Other Included with Admission Events You May Enjoy
October 19, 2024
South Carolina Rice Culture
Location: Stableyards Explore the crop that made South Carolina and Charleston wealthy, how rice culture has shaped the South, and its roots in West Africa. This drop-in style program discusses the use of enslaved labor in rice cultivation and the crop's...
learn moreOctober 26, 2024
Celebrating Collards: African Seed Exchange
Location: Stableyards Join us for a drop-in discussion on the origin and Southern history of this leafy green. Follow the journey of historic and heritage varieties in the African American community, and learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare this tasty...
learn moreNovember 16, 2024
Fall Family Day
Bring the whole family for a day of demonstrations and hands-on activities. With its roots in Living History Day, come to learn about the many skills the free and enslaved people practiced throughout the Lowcountry’s long, rich history. Interpreters and...
learn moreJanuary 11, 2025
Colonial Indigo Dyeing in the Stableyards
Location: Stableyards In this drop-in style program, we will discuss the indigo plant, the labor it took to grow, harvest, and process it, as well as the importance of indigo and what it was used for. Guests will dye a square...
learn moreFebruary 8, 2025
Colonial Indigo Dyeing in the Stableyards
Location: Stableyards In this drop-in style program, we will discuss the indigo plant, the labor it took to grow, harvest, and process it, as well as the importance of indigo and what it was used for. Guests will dye a square...
learn moreMarch 8, 2025
Colonial Indigo Dyeing in the Stableyards
Location: Stableyards In this drop-in style program, we will discuss the indigo plant, the labor it took to grow, harvest, and process it, as well as the importance of indigo and what it was used for. Guests will dye a square...
learn more