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African American history, Friends of Drayton Hall, General

On April 27, 2019 Chef Kevin Mitchell – chef and scholar of Southern foodways – came to Drayton Hall to teach through cooking and discussion on the lives and work…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Eric Becker, Landscape

Mark Laird, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture and historic landscape consultant, will present:  Allées and Theatrical Arrangements in English Gardens, 1740-1840: Painshill,…

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Architecture, Collections, Digital Restoration, Event, Preservation

Digital Restoration: Marrying Tradition & Innovation at Drayton Hall presented by Trish Lowe Smith Curator of Historic Architectural Resources Drayton Hall Thursday, September 29 at 7:00 pm College of Charleston Simons…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Landscape

The 2016 Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series – Thursday, April 21 Speaker: Henry Noltie, Ph.D., Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh VENUE: SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY HALL, 72 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, SC Today, we…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall

Beginning in the 1970s, museum curators began to search for materials and artifacts they could use to interpret the black experience in the Americas…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Portico, Preservation, Staff, Trish Smith

The 2016 Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series – Thursday, February 18th   Speaker: Trish Smith, Curator of Historic Architectural Resources, Drayton Hall Venue: South Carolina Society Hall, 72 Meeting Street, Charleston,…

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