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Lexington County Museum

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Lexington County Museum
Lexington County Museum
231 Fox Street
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone: (803) 359-8369
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Lexington County Museum

The Lexington County Museum, founded in 1970, offers a rare and unforgettable experience – the chance to see and touch a way of life gone forever. Structures and furnishings focus on the early history of Lexington County and interpret the everyday lives of its residents from ca. 1770 until the Civil War.

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Ongoing Programs

Programs are ongoing offerings and either start regularly or can be scheduled at your convenience.
  • Native American Program

    This program is a wonderfully interesting way to learn about the culture of the early Cherokee Indians in the Lexington area.  The children touch various animal hides, teeth and claws from black bears, foxes, deer, raccoons and rabbits.  Baskets, food, hunting, fishing, clothing, and pottery are shown and discussed.  An animal-tracks game teaches children to identify the paw prints that Cherokee children saw every day.  Each child gets to make their own clay pinch pot to take back to their class.

    The second half of the program has the guide telling the children early Cherokee stories about animals to which the guide uses music and hand puppets.  A ceremonial dance takes place in which the children participate by wearing masks, dancing and playing musical instruments such as the drums, hawk bells and turtle rattles.  After the dance, the children participate in various Native American games such as Lacrosse, Chunkee, and others which test hand to eye coordination. 

    These two hours are sure to provide great enjoyment and give good insight into the Cherokee culture.  This program is available during morning hours only.  It is free to groups thanks to the generosity of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties.

    To schedule a group visit or to learn more about our educational programs, please contact the Coordinator of Visitor Services, Bonnie Hix, at 803-359-8369.

  • Group Tours- Historical Pastimes

    Replica toys, early games, stories, and songs from the 1700s and 1800s help children to learn how children of earlier times enjoyed their leisure time.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- Early Games

    Children test their skills at such outside games as horseshoes, jump rope, and some Native American games from the 1700s and 1800s.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- One Room Schoolhouse

    The schoolmaster, dressed in period style dress, teaches reading, writing, and arithmetic.  Spelling bees, writing on chalk slates, writing with quill pens, and playing early recess games show children what a typical school day was like 150 years ago.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- Early Farm Life

    Children enter the world of a nineteenth century farm child in this program.  Using authentic tools, children plow, rake, hoe, plant seeds, and build a scarecrow in our picturesque farm setting.  Sorry there are no animals, however. 

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- Colonial Home Crafts

    Within the historic Lawrence Corley Log House, built around 1774, children learn about life in the Colonial era in the backcountry by seeing furniture, quilts, dishes, and eating utensils.  They see a spinning demonstration, use cotton cards, and a “knitty-knoddy,” after which they dip candles and take home the finished product.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- Life in the “Big House”

    The John Fox House, constructed around 1832, provides the backdrop for this program.  Guides point out various everyday items in the antebellum era such as the bed warming pan, the spittoon, the chamber pot, the rope bed, and much, much more.  Children then return to an activities room and get to experiment with replica items that they have just seen.  Most children who experience this program can go into any museum house of the same time period and feel at home while being able to know how everyday objects were used.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- The Kitchen

    Everyone loves the kitchen, especially the John Fox kitchen from the nineteenth century.  After seeing the kitchen and learning how certain items were used, they proceed out into the kitchen yard and inspect all of the outbuildings used for preparing a meal.  Children even get to see a historic privy.  The activities in the yard include butter-churning, corncob shucking, using a coffee grinder, and much more.  Teachers and parents will be given a short list of food items needed to do this tour, which can be found at any grocery store.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- The Loom House

    Children go into a fully outfitted loom house with spinning wheels and a loom.  They are shown how these items are used.  Children get to experience the use of cotton cards, picking seeds out of cotton, and even weave on little individual lap looms.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


  • Group Tours- Weaving and Weaving Games

    This is a fiber arts program for younger children.  The loom is explained and demonstrated in the museum loom house, after which the children engage in paper weaving, potholder weaving, and daisey loom weaving according to their abilities.  They end the program by playing related games to the sound of early weaving songs.

     

    Group Programs are offered during the following days and hours throughout the year. Up to two successive one-hour tours may be done by each group during a day:

     

    Days: Tuesday through Friday

    Times:   9:30 am – 10:30 am

               11:00 am – 12:00 pm

                 1:00 pm –   2:00 pm

                 2:00 pm –   3:00 pm


    Please contact the Visitor Services Coordinator at 803-359-8369 for more information or to set up a tour.

    Thanks to the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, these programs are offered free of charge.

     


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