100 East Doty Avenue
Summerville, SC 29483
(843) 875-9666

Mail:
PO Box 1873
Summerville, SC 29484

Hours:
Monday - Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Closed:
Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's Day.

*4th: "Summerville at War" The fourth in our lecture series given by Chris Ohm, Executive Director. Questions, discussion and refreshments to follow.   "From Chris Ohm, our Executive Director, expect 'a talk covering the Colonial Period,the Yemassee War, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the Spanish American War. This presentation has some quirky artifacts, stories, places and people.' " Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 2:00 to 3:30 pm at Bethany United Methodist Church, Room 128. Free admission for Members and $5 cash or check for non-members. Tickets available at the door.

1st: "Summerville Surprises: Unusual Buildings, Places and Stories" Facts and Images of Summerville that have not been explored or discussed before. Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 2:00 pm at Bethany United Methodist Church

2nd: "Summerville Gazebos and Other Enchanting Structures" The second in our lecture series given by Chris Ohm, Executive Director. Questions, discussion and refreshments to follow. Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 2:00 to 3:30 pm at Bethany United Methodist Church. Free admission for Members and $5 cash or check for non-members. Tickets available at the door.

3rd: "When the ground moved in Summerville, a view of the Great Quake of 1886" The third in our lecture series given by Chris Ohm, Executive Director. Questions, discussion and refreshments to follow.   "Deep under the surface the ground moved shaking homes and buildings in late August of 1886. The night of August 31st around 9:50 a major shock, lasting less than one minute devastated our pineland community with violence unimaginable in a human scale. "...the terrible plight of the people of Summerville, near Charleston, has been overlooked in the contemplation of the greater area of the suffering in the neighboring city" (a quote from The Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Saturday Morning September 4, 1886). Today along the Sawmill Branch Canal and Ashley River these cracks in the earth never rest releasing stresses built up as the ground moves beneath our feet. The epicenters of the largest east coast earthquake of modern times were located in near Ravenel's and Woodstock Station along fault lines under the community of Summerville." Sunday, August 30th, 2009, 2:00 to 3:30 pm at Bethany United Methodist Church. Free admission for Members and $5 cash or check for non-members. Tickets available at the door.

Other lectures will be scheduled later in the year.   For additional information, please check this site or call the Museum at (843) 875-9666.

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