoreWe have small display of historic Valentine’s Day cards, along with several lacy “unmentionables” from our textile collection, on exhibit through the end of February. Here are a few to make your Valentine’s Day just a little sweeter!
Read MoreRelieve Us of This Burthen: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782, published this month by the University of South Carolina Press, will be available in the Charleston Museum gift shop next week. If you have read A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780 you might see…
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