Drayton Hall will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. We will return to normal hours on Sunday, December 22.
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Development/Fundraising, Press, Staff

  Written by Drayton Hall’s President and CEO Carter C. Hudgins, Ph.D.,  a 2006 Wood Family Fellow, the article describes the significant impact that one committed donor can have on an institution.…

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Development/Fundraising, Education, Event, Preservation, Uncategorized

Lowcountry Giving Day is coming soon! When you select Drayton Hall as the recipient of your donation, you will help support critical preservation projects and educational programming.  Please help us…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Landscape

The 2016 Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series – Thursday, April 21 Speaker: Henry Noltie, Ph.D., Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh VENUE: SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY HALL, 72 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, SC Today, we…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall

Beginning in the 1970s, museum curators began to search for materials and artifacts they could use to interpret the black experience in the Americas…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Portico, Preservation, Staff, Trish Smith

The 2016 Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series – Thursday, February 18th   Speaker: Trish Smith, Curator of Historic Architectural Resources, Drayton Hall Venue: South Carolina Society Hall, 72 Meeting Street, Charleston,…

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Breaking News, Carter C. Hudgins, Portico, Preservation, Press, Staff, Trish Smith

  Enjoy these two recent articles about Drayton Hall, its staff, and the work we’re doing to preserve this architectural masterpiece. Online: January 2016 – Charleston Mercury – “Drayton Hall’s…

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