10/28/11
State Museum Announces Special November Events
The following special events are scheduled for November.
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10/25/11
Legal Moonshine & Muscadine Wine at S.C. State Museum Tasting Nov. 5
“Everything old is new again.” So goes a famous saying, and it could certainly apply to a couple of the latest darlings of the adult beverage world: legal “moonshine” and muscadine wines. A new spin on some old favorites will be offered Saturday, Nov. 5 from 6 – 9 p.m. as the South Carolina State Museum explores the Palmetto State’s heritage of moonshining and homemade wine-making in an exciting new ticketed event for adults called “Moonshine and Muscadines.”
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10/24/11
Fall Heritage Festival at the SC State Museum
With mouth-watering barbecue, some of the best of South Carolina’s musical talent, a plethora of folk artists demonstrating their skills and a return guest appearance by renowned topiary artist Pearl Fryar, lovers of fall and folk culture will enjoy a day filled with fall activities for the whole family at the South Carolina State Museum’s annual Fall Heritage Festival & Pickin’ Party on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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10/18/11
South Carolina State Museum Presents Southeastern Premiere of Spectacular BODY WORLDS Exhibition
Continuing its tradition of bringing to South Carolina impactful and important exhibits, the South Carolina State Museum will bring what is most likely the most spectacular of them all to Columbia on Nov. 13 – Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS Vital.
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10/13/11
Tricks and Treats at the State Museum, Oct. 22 and 29
Where can families go for two Saturdays of safe Halloween fun? Follow the ghosts, ghouls and goblins to the South Carolina State Museum on Oct. 22 and Oct. 29 as the museum presents its annual Halloween event for families, “Tricks and Treats at the State Museum!”
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10/12/11
South Carolina State Museum Launches $23 Million Transformation, Renovation
The South Carolina State Museum Wednesday (Oct. 12, 2011) launched its $23 million expansion and renovation project, Windows to New Worlds, which will transform the museum’s capacity to engage, educate and inspire visitors at its historic site in Columbia, across the state and beyond.
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10/10/11
Exhibit Recalls Historic Quake on 125th Anniversary
Most people think of the West Coast when they think of earthquakes in the United States. But a new exhibit that opened Oct. 8 at the South Carolina State Museum points out that the second biggest quake in U.S. history occurred right here in South Carolina.
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10/07/11
Artist-Turned-First- Responder to Recall 9/11 At State Museum Oct. 15
It is known simply as 9/11. The tragic events that occurred 10 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001 took the lives of thousands in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., and changed the course of American history.
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09/30/11
Silhouette Artist Returns to State Museum Oct. 15
Great artists sometimes take years to produce a single portrait. Lowcountry silhouette artist Clay Rice does it in shy of 60 seconds with the aid of a piece of paper and a very sharp pair of scissors.
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09/22/11
State Museum Announces October Events
These special events and exhibits are scheduled at the South Carolina State Museum in October.
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09/22/11
Sidewalk Stargazing Returns Oct. 1
It’ll be a grand night for looking at Jupiter!
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09/13/11
World-Class Telescope Collection is Major Acquisition For Museum
The stunning collection of historic telescopes donated to the South Carolina State Museum by collector Robert Ariail of Columbia is more than merely a group of scopes gathered randomly over a lifetime, according to Director of Education Tom Falvey.
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09/13/11
Major Astronomy Collection Donated to State Museum, USC
The South Carolina State Museum and the University of South Carolina have acquired a major collection of historic telescopes and astronomy books, documents and equipment.
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09/02/11
State Museum Remembers 9/11 with Beam, Photos
Sept. 11, 2001 was a day that changed America forever. And from that tragedy, heroes and heroines arose, and everyone knows who they are: the police, firefighters and emergency personnel who responded at the risk of their own lives.
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08/16/11
State Museum Announces Special September Events
These special events and exhibits are scheduled at the South Carolina State Museum in September.
