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Janaury Issue 2003
The Charleston Museum in Charleston, SC, Presents Exhibition on the History of Charleston Newspaper
The Charleston Museum in Charleston, SC, will present an original exhibition entitled, Pages of History: The Post and Courier's First 200 Years, from Jan. 10 through May 5, 2003. This bicentennial exhibition, curated by Grahame Long, will present and celebrate the history