“Defying the Quiet: Photography of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina”
October 4, 2013 – January 17, 2014
2nd floor, South Gallery
This exhibit will highlight the many civil rights campaigns...
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 5:00pm to Friday, September 20, 2013 - 10:00pm
“If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus” Gala Exhibition and Sale
June 7 – September 20, 2013
2nd floor, South Gallery
For two...
The South Carolina Arts Commission and McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina announce John Thomas Fowler, master musician, performer and storyteller, and R. Stanley Woodward,...
The University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards with a folk heritage festival on Saturday, April 27, 2013, from...
Botanist Dr. Richard Porcher to speak at McKissick Museum
On Thursday, April 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Dr. Richard Porcher, Professor Emeritus of Biology at the Citadel, will speak about his study of...
Rudy Mancke, USC’s resident naturalist, will kick-off the 2013 segment of McKissick Museum’s nature lecture series from noon until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, discussing “The Nature of Spring,” in...
Joining institutions across the city of Columbia in marking 1963 as a seminal year in our nation’s progress toward a more perfect union, on September 11, 2013, the University of South Carolina will...
On Tuesday, March 5, from 2:30 to 4:30, Emory Campbell, a historian of Mitchelville, will talk to students about his study of, and personal connection to, the town of Mitchelville.
Mr. Campbell is a...
Join us for lively presentations about the cultural and social history of the sideshow. The evening symposium will feature Dr. Robert Bogdan of Syracuse University, Kathy Maher from Barnum Museum,...
Join us for an evening of fun, insight, and laughs as New York-based performer, magician, and writer Todd Robbins takes us on his own sideshow journey. Robbins will also host a screening of the...
Dawn of Freedom: the Freedmen’s Town of Mitchelville
Fenruary 19, 2013 - May 11, 2013
The exhibition Dawn of Freedom uses images and objects connected to the life, struggles, triumphs, and cultural...
Step Right Up! Sideshows in America
January 19, 2013 - May 11, 2013
Step Right Up! Sideshows in America will feature South Carolina artist Rebecca Davenport as the visual anchor for the contextual...
UnLayered: Girls Talking Back
January 15, 2013 - April 30, 2013
From 2009 to 2012 the Women’s Well-Being Initiative in Women’s and Gender Studies at USC offered art and writing workshops to West...
The South Carolina Arts Commission and McKissick Museum invite you to help us celebrate 25 years of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award by nominating a deserving artist or advocate. This award...
Columbia Museum of Art showcases collection of African-American face vesselswith rare exhibition and announces a special program:Unmask the Mysteries of Face Jugs on December 8
Register online now...
June 2012: The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded McKissick Museum a $35,000 grant to support "Community Voices: A Survey of SC Tradition Bearers." Beginning fall 2012, McKissick’s Chief...
From March 7-9, McKissick Museum staff and graduate students attended the annual conference of the South Carolina Federation of Museums in Georgetown, SC. SCFM is the state’s museum professional...
February 3, 2012: The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum is partnering with the Richland County Public Library for two upcoming exhibitions.
The first, A People of the Land: Lowcountry...
October 2011: McKissick Museum was recently awarded a $149,734 "Museums for America" Collections Stewardship grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. McKissick Museum was the only...
