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Regional History Museum - Offerings
School Programs
The Regional History Museum offers programs for school groups at a variety of grade levels that are targeted toward the state educational standards. New programs for school groups are being added all the time. Tours of the Museum and Traveling trunks are currently available. The trunks are "Colonial Kids" and "Military History: The American Revolution, World War I, and World War II." They use reproduction objects, photographs, and documents from our collection to illustrate social studies curriculum in the classroom. The cost is $30 to check the trunk out for a week. Call 864-596-3501 or email njefferies@spartanburghistory.org for information, to request a trunk on a different topic, and for trunk reservations.
Summer Camp
Four camps will be offered at the Regional History Museum Summer 2010.
June 14 thru 18, 2010 " ages 7 thru 9 , "In Your Backyard" (Focus on archeology 101 and local history) site trips to Historic Price House, Seay House, and Cottonwood trail; Learning how to set up digs, finding artifacts in the ground,
June 21 thru 25, 2010, ages 10 thru 13, "In Your Back Yard"
July 12 thru 16, 2010 ages 8 thru 13, "Military History Camp" (Focus on Spartanburg's military conflicts with visits to local sites associated with them as well as interaction with veterans) site visit too Camp Wadsworth, Camp Croft, Cowpens Battlefield and American Legion Museum
July 26 thru 30, 2010 ages 8 thru 13, "Jr.Historians", genealogy, creating your family history with local resource, site visits to library, cemetery and court house, and a walking tour of Spartanburg
Please call for more information - 864-596-3501.
Camps are designed for students ages 8 to 13 with one exception, "In Your Backyard" ages are different ages are 7 thru 9, and 10 thru 13 Cost is $100 per child, state standard vocabulary words in each camp, journaling, and a lot of exploring
Please see our events page for additional information and important details.
Historic Stained Glass Ornament Series
For the past 15 years, the Regional History Museum has presented a unique stained glass ornament that recognizes a significant, historic structure in Spartanburg County. Each of these beautiful ornaments is available for sale in the gift shop at the History Museum or they can be ordered by mail by contacting the museum (864-596-3501; njefferies@spartanburghistory.org).
1993 Walnut Grove
1994 Price House
1995 Seay House
1996 Old Courthouse (building no longer standing)
1997 The Depot
1998 Duncan-DuPre House
1999 Palmetto Building
2000 The Piedmont Club
2001 The Beacon
2002 Rainbow Lake
2003 Daniel Morgan Monument
2004 Glendale Mill
2005 Wofford College - Old Main
2006 Walker Hall (at SC School for the Deaf & Blind)
2007 Converse College - Wilson Hall
2008 Central United Methodist Church
2009 First Baptist Church, Spartanburg
2010 Church of the Advent, Spartanburg
2011 First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg (Available Soon!)
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