Upcountry History Museum

Neighborhood Night
2018-04-05 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe Street, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
The Upcountry History Museum – Furman University is committed to making our museum open to everyone. Thanks to generous grant support the Museum is open on the first Thursday evening of every month for Neighborhood Nights. Neighborhood Nights will run from 5:30-8:30 pm during which time admission to the museum and all museum exhibitions will be FREE.
Neighborhood Nights will include story times for younger visitors and book give-a-ways for children. Books will be connected to the theme of the current Main Gallery exhibition.
We hope that through Neighborhood Nights we can show that museums are available for families regardless of economic constraints. No registration is required. Book give-a-ways are limited in number and will be distributed on a first come, first served bases. For questions please email info@upcountryhistory.org.

Friday Flick
2018-03-30 13:00 - 15:00
Flash Gordon (1981)
See the films that inspired the work of Alex Ross on the big screen at the Upcountry History Museum.
Movies are free to Museum Members and free with regular admission to all other guests.

Back Where I Come From: The Upcountry’s Piedmont Blues
2017-12-08 10:00 - 2020-03-06 17:00
Back Where I Come From, the Upcountry History Museum – Furman University’s newest upcoming, semi-permanent exhibition will take visitors on an enlightening experience through the roots and evolution of the Upcountry South Carolina’s blues history.
Through an in-house exhibition, diverse programming, and musical performances, the project will explore the history of the Upcountry’s Piedmont Blues, including its origins, its unique style, and the musicians who created a musical legacy.
The project will include archival materials, oral histories, and historic film footage that embody the unique style, sound, stories, and emotions associated with the Upcountry’s blues. Together, these engaging experiences will preserve and disseminate the legacy of the Piedmont Blues while introducing diverse audiences to this enriching genre.
Piedmont Blues, also known as East Coast Blues, resulted from a unique guitar finger-picking method. Compared to the Delta Blues, which is purely rooted in African culture, the Piedmont Blues in the Carolinas and Georgia has more diverse elements. This characteristic was a result of white gospel, ragtime, country, and pop music influences that allowed Piedmont Blues artists to display greater instrumental range compared to their Delta counterparts.
The Upcountry South Carolina served as a hub for Piedmont Blues pioneers. Back Where I Come From will spotlight these early blues vanguards including: Josh White, the Reverend Gary Davis, Pinkney “Pink” Anderson, Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson, “Blind Willie” Walker and Charles Henry “Baby” Tate, who created a musical movement, inspired future musicians, influenced rock ‘n’ roll, and called the Upcountry South Carolina home.