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08/09/11
State Museum’s Folk Art has “Uncommon” Appeal
Whiskey bottles made of coat hangers, held in the coat hanger hands of coat hanger cowboys; face jugs of clay making faces of fear or displeasure; wooden turkeys and homemade turkey calls; paintings, drawings and carvings of fantasy; airplanes with fans for propellers; and so much more.
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08/05/11
S.C. State Museum to Present Hunley Submarine Program
Visitors to the South Carolina State Museum will have one more chance this summer to learn the fateful history of the Confederate submarine
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07/29/11
Two Weeks Remain to Enjoy Summer Camps at SC State Museum
Summer day camps continue at the South Carolina State Museum with the focus on science, fun and learning in the upcoming weeks
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07/26/11
Toy Soldier Show returns to S.C. State Museum
The world of toy soldiers and “military miniatures” is once again featured as the South Carolina State Museum presents its 20th annual Southeastern Toy Soldier Show on Saturday, Aug. 13.
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07/21/11
New Civil War Exhibit Presents Soldiers’ Lives
The second phase of a four-year expansion of the South Carolina State Museum’s Civil War exhibit opens July 23 with a depiction of the everyday lives of the Confederate soldiers from South Carolina.
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07/08/11
State Museum Silver Program Series Continues in July and August
Fans of South Carolina silver have a few more weeks to enjoy the South Carolina State Museum’s elegant exhibit South Carolina Silver: Varieties in Society 1750 – 1935, which closes Saturday, Aug. 28. They also have three opportunities to enjoy a series of fascinating silver programs by nationally renowned silver expert Dawn E. Corley, better known as “The Charleston Silver Lady.” The programs are scheduled before the end of the exhibit and feature Corley’s captivating Tabletops series and enthralling silver workshop.
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07/02/11
Museum Road Show Returns for Summer Edition
Was that oil painting you found at an estate sale painted by an Old Master or just a clever copy? Is the antique silver teapot and sugar tongs left to you by great-aunt Mildred really the work of Paul Revere? Will your collection of vintage Barbie dolls finance your son’s college education? Curious guests will have their chance to find out about all kinds of artifacts, collectibles, antiques and heirlooms as the South Carolina State Museum presents the summer edition of one of its most popular events, the Museum Road Show, on Saturday, July 16.
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06/29/11
State Museum Displays USC Baseball Memorabilia
University of South Carolina baseball fans now have twice as much reason to crow after the Gamecocks won their second consecutive national championship June 28.
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06/17/11
State Museum to Hold “Girls in Science Day” June 24
More than 125 middle school girls (and boys) will gather to learn about careers in science during “Girls in Science Day” at the South Carolina State Museum on June 24 from noon to 5 p.m. Now in its sixth year at the museum, the goal of “Girls in Science Day” is to provide young girls with opportunities to engage in hands-on science and math activities, meet and talk with women from different science fields and recognize the need for women to pursue careers in these fields.
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06/09/11
Summer Camps Will Thrill at S.C. State Museum
Summer day camps are back at the South Carolina State Museum with the focus on science and art in the upcoming months.
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05/31/11
Animals Draw Guests With “Gross” Behavior
Some critter left a scented message in the South Carolina State Museum’s “blockbuster” gallery.
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05/20/11
State Museum Foundation Announces Staff Appointments
The South Carolina State Museum Foundation has reorganized its staff to best attain future fundraising and operational needs for the South Carolina State Museum. Kathleen “Kathi” Sill has been appointed executive director of the Foundation and former executive director Adrienne Bellinger has transitioned into the newly-created position of director of institutional giving.
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05/05/11
S.C. State Museum to Present Hunley Submarine Program
Visitors to the South Carolina State Museum are familiar with the replica of the Confederate submarine H. L Hunley that overlooks the galleries from the museum’s fourth floor. Those wishing to hear more of its fateful history will get their chance on Saturday, May 14, when the museum presents “The Mystery of the H. L. Hunley.” Presentations will be on the hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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04/27/11
S.C. Silver Society to Present Program at State Museum
South Carolina silver once again takes center stage at the South Carolina State Museum for a program on Sunday, May 1 from 1 – 3:30 p.m. entitled “South Carolina Silver in the Civil War: Did Sherman Take it All?”
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04/27/11
Last chance for Sidewalk Stargazing on May 7
Stargazing will result in fundraising when the South Carolina State Museum and Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakery team up to host “Planets for the People,” a sidewalk telescope viewing Saturday, May 7 at 6 p.m
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04/15/11
Congaree Art Festival Returns for 9th Year
Contemporary art from Palmetto State artists is at the heart of the South Carolina State Museum’s ninth annual Congaree Art Festival, presented in conjunction with Artista Vista on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This year’s festival features jewelry, pine needle baskets, oil and watercolor paintings, hand-thrown pottery, metal sculpture and much, much more. Displayed art will be available for purchase at a variety of prices.
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04/15/11
“Halley’s Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky”
In a multi-media performance April 30 at the South Carolina State Museum, “Halley’s Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky” will present the humor, hysteria, and advertising hype that accompanied the appearance of the historic comet 101 years ago. The show will be performed at 2 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium.
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04/01/11
Museum’s Sidewalk Stargazing Returns April 9
It’s time for a little stargazing and fundraising with the South Carolina State Museum and Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakery!
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03/23/11
Silhouette Artist Returns to the State Museum
Unique, personal art produced in just shy of a minute? Impossible, right? Not if you’re Lowcountry artist Clay Rice.
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03/16/11
Family Camp-in Returns to the State Museum
Enjoy the “stinkiest, slimiest, downright yuckiest” sleepover ever!
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03/15/11
Sandlapper Singers Highlight Civil War Program
The Civil War and its profound effect on ordinary Americans have fascinated historians, journalists, writers, visual artists and musicians for the greater part of the 150 years since the war began in 1861. “Music and Conversation about the Civil War Experience,” a joint program by the Sandlapper Singers, the South Carolina State Museum and the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, will examine the turbulent era through photographs, dialogue and song on Sunday, March 27. The program, beginning at 2:30 p.m., will take place in the South Carolina State Museum’s auditorium.
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03/07/11
Historic Campaign Becomes Subject of Museum Exhibit
The voters of South Carolina made history Nov. 2, 2010 when they elected Nikki R. Haley the state’s first woman and first minority governor.
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03/04/11
Sidewalk Stargazing Returns March 12
It’s a grand night for looking at Jupiter!
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03/03/11
Museum Program to Highlight French & Indian War in South Carolina
Before the American Revolution, the British had enemies to deal with other than disgruntled colonists. In 1761, the Seven Years War, also known as the French and Indian War, was on, and as in the Revolution, South Carolina played a prominent part.
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02/25/11
Movie Night Returns to the State Museum
What do animals and ogres have in common?
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02/24/11
State Museum “Garage Sale” Returns March 12
For fans of the South Carolina State Museum who would like to have a bit of memorabilia from some of their favorite exhibits – say, a life-size pirate statue or a replica pirate sword – Saturday, March 12 is a red letter day
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02/09/11
Uncommon Folk Spotlights Traditional Arts of Palmetto State
A large exhibition of traditional South Carolina folk art will open Feb. 26 in the South Carolina State Museum’s Lipscomb Art Gallery. Uncommon Folk: Folk Art from the Collection of the South Carolina State Museum will feature art made by everyday, not-formally-trained but talented and community-taught people whose works served to fill a need before they became recognized as a distinct art form.
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02/09/11
State Museum, ETV Partner To Premiere Art Film
The South Carolina State Museum and SCETV will present the premiere of a new documentary film of folk art in South Carolina Saturday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. (? CHECK) at the State Museum in Columbia.
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02/08/11
State Museum and Partners To Observe “Columbia’s Longest Days” with Events
The public can learn how Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s troops came to burn South Carolina’s capital city toward the end of the Civil War through a variety of activities Saturday, Feb. 19 at the South Carolina State Museum. That’s the day the museum and other members of the Greater Columbia Civil War Alliance will present the annual family history event “Columbia’s Longest Days.”
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