A very Happy New Year to all the Museum’s supporters! Whether you are a member, donor, volunteer, an attendee of our programs or a general advocate, we greatly appreciate what you do for America’s First Museum. As we launch into 2020, I want to take a look back at the…
Read MoreIn its headline, with one-inch-tall letters, The News and Courier declared “Prohibition Dead” on December 6, 1933. However, it was not as if locals here were high and dry one day, then popping champagne corks the next. Despite the thirty-six states who ratified the 21st Amendment, South Carolina wasn’t one…
Read MoreUnnamed terrier gets a pet from a sailor aboard the USS Orion (AS-18) in Guantanamo Bay, 1947. Animals have long been used for practical military service. Horses, camels, and elephants have hauled soldiers, supplies, and weapons. Pigeons have carried messages, while dogs guarded troops and tracked enemies. Many have also…
Read MoreConservation of museum collections usually involves those objects that are fragile or unstable. Textiles such as Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s dress, furniture such as the Robert Walker bed at the Joseph Manigault House, or wood from archaeological contexts such as the pilings from the city’s early fortifications often require conservation treatment…
Read MoreNational Pollution Prevention Week begins the third Monday of September every year and focuses on reducing pollution production at the source. The Pollution Prevention (P2) Act was passed in 1990 by Congress with the goal of establishing a source reduction program within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which would collect…
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