Join the Adventure!
Hello Jr. Historians!
Are you ready to learn more about the history of Summerville? Would you like to become a Junior Park Ranger while exploring locations like the Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site? You can discover local fossils and the animals that once inhabited this area, as well as learn how the railroad helped shape Summerville into the town it is today. If that sounds exciting, then join Kids Club today!
Featured Event
Come to monthly fun events celebrating Summerville history or learn through meaningful interactions and hands on activities with people like a local meteorologist (person who studies weather), police officers, singers, scientists and more.
November 8th, 10:30 am-11:30 am
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Important Terms to Learn:
Historian
This person is an expert in the history of a certain time period or place.
Archaeologist
A person who studies and digs up artifacts to learn more about different time periods and cultures.
Curator
This person is the keeper of the museum's collection of artifacts.
Exhibit
This is an object or collection of objects on display or shown in a museum.
Artifact
This is an object from a certain time period or from a certain culture.
Want to keep records like an archaeologist?
Archaeologists keep very good records of all the objects they find. They take notes in a book called a “Field Journal”.
Print out your own field journal below to take notes like a real archaeologist.