Florence County Museum

Closed
2023-04-07 - 2023-04-09 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
The museum will be closed Friday, April 7 through Sunday, April 9. There will be no Family Day on Saturday, April 8. We will return with our normal hours on Tuesday, April 11.

Slow Art Day
2023-04-15 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Slow Art Day 2023
Slow Down. Reflect. Discover. Engage.
On average, museumgoers tend to view objects for under 30 seconds. Seven seconds is the most time some viewers will spend looking at a painting. How long does 30 seconds feel? What about 5 minutes? How does the time we spend looking at something, influence our observation?
Join the Florence County Museum on Saturday, April 15, 2023, for a day of curated strategies to help you experience art more deeply. Stop by the front desk for your Slow Art Day Guide.
No fee or registration required!
Three opportunities to reflect on the day include:

Individually, through your printed Slow Art Day Guide
With your own learning community. Invite friends and family to join you. Discuss your observations with them after your visit.
Join Museum staff and others for facilitated conversation in the multipurpose room at 2:00 pm. If you chose this option, make plans to arrive at the museum at 1:00 pm so you have plenty of time to view the selected art beforehand.

About Slow Art Day:
Founded in 2010, Slow Art Day is a global event (more than 1,500 museums and galleries have participated) with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.
Visit slowartday.com.

Family Day – What's in a Name?
2023-05-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
What’s in a Name?
Participants will create name bugs using symmetry, line, and shape. Families will get a chance to look at a few insects of South Carolina and what the body parts of an insect are called.
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Free Public Tours
2023-05-18 17:30 - 18:00, 2023-09-21 17:30 - 18:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
An in-depth, docent-led tour is a great way to obtain a better understanding of any of our exhibits. Regularly scheduled docent-led tours take place every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm. A tour of any one of our galleries lasts approximately thirty minutes.
1/19 – Pee Dee History Gallery (River)
3/16 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
5/18 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
7/20 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
9/21 – Kindred Spirit: The Personal Worlds of William H. Johnson
11/16 – Pee Dee History Gallery (River)
Register for free

Closed
2023-05-28 - 2023-05-29 | SC
The museum will be closed Sunday, May 28 through Monday, May 29. We will return with our normal hours on Tuesday, Tuesday, May 30.

Family Day – I Say Tomato, You Say Tomahto
2023-06-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
I Say Tomato, You Say Tomahto
Celebrate the beginning of summer and watching things grow!
Participants will plant seedlings in a flower pot they will dye in indigo. Watch the colors change while the indigo oxidizes and take home a little planting of your own to care for. Learn what seeds need to grow and observe the process during the summer months.
These actives are inspired by Tomato & Corn Clubs photographs from the early 20th century; agricultural initiatives designed to stimulate economic growth by bringing farm work into publicly funded elementary schools.
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Art Afterhours – Nature Prints
2023-06-15 17:30 - 18:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Spend the evening exploring your creative side and learning new art making skills. All materials are provided.
Participants will explore composition and local flora through the creation of Nature Prints.
Adults. Limited to 30 participants. Free for Museum Members, $10/person for Not Yet Members. Preregistration required.
Preregister now

Closed
2023-07-04 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
In observation of Independence Day the museum will be closed Tuesday, July 4. We will return with our normal hours on Wednesday, July 5.

Family Day – Who was the Swamp Fox?
2023-07-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
Who was the Swamp Fox?
Join us for a very revolutionary Family Day. Inspired by two current exhibitions at the Florence County Museum, Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee and Snow’s Island: Frontier of Prose and Lore, create your own Swamp Fox mask, Cypress Swamp scene and Revolutionary War Era Whirligig Craft. Learn more about General Francis Marion and South Carolina’s historic landscape.

Free Public Tours
2023-07-20 17:30 - 18:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
An in-depth, docent-led tour is a great way to obtain a better understanding of any of our exhibits. Regularly scheduled docent-led tours take place every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm. A tour of any one of our galleries lasts approximately thirty minutes.
1/19 – Pee Dee History Gallery (River)
3/16 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
5/18 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
7/20 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee – Free public lecture by Dr. Steven D. Smith – 6:00 – 7:30pm
9/21 – Kindred Spirit: The Personal Worlds of William H. Johnson
11/16 – Pee Dee History Gallery (River)
Register for free

Public Lecture Series – LEGEND: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
2023-07-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Reception & Lecture by Dr. Steven D. Smith
Thursday, July 20
6:00 to 7:30pm
Florence County Museum Lobby
Join us for a lecture in conjunction with our exhibition LEGEND: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee. The talk will be given by Dr. Steven D. Smith, author of Francis Marion and the Snow’s Island Community: Myth History, and Archaeology. Smith is a research professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and has conducted extensive studies of battlefields and camp sites associated with Marion’s Revolutionary War military campaigns.
Marion’s fame is inextricable from his activities in the Pee Dee, and Smith has gone further than all previous researchers to bring a new and better understanding of the character, strategies, and relationships which held together the partisan forces of the Pee Dee during a desperate turning point in the battle for American Independence.

Archaeological Institute of the Pee Dee – Community Day
2023-08-05 10:00 - 16:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
AIPD Community Day
This family friendly free event includes presentations on recent field work on pre-contact and colonial sites in the Pee Dee, demonstrations of indigenous skills, crafts, and technologies such as flint knapping, pottery making, and spear throwing, as well as an “Archaeology Roadshow” to which visitors can bring artifacts for identification and discussion. Visitors can also enjoy the current exhibit LEGEND: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee that includes artifacts recovered from key Marion sites and relates them to the important art works of the nineteenth century depicting Marion and his campaigns.
For a complete schedule of events and more information, please visit the Archaeological Institute of the Pee Dee’s website here.

Family Day – Busy as a Bee
2023-08-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
Busy as a Bee
Explore the significance of bees through paint and texture. Participants will create 2-dimensional textured beehive patterns with shapes and paint their own mini-bee garden stone. According to the Department of Natural resources there are hundreds of bee species, besides honey bees in the state of South Carolina!
These activities are inspired by Florence’s Bee City Designation and continued community and family efforts to introduce pollinating plants to Florence County.

Art Afterhours – Stenciled Collage
2023-08-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Spend the evening exploring your creative side and learning new art making skills. All materials are provided.
Join local artist Morgan Elvington Walker for a creative evening of color and collage. Participants will create collage using hand-painted papers with the option of stencils to guide compositional design.
Adults. Limited to 20 participants. Free for Museum Members, $10/person for Not Yet Members. Preregistration required.
Preregister now

Family Day – Make Your Mark
2023-09-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
Make Your Mark
Celebrate being courageous in creativity! Join us as we make 2D and 3D creations. This month’s Family Day is inspired by Peter H. Reynolds book, The Dot and all artists brave enough to start a painting by making a mark.

Mornings at the Museum
2023-09-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-11-15 10:00 - 11:00 | SC
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Free Public Reception – Openings: Joseph Kameen
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 28
6:00 to 7:30pm
Joseph Kameen is Assistant Professor of Art at the University of South Carolina Aiken. He received his BFA in painting and sculpture from Boston University, and his MFA in painting from Indiana University. His work has been exhibited in New York, London, Berlin, and Greece.
In his recent paintings, Kameen investigates how the search for meaning in everyday moments becomes distorted as internal thoughts are projected onto inanimate surroundings, blurring the line between reality and memory.
“With their strong composition, intense interplay of colors, and theatrical effects of light and shadow, the paintings’ characters, objects, and events take on a dream-like presence that is both familiar and elusive,” says FCM curator Stephen Motte.
Join us for an opening reception on the evening of Thursday, September 28, as we explore the visionary work of one of South Carolina’s most talented contemporary artists. Openings: Joseph Kameen will be on view in the Special Exhibit Gallery from September 5, 2023 through January 28, 2024.

Free Public Movie Screening – Arkhaios Film Festival
2023-10-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Join the Florence County Museum and the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage & Archaeology Film Festival for an evening dedicated to film, archaeology and cultural heritage, on Thursday, October 12, 5:00 to 7:00pm at the Florence County Museum in the Multipurpose Room.
This free event will include a reception, lecture and screening of a film The Champollion Brothers: The Egypt Code Breakers.
The Arkhaios Film Festival is sponsored by the SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) and the Department of Anthropology of the University of South Carolina, and the Welsch Tract Historic Properties Association, in South Carolina, and in Pennsylvania by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Pittsburgh, and the Allegheny Chapter #1 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.
About the film
“The Champollion Brothers: The Egypt Code Breakers”, a 2022, 52’ film by Director Jacques Plaisant.
Two hundred years ago, Jean-Francois Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the History of Humanity.
What little is known is that behind this genius hides a man in the shadows: Jacques-Joseph, the eldest brother of the Champollion family.
The recent study of family archives shed new light on this intellectual adventure that was deciphering.
It is in the light of this latest scientific knowledge and the latest finds in the epistolary exchanges of Jean-Francois Champollion with his brother that the life of this genius is re-read.
About the Director
Jacques Plaisant is known for La nature vue du ciel (2013), Rituals of the World (2018) and Dans le secret des hiéroglyphes : Les frères Champollion (2022). 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

No Family Day
2023-10-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
No Family Day
In preparation of the Imagination Ball, there will be no Family Day on Saturday, October 14, 2023.

Imagination Ball
2023-10-14 18:00 - 20:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Imagination Ball at the Florence County Museum
Let your creativity flow at the 5th Annual Florence County Museum Imagination Ball, a costumed event for the whole family. Enjoy an evening of creative hands-on activities, music, food, costume contest and more! Tickets are $10 per child or $40 per family. Accompanying adults attend free. Tickets can be purchased at the Florence County Museum or through our website: flocomuseum.org/imagination.
All proceeds support educational programming at the Florence County Museum.
The inspiration for this year’s Imagination Ball is William H. Johnson’s painting Aunt Alice currently on view in the Focus Gallery at the Florence County Museum. On loan from James E. Lewis Museum of Morgan State University, the subject matter features William H. Johnson’s mother. Alice Johnson was affectionately known in the community as Aunt Alice. In 1944, Alice was recognized in a public ceremony for her 25 years of service as matron of the local YMCA.
Presented by: Florence County Museum Foundation.
For more information, visit flocomuseum.org/imagination or call the museum at 843.676.1200. 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 JTNDcCUzRVdpbGxpYW0lMjBIZW5yeSUyMEpvaG5zb24lM0NiciUyMCUyRiUzRSUwQSUzQ2VtJTNFQXVudCUyMEFsaWNlJTNDJTJGZW0lM0UlM0NiciUyMCUyRiUzRSUwQU9pbCUyMG9uJTIwY29tcHJlc3NlZCUyMGNhcmRib2FyZCUzQ2JyJTIwJTJGJTNFJTBBMTk0NCUzQ2JyJTIwJTJGJTNFJTBBT24lMjBsb2FuJTIwZnJvbSUyMEphbWVzJTIwRS4lMjBMZXdpcyUyME11c2V1bSUzQ2JyJTIwJTJGJTNFJTBBTW9yZ2FuJTIwU3RhdGUlMjBVbml2ZXJzaXR5JTNDJTJGcCUzRQ==

Art Afterhours – Palette Knife Painting
2023-10-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Spend the evening exploring your creative side and learning new art making skills. All materials are provided.
Join Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Brittany R. Gilbert for an evening of palette knife painting. Participants will create a textured still life in this introductory session.
Adults. Limited to 16 participants. Free for Museum Members, $10/person for Not Yet Members. Preregistration required. Registration opens 3 weeks prior to the event.
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Closed
2023-11-10 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
In observation of Veterans Day the museum will be closed Friday, November 10. We will return with our normal hours on Saturday, November 11.

Family Day – “V” is for Veteran
2023-11-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
“V” is for Veteran
Join us as we recognize the significance of the poppy on Veterans Day. Learn more about local veterans highlighted in the Pee Dee History Gallery such as Sergeant James H. Spears of the 93rd Infantry. Draw Alfred Hutty inspired trees using the letter “V”. Hutty served as an artist in WWI by camouflaging ships through his painting.

Free Public Tours
2023-11-16 17:30 - 18:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
An in-depth, docent-led tour is a great way to obtain a better understanding of any of our exhibits. Regularly scheduled docent-led tours take place every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm. A tour of any one of our galleries lasts approximately thirty minutes.
1/19 – Pee Dee History Gallery (River)
3/16 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
5/18 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
7/20 – Legend: Francis Marion in the Pee Dee
9/21 – Kindred Spirit: The Personal Worlds of William H. Johnson
11/16 – Openings: Joseph Kameen
Register for free

Closed
2023-11-23 - 2023-11-24 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
In observation of Thanksgiving the museum will be closed Thursday, November 23 through Friday, November 24. We will return with our normal hours on Saturday, November 25.

Fundamentals of Color Theory
2023-12-02 10:00 - 2023-12-03 16:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29501, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
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Family Day - Festive Fun
2023-12-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, SC, 29501, United States
Family Day at the Florence County Museum
From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge.
Festive Fun
Join us for a day of festive fun with friends and family! Fold window stars, decorate gingerbread buddies, build Dino Snow Globes and design holiday stationary together.
