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Collections, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall, General

    Tickets   Celebrate the opening night of the Charleston Spring Antiques Show at the exclusive Preview Party on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at The Gaillard Center in downtown…

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Amber Satterthwaite, Collections, Drayton Diaries, History

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Christmastide (December 25 through February 2) was often a primary social season for those who observed the holiday. Charles Drayton’s diaries reflect an…

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Archaeology, Collections

At Drayton Hall, Charleston’s beautiful spring is in full swing. Tours of the main house and musuem galleries  are once again being enjoyed by people from all over: a welcome…

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Collections, Conservation, Sarah Stroud Clarke

One of a set of twelve side chairs from an original suite of furniture created for Drayton Hall, the chair frame is marked VII while the seat frame is marked…

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Art, Breaking News, Collections, Donors

The museum and exhibits at Drayton Hall have welcomed the summer with new and exciting pieces to see in the Stephen F. and Laura D. Gates Gallery. We are now…

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Collections, Preservation, Sarah Stroud Clarke

The Drayton Pier Table pre-conservation. Images courtesy and copyright National trust for Historic Preservation. Opening the Gates Gallery at Drayton Hall provided the opportunity to conserve many objects in the…

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