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Harvest on the Homestead 2023
For Immediate Release: Sep. 26, 2023Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Celebrate the Carolina Piedmont’s agricultural heritage with fall festivities during “Harvest on...
McCelvey Center
The York Graded School, now known as the McCelvey Center, was expanded in 1922 and served as a school for the people of York into the 1980s. Under the stewardship of the Culture & Heritage Museums, the former school building is used as museum collections storage...
Homestead House, Historic Brattonsville
Harriet Rainey Bratton (1795-1874) took over the operation of the Bratton plantation after the death of her husband, Dr. John Simpson Bratton, Sr., in 1843. She resided in the Homestead House until her death in 1874. Today, the Culture & Heritage Museums’...
Brattonsville Female Seminary, Historic Brattonsville
In early 1840, Catherine Ladd (1808-1899) opened the Brattonsville Female Seminary inside the renovated ancestral home of the Brattons of Brattonsville. Today, the preservation team of Culture & Heritage Museums is working to restore the house to its appearance...
Geology Rocks! Family Day
For Immediate Release: Sept. 5, 2023 Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Geology Rocks! Family Day at Museum of York County on Sept. 23 ROCK HILL, S.C. – Have a...
By the Sweat of Our Brows 2023
For Immediate Release:Aug. 22, 2023 Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Historic Brattonville’s annual event “By the Sweat of Our Brows” honors the descendants of...
Culture & Heritage Museums sites are now KultureCity® Certified
For Immediate Release: July 11, 2023 Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Culture & Heritage Museums sites are now KultureCity® Certified and Sensory InclusiveTM ROCK...
Huck’s Defeat 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2023 Contact: Marie Cheek Community Relations Coordinator Culture & Heritage Museums of York County, S.C. www.chmuseums.org 803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution comes alive through...
Culture & Heritage Museums receives Leadership in History Award
For Immediate Release: June 20, 2023 Contact: Marie Cheek Community Relations Coordinator Culture & Heritage Museums www.chmuseums.org 803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Culture & Heritage Museums receives prestigious Award of Excellence for exhibit...