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September 13

Drink History 2019

September 13, 2019 6pm-10pm
Tickets on sale until September 10, 2019
Limited amount sold!

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As part of Charleston's Beer Week, Palmetto Brewery and SCHS Museum are teaming up for Drink History! Join us for a tour of three unique sites in downtown Charleston, The Powder Magazine, The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, and the Dr. David Ramsay house. At each site, guests will receive a complimentary refreshment from Palmetto Brewery. After touring all three sites, guests will meet back at the SCHS Museum for food from Hall Management Group and drinks from Palmetto Brewery!

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September 21

Museum Day

Smithsonian's Museum Day 10am-4pm

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Visit Smithsonian.org to print your Museum Day Pass and receive free admission at all participating museums, including SCHS Museum, on September 21, 2019! Passes available starting August 15, 2019.

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October 1

Win a Free Field Trip! Contest Deadline

Mondays at the Museum
South State Bank sponsored Free Field Trip Contest
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2019
Winners announced: Oct. 8, 2019

Details

South State Bank and the South Carolina Historical Society are partnering to bring SC schools to the Museum for free! All teachers need to do is record a short video of their class explaining why they want to win a free field trip to the museum, then send it to our Education Coordinator by October 1, 2019!

Email: bailey.knight@schsonline.org

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October 17

Last Call: Prohibition

October 17, 2019 7pm-10pm
Tickets on sale: September 1, 2019

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Moonshiners and Teetotalers alike are invited to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Prohibition at Palmetto Brewery! Guests will enjoy "period" food and music on October 17, 2019 from 7pm-10pm. All guests will receive two beer tickets and our friends at Palmetto Brewery will donate $1 of each additional pint sold to SCHS. Moonshiner tickets include cocktails.

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October 26

Lecture, Reception, and Tour of Fort Fair Lawn

Join us the evening before the Fall Tour for a special lecture by American Battlefield Trust president James Lighthizer at the Santee Cooper McCall Auditorium.

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Join us the evening before the Fall Tour for a special lecture by American Battlefield Trust president James Lighthizer at the Santee Cooper McCall Auditorium (1 Riverwood Drive, Moncks Corner). Afterward, the SCHS will hold a reception at the Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center (950 Stony Landing Road, Moncks Corner) and guests are welcome to visit the historic Fort Fair Lawn site, which includes a largely intact British-built Revolutionary War fort (see lordberkeley.org/fort-fair-lawn for more on its conservation). The lecture is free to attend, and the reception and tour are $50 per person.

Pictured, a 1789 plat of Fairlawn Barony depicts a "redout built by the British." On the cover, Strawberry Chapel is shown in an early-twentieth-century photograph. From the collections of the South Carolina Historical Society.

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October 27

2019 Fall Tour

Explore the paths of early South Carolina settlers and learn about the history and preservation of several important Berkeley County sites.

Details

Date: Sunday, October 27, 2019

Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Berkeley County, SC

Cost: $85 for members, $100 for non-members. Lunch is included in the ticket price.

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November 10

Holiday Family Pictures

1pm-3pm
$10 for adults
Kids free!

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Visit SCHS Museum on November 10, and we'll take your family picture in front of a historic holiday post card! We'll email you the picture just in time for your Christmas cards!

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November 17

Holiday Family Pictures

1pm-3pm
$10 per adult
kids free!

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Visit SCHS Museum on November 17, and we'll take your family picture in front of a historic holiday post card! We'll email you the picture just in time for your Christmas cards!

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November 24

Holiday Family Pictures

1pm-3pm
$10 per adult
Kids free!

Details

Visit SCHS Museum on November 24, and we'll take your family picture in front of a historic holiday post card! We'll email you the picture just in time for your Christmas cards!

Fee includes admission to the museum!

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December 1

Holiday Family Pictures

1pm-3pm
$10 per adult
Kids free!

Details

Visit SCHS Museum on December 1, and we'll take your family picture in front of a historic holiday post card! We'll email you the picture just in time for your Christmas cards!

Fee includes admission to the museum!

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