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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We found this wonderful article over at The National Trust’s blog, blog.preservationnation.org. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! https://blog.preservationnation.org/2013/02/13/giving-gullahgeechee-culture-a-home-at-the-little-house/#.USzSl6JUW7x

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Breaking News, Preservation, Uncategorized

Although this post is a few years old, it explains what exactly we do when we close our doors to the public for our annual closed week. Although there might…

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Education, Teachers

Rikki Davenport is our Curator of Education and oversees everything student related (plus a whole lot more) at Drayton Hall. Read on for some thoughts on our most recent season…

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African American history, Genealogy, Research, Uncategorized

Please welcome our good friend Toni Carrier back to the blog! She was gracious enough to do an interview with us earlier in the year, and we discussed her ongoing…

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Breaking News, Uncategorized

We’ve been excited about this for a while- so glad to see that the Charleston Library Society’s book bindery is attracting well deserved national attention! CHARLESTON, S.C.: Oldest Southern library…

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African American history, Event, Uncategorized

Every year, this week at Drayton Hall proves to be especially exciting. This weekend, for the 29th year in a row, we’ll gather in the raised English basement to enjoy…

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