Drayton Hall will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. We will return to normal hours on Sunday, December 22.
Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
Drayton Hall Curator of Education Rikki Davenport recently published an article in History News, a magazine published by the American Association for State and Local History. Her article features the interesting history of the guayabera, a traditional shirt of Latin American and Caribbean cultures.
Rikki Davenport has served as curator of education at Drayton Hall since 2007.
Rikki is the Region 5 chair of AASLH’s National Leadership Team. Region 5 includes South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. She is responsible for overseeing the state captains’ efforts to recruit nominations for the AASLH’s Awards of Merit, reviewing nominations within Region 5 to send on to the national level, and reviewing and voting on awards at the national level. Learn more about AASLH and how to submit a nomination for an Award of Merit at https://www.aaslh.org/.
Preserving a house as old as Drayton Hall is both an art and a science. Take our work on the conservation of the decorative cast plaster ceiling in the Great…
Read MoreDrayton Hall Preservation Trust has been awarded the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation from The Decorative Arts Trust. This award will help fund the conservation of the Great Hall…
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3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC 29414
Open Wednesday - Monday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Closed on Tuesday (gate closes at 3:30 pm). The gate will accept no cash transactions.
