Zoom Backgrounds from Drayton Hall

Co-vid 19 has been challenging in so many ways for everyone. The staff at Drayton Hall is no exception. We are welcoming our colleagues into our homes with virtual meetings – striking fear into the hearts of all of us who may not be the spiffiest cleaners or decorators. And we are learning new things about one another such as our taste in wall art and what brand of cat food James Bond the tuxedo cat likes best (he is an unapologetic carnivore). One Drayton Hall staff member has become the envy of all with a particularly charming pet in attendance at meetings (see if you can spot him below).

In this time of working from home, and in the spirit of the #museumfromhome movement, we thought we would provide images from Drayton Hall to use as virtual backgrounds for your Zoom meetings, family visits, and happy hours. What better way to imagine ourselves in the outdoors than being in the virtual outdoors? Or to imagine we have a dog in a suitcase at a meeting?

We want to help you add some flair and pizzazz to your Zoom meetings with pictures from Drayton Hall. Download these images with our permission and use them freely to spice up your Zoom lifestyle!

Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina – courtesy Drayton Hall Preservation Trust.

Drayton Hall Group Picture – courtesy Jerry Bridges

Clarke in a Suitcase – courtesy Drayton Hall Curator Amber Satterthwaite

Gator of Drayton Hall – courtesy Jerry Bridges

The Ashley River at Drayton Hall – Charleston, South Carolina – – courtesy Drayton Hall Preservation Trust.

Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina – courtesy Drayton Hall Preservation Trust.

The  unusual preserved blue-green of Drayton Hall’s interior walls – Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina – courtesy Drayton Hall Preservation Trust.