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Thursday, July 4th
10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Historic Columbia : 1601 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Offices and properties will be closed for the holiday. Enjoy the fireworks and stay safe! Join us for a tour on July 5th.
25 Oct
Friday, October 1st — Sunday, October 31st: 10 a.m.—4 p.m.
Scarecrows in the Garden Exhibit
1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Scarecrows will take over the Robert Mills House gardens! This free exhibit will feature handcrafted scarecrows made by local families, business, organizations and classrooms. On a stroll through the gardens this fall, you’ll see dozens of ghoulish, historic and colorful scarecrows.
27 Oct
Wednesday, October 27th: 1 — 2 p.m.
1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Horticulture professionals across the country are fully aware that the landscapes they manage are rapidly changing as a result of Climate Change. This lecture will examine the ways in which our conditions are changing here in Columbia and the Midlands of South Carolina and offer new ways to plan or...
28 Oct
Thursday, October 28th: 4 — 5:30 p.m.
1616 Blanding St, Columbia, SC 29201
In partnership with the Midlands Native Plant Society, Historic Columbia is hosting a Fall Plant Sale on the grounds of the Robert Mills House. From subtropicals to woody trees, Historic Columbia will be offering a wide array of plants all propagated from our living collections across our sites. Examples include...
28 Oct
Thursday, October 28th: 5:30 — 7 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Historic Columbia members are invited to our Annual Meeting being held on Thursday, October 28, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Join us for our annual meeting and the kick off to our 60th year! Members will vote on new board members + changes to HC's bylaws.
28 Oct
Thursday, October 28th: 7 — 10 p.m.
1615 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Join us on October 28, 2021 for Palladium's 17th annual Bluegrass, Bidding & BBQ silent auction. Guests will enjoy live music, local BBQ, specialty drinks and a variety of exciting auction items on the grounds of the Hampton-Preston Mansion.
29 Oct
Friday, October 29th: 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
1616 Blanding St, Columbia, SC 29201
In partnership with the Midlands Native Plant Society, Historic Columbia is hosting a Fall Plant Sale on the grounds of the Robert Mills House. From subtropicals to woody trees, Historic Columbia will be offering a wide array of plants all propagated from our living collections across our sites. Examples include...
30 Oct
Saturday, October 30th: 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
1616 Blanding St, Columbia, SC 29201
In partnership with the Midlands Native Plant Society, Historic Columbia is hosting a Fall Plant Sale on the grounds of the Robert Mills House. From subtropicals to woody trees, Historic Columbia will be offering a wide array of plants all propagated from our living collections across our sites. Examples include...
13 Nov
Saturday, November 13th: 5:30 — 8:30 p.m.
Flight Night Presented by Columbia Metropolitan Airport Featuring ‘Top Gun’
1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
The grounds at Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens will once again provide a unique setting to watch a movie! Purchase your pod to watch Top Gun, the 1986 classic featuring Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell who goes nose-to-nose with rival Iceman at the elite pilot school. Flight Night is presented...
19 Nov
Friday, November 19th: 12 — 3 p.m.
1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Guests are invited to see a variety of holiday decorations and experience traditions in both historic homes between Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 31! Tour guides will provide stories of holidays past in Columbia and discuss how families decorated and entertained during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
21 Nov
Sunday, November 21st: 11 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.
South Carolina Oyster Festival
1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
The 24th annual South Carolina Oyster Festival will take place on the grounds of Robert Mills and Hampton-Preston on Sunday, Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bring your chairs, your blankets, your oyster knives, and your appetite!
21 Nov
Sunday, November 21st: 1 — 4 p.m.
Dollar Sunday | Mann-Simons Site
1403 Richland St., Columbia, SC 29201
Every third Sunday of the month, residents of Richland and Lexington counties are invited to tour of one of Historic Columbia’s house museums for just $1 on Dollar Sunday! This month, visit the exhibits at the Mann-Simons Site, the home to the same African-American family for nearly 130 years.
21 Nov
Sunday, November 21st: 1 — 4 p.m.
Dollar Sunday | The Museum of the Reconstruction Era
1705 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Every third Sunday of the month, residents of Richland and Lexington counties are invited to tour of one of Historic Columbia’s house museums for just $1 on Dollar Sunday! This month, visit The Museum of the Reconstruction Era, the nation's only museum dedicated to interpreting the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and South Carolina's only remaining presidential site.
19 Dec
Sunday, December 19th: 1 — 4 p.m.
Dollar Sunday | Mann-Simons Site
1403 Richland St., Columbia, SC 29201
Every third Sunday of the month, residents of Richland and Lexington counties are invited to tour of one of Historic Columbia’s house museums for just $1 on Dollar Sunday! This month, visit the exhibits at the Mann-Simons Site, the home to the same African-American family for nearly 130 years.
31 Dec
Friday, December 31st: 12 — 3 p.m.
1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Guests are invited to see a variety of holiday decorations and experience traditions in both historic homes between Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 31! Tour guides will provide stories of holidays past in Columbia and discuss how families decorated and entertained during the 19th and early 20th centuries.