Events
Historic Charleston Foundation to Host Free Community Day This Saturday at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum
The Historic Charleston Foundation invites everyone to Community Day at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum on Saturday, October 15th from 10 am through 3 pm, and free audio tours after 3 pm. Free for all ages, the event is a day of family activities at one of the Foundation’s Historic House Museums.
Dating to 1820, the Aiken-Rhett House Museum is one of two Historic House Museums managed and operated by the Historic Charleston Foundation. Open daily for tours, the Foundation uses the space to educate the public on the site’s poignant history as well as the historic preservation of the house itself. During this free Community Day, the public will have free admission to the House Museum as well as free admission to view the site-specific textile art installation, FLIGHT by Mary Edna Fraser. This exhibit, only open at the House Museum through November 27th, incorporates batiks, oil paintings, and poetry by Marjory Wentworth and J Drew Lanham.
In addition to free admission to the Aiken-Rhett House and the FLIGHT visual exhibit, there will be a variety of activities, tours and demonstrations that further educate the public on the site’s historic significance and life during the nineteenth century. A list of activities includes:
- Indigo dying demonstrations by Kristy Bishop
- Storytelling with Tim Lowry
- Live music by the Paul Quattlebaum Band
- Guided tours of the Enslaved Quarters, Laundry and Kitchen House with Foundation staff
- Access to FLIGHT by Mary Edna Fraser
- Petting zoo with live baby animals from Crosswind Farm
- Colonial lawn games
- Lunch provided by Blackout Burger Food Truck
- Library reading nook with Charleston County Public Library
- And more!
This event is free of charge and open to the public. No RSVP required. No coolers or outside food or drinks other than bottled water. Children 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Street parking available. No pets. Rain or shine. For more information, visit our website at https://hcfsc.info/CommunityDay2022
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