The Coastal Discovery Museum’s popular Discovery Lecture Series is held each Wednesday at 2:30. Guest presenters will share educational and fascinating stories about our unique Lowcountry environment, history, and culture....
Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Why were they here and how did they spend their time? Join us at the Coastal...
Exploring black resistance in the plight for freedom and honoring the life and legacy of Robert Smalls. Special guests include Michael Boulware Moore, Great Great Grandson of Robert Smalls, Gullah...
Exploring black resistance in the plight for freedom and honoring the life and legacy of Robert Smalls. Special guests include Michael Boulware Moore, Great Great Grandson of Robert Smalls, Gullah...
One Night, Two Exciting Documentaries! February 4th & 18th at 6 PM Freedom Day | Exploring the Families of Historic Mitchelville is an epic documentary that chronicles the foundations of the...
Join Historic First African Baptist Church for their annual Family and Friends program. The evening will focus on Traditional and Contemporary Gullah songs followed by a reception with samples of...
Title: Gullah 101 Date: February 8, 2023 Time: 2:00 PM Presenter: Luana Graves Sellars Location: USCB HH Room 115 Description: Let us introduce you to the spiritual, musical, linguistic and...
The Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration Patrons and Friends Party is an opportunity for supporters to spend an evening with the 2023 Featured Artist - Lisa Rivers and many other...
Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Why were they here and how did they spend their time? Join us at the Coastal...
Title: The American Revolution: A World War No One Knows Date: February 14, 2023 Time: 10:30 – 11:30AM Presenter: Richard Thomas Location: USCB HH Room 115 Description: American Exceptionalism holds...
Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Why were they here and how did they spend their time? Join us at the Coastal...
One Night, Two Exciting Documentaries! February 4th & 18th at 6 PM Freedom Day | Exploring the Families of Historic Mitchelville is an epic documentary that chronicles the foundations of the...
Title: What Civil War Are We Talking About? Southern Honor and the Myth of the Lost Cause Date: February 20, 2023 Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM Presenter: Ron Roth Location:...
Susie King Taylor escapes bondage at the age of fourteen; Charlotte Forten, an educated teacher from Philadelphia, boards a steamship, as does Laura Towne, a Boston medical school graduate. All...
Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Why were they here and how did they spend their time? Join us at the Coastal...
Title: Walk in Her Shoes Date: February 28, 2023 Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM Presenter: Kathy Smith Location: USCB HH Room 115 Description: Women played a significant role in the...
The Beaufort County Library's special collections and archives unit cares for thousands of postcards. Librarian and Archivist Grace Cordial will share tidbits of local history through the lens of postcards...
Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Why were they here and how did they spend their time? Join us at the Coastal...
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen is the director of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict program at the U.S. Institute of Peace and frequently presents and publishes in a variety of academic, policy, and media forums on policy and civil society efforts related to the conflict. She has previously worked with the U.S. Department of State as an Arabic language specialist and as the program officer for the Kennedy School of Government’s Middle East Initiative at Harvard University, where she managed work on the Israeli, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian portfolios.
Proficient in Hebrew and Arabic, Kurtzer-Ellenbogen's graduate research focused on political and social identity in Arabic discourse, with an emphasis on the Arabic language press of the Arab citizen community in Israel. She holds a bachelor's degree in Arabic and French from Georgetown University and a master's degree from Georgetown's Arabic department with a dual concentration in linguistics and Arab area studies.
Title: African American Presence in Colonial Lowcountry Date: March 3, 2023 Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM Presenter: Meldon Hollis Jr., M.A., J.D., M.P.A. Location: USCB HH Room 115 Description: Africans...
*Please visit https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/ for more events and information EVENTS: Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9 from 5-7pm Curator’s Tours: Tuesday, March 21 at 1pm and Saturday, May 6 at 1pm Collage...
*Please visit https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/ for more events and information EVENTS: Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9 from 5-7pm Curator’s Tours: Tuesday, March 21 at 1pm and Saturday, May 6 at 1pm Collage...
