Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West
June 17 – October 8, 2023 A special exhibition, organized by the Upcountry History Museum. Frontiers: Past and Future, featuring objects and archival materials from the private collection of William... Read more »
Through The Years: Kenny Rogers’ Photographs of America
March 4 – June 18, 2023 A special exhibition organized by The Kenny Rogers Estate, highlights a little-known facet of a multi-talented man, shedding new light on the seriousness of... Read more »
The Global Language of Headwear: Cultural Identity, Rites of Passage, and Spirituality
March 25 – June 4, 2023 “Hats and headdresses are a unique and powerful lens through which one can view the human experience.” The Global Language of Headwear: Cultural Identity,... Read more »
The Bias Inside Us
October 7 - November 5, 2023 The Bias Inside Us—an exhibition and community engagement project from the Smithsonian—is an exploration of the social science, psychology, and consequences of implicit bias.... Read more »
Works by Warhol
February 4 – May 7, 2023 “The idea is not to live forever; it is to create something that will.” Andy Warhol One of the 20th century’s best-known... Read more »
Andy WARHOL: endangered species
February 4 – April 30, 2023 Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, creating some of the most recognizable images ever produced. A founding... Read more »
Nutcracker: The Exhibition
November 19, 2022 - February 19, 2023 The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale... In... Read more »
Doing the Most Good: The Salvation Army in Greenville
October 1, 2022 - February 5, 2023 What started as a mission effort in 1904 under a tent at the corner of Brown and Washington Streets when The Salvation Army... Read more »
Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak
October 22 - January 8, 2023 There’s room to run, stories to explore, and Wild Things to become at the Upcountry History Museum. He was one of the greatest creators... Read more »
FAST LANE: The NASCAR Photography of Darryl Moran
September 3 - November 6, 2022 Darryl Moran’s images depict the frantic pace of race day as well as the camaraderie of the drivers, intimate moments with fans and family... Read more »
Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice
June 11, 2022 – January 22, 2023 Dinosaurs will roar into the Upstate South Carolina, when the Upcountry History Museum presents Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice. Crossing the threshold... Read more »
Facing the Inferno: The Wildfire Photography of Kari Greer
July 1 – October 22, 2023 Fire. It’s dangerous and beautiful. It creates its own light and can turn on you in an instant. The effects of wildfires, which are... Read more »
AMECO: Upstate Roots, Global Reach …75 Years Delivering Construction Site Services
July 30 – September 18, 2022 For more than seven decades, one company has been steadily going about its day-to-day operations – operations that are critical to construction projects, certainly... Read more »
Very Eric Carle: A Very Hungry, Quiet, Lonely, Clumsy, Busy Exhibit
May 20, 2023 – September 10, 2023 TM & © 2023 Penguin Random House LLC. All Rights Reserved. “The Very Hungry Caterpillar story is about hope. You, like the little... Read more »
Greenville Symphony 75 Years: Concerts and Community
February 18 – August 13 2023 Like individual instruments that form an orchestra and create a beautifully blended sound, cultural arts organizations weave together an atmosphere of creativity, collective collaboration,... Read more »
Vietnam: The Real War Photographs from the Associated Press
May 28, 2022 – August 20, 2022 The Vietnam War (1954-1975) was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and... Read more »
Pointes, Pirouettes and Pliés
March 12 - July 17, 2022 Carolina Ballet Theatre - Raising the Barre in Greenville For more than six centuries, ballet has graced royal courts and stages across the globe,... Read more »
Witness to History: Selma Photography of Stephen Somerstein
February 26, 2022 - May 15, 2022 Stephen Somerstein (b.1941) Two thousand marchers set out March 21 along Route 80, known as the “Jefferson Davis Highway.” After two failed attempts... Read more »
The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
February 12, 2022 - May 29, 2022 For more than 90 years, Warner Bros. animation has been bringing joy to all ages. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies produced some to... Read more »
Norman Rockwell’s Home for the Holidays
November 13, 2021 - February 13, 2022 For many Americans, Rockwell’s icons of living culture were first experienced in the most unassuming of places, in the comfort of home, or... Read more »
War Dogs: Never Above You, Never Below You, Always Beside You
October 30, 2021 - February 27, 2022 Since the American Revolutionary War, military working dogs have served with all branches of the United States Armed Forces. First used as pack... Read more »
Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection
October 9, 2021 - January 30, 2022 Credit Line: www.pbs.org/craft-in-america/tv-series/quilts/ Quilts are of course not the first thing that comes to mind when you are talking about Ken Burns. The... Read more »
The Soldier Bishop: Ellison Capers
September 18 - February 27, 2022 The Soldier Bishop: Ellison Capers, a special exhibit created by Faith Memorial Chapel, Cedar Mountain, NC, now on display at the Upcountry History Museum,... Read more »
Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams
August 21 - October 31, 2021 On February 19, 1942, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, a mandate... Read more »
Once Upon A Time
June 5 - September 19, 2021 The bilingual exhibition (English and Spanish) is a unique and educational experience that emphasizes the importance of reading and the significance of fairy tales... Read more »
Masters Of American Photography
May 1, 2021 - August 8, 2021 Americans embraced photography in the mid-19th century; 150 years, and countless millions of photographs later, their fervor has not diminished. It is hard... Read more »
Social Fabric
Open NOW through September 5, 2021 Award winning fiber artist Salley Mavor (born 1955) has spent four decades developing her signature style and working methods, carving out her own niche... Read more »
Framed: Step into Art
February 27 - May 22, 2021 The Upcountry History Museum will continue its mission of connecting young audiences with hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning experiences when... Read more »
Pigskin Peanuts
January 16 - April 17, 2021 Lucy first pulled the football away from Charlie Brown on November 16, 1952. Known as “The Fall Classic” it became a rite of autumn... Read more »
White Christmas: The Exhibition
Extended - Now Open through February 13, 2021 In December of 1941, seventeen days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Bing Crosby made the first live radio performance... Read more »
Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog
June 9 - October 24, 2020 The Upcountry History Museum and America’s beloved big red dog with a heart to match will invite visitors to board the Birdwell Island... Read more »
Guaranteeing Her Right…The 19th Amendment, Women and the Right to Vote
March 7 - March 13, 2021 The campaign for women's voting rights lasted more than seven decades. Considered the largest reform movement in United States history, its participants believed... Read more »
Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
February 15 – August 8, 2020 They left in the middle of the night – often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. In the… Read more »
Ghost Trail: U.S. Marines & The Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific, 1943
August 22, 2020 – January 3, 2021 The November 1943 invasion of the Gilbert Islands was the beginning of the U.S. “island hopping” campaign in the central Pacific during World... Read more »
The Amazing Castle
January 25, 2020 – May 10, 2020 The Amazing Castle, an interactive bi-lingual (English and Spanish) exhibition featuring knights, kings, queens and a dragon, will invite visitors to travel… Read more »
Love a Vet: Honoring Our Military Veterans
July 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020 The Museum, in partnership with the Hunterdon Healthcare Foundation and the 52 Reasons to Love A Vet charitable organization, hosted the national… Read more »
Down the Rabbit Hole: Imagining Alice’s Wonderland
June 15, 2019 – October 20, 2019 The Upcountry History Museum in partnership with Walt Disney Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Walt Disney Family Museum, Charles M. Schulz Museum,... Read more »
Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails!
May 25, 2019 – September 8, 2019 What began in a young boy’s imagination in 1911, evolved into a bedtime story, a long running book series, one of the most… Read more »
Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings
February 23 - May 26, 2019 Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum the Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings exhibition and a companion interactive exhibit designed for children, explored the artist’s engagement with... Read more »
The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner
February 9, 2019 - May 12, 2019 The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner, a special exhibit organized by the Museum of the City of New York, featured the... Read more »
