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The Landscape of Slavery: Tour and Landscape Walk
5/17/2008
In association with The Gibbes Museum of Arts’s exhibit entitled The Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art, this in-depth guided tour will explore existing landscape features, archaeological sites, maps, and documents, to reveal the actual landscape of slavery as it existed centuries ago.
The Landscape of Slavery: Tour and Landscape Walk
6/14/2008
In association with The Gibbes Museum of Arts’s exhibit entitled The Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art, this in-depth guided tour will explore existing landscape features, archaeological sites, maps, and documents, to reveal the actual landscape of slavery as it existed centuries ago.
Children’s Five Day Summer Camp: Uncovering Plantations: Ages 4-6
7/7/2008
July 7th-11th Use the visual arts and history to investigate the plantation during this special week-long children’s summer camp with the Gibbes and Drayton Hall.
Children’s Five Day Summer Camp: Uncovering Plantations: Ages 7-12
7/14/2008
July 14th-18th Use the visual arts and history to investigate the plantation during this special week-long children’s summer camp with the Gibbes and Drayton Hall.
The Landscape of Slavery: Tour and Landscape Walk
7/19/2008
In association with The Gibbes Museum of Arts’s exhibit entitled The Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art, this in-depth guided tour will explore existing landscape features, archaeological sites, maps, and documents, to reveal the actual landscape of slavery as it existed centuries ago.
Art On The Ashley: Celebrating The Many Layers of Drayton Hall Through Art
10/4/2008
Saturday, 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Art Sale, Silent Auction, Live Auction, Reception.

Daily Events

House Tours
Tours last approximately 30-60 minutes and begin every hour on the hour.



Connections: From Africa to America
Trace the story of Africans from Africa to the new world, through slavery, emancipation and into the 20th century. Program times are 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.



Museum Shop
Housed in one of two surviving outbuildings of Drayton Hall, the Drayton Hall Museum Shop is open all day.