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Culture & Heritage Museums is a family of museums in York County, SC, which includes Historic Brattonsville, Main Street Children’s Museum, McCelvey Center, and Museum of York County.
Member Exclusive Event
Member Exclusive Workshop Series at Hightower Hall
Oct. 7, Nov. 4, & Dec. 2 | 3 – 4:30 p.m.
$50 per person/per workshop
Join us to learn how to create, mix, and make unique DIY charcuterie boards, drinks, and decorations.
Oct. 7 – Create a Charcuterie
Nov. 4 – Mix Mocktails & Pairings
Dec. 2 – Make an Evergreen & Fruit Door Swag
For Adults only (ages 18 & up)
Pre-registration required.
Featured Event
Harvest on the Homestead
Saturdays in October | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Celebrate fall with us and the Carolina Piedmont’s agricultural heritage with 19th century-style harvest time festivities. Each Saturday we will highlight one harvest-time theme including corn, apples, cotton, and pumpkins & spice.
Oct. 7 – Corn
Oct. 14 – Apples
Oct. 21 – Cotton
Oct. 28 – Pumpkins & Spice
Upcoming Events
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Sep.
Citizen Science Photo Contest: Spiders
September’s Citizen Science theme is spiders. Email your submissions to CITIZENSCIENCE@CHMUSEUMS.ORG. The best photos of the month may be featured in a fall exhibition.
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Sep.
Letter of the Week
Join us each Thursday to learn letters through letter songs and practice identifying things that start with this week’s letter. Afterwards, make sure to search the Museum for the missing letters, if you can find one bring it to an educator to earn a sticker! This week’s letter is “D.”
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Sep.
Worldwide Day of Play
Play with us as we celebrate with some fun activities. Practice your bowling skills, play bean-bag tic-tac-toe, and more. We hope you will take this chance to get up, get active, and play your heart out with us..
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News + Press
McCelvey now listed on National Register of Historic Places
For Immediate Release: June 6, 2023 Contact: Marie Cheek Community Relations Coordinator Culture & Heritage Museums www.chmuseums.org 803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org An excellent example of Neoclassical architecture and York’s first public...
MYCO’s New Summer Exhibit
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org Museum of York County’s new interactive summer exhibit is an adventure in early literacy...
“Space Craze” lunch & learn program at Museum of York County
For Immediate Release: April 18, 2023Contact:Marie CheekCommunity Relations CoordinatorCulture & Heritage Museumswww.chmuseums.org803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org “Space Craze” lunch & learn program at Museum of York...
Happy Experiences
Well worth the cost of admission and great for the kiddos. The planetarium is the icing on the cake. Great little show and presentation. Highly recommmended!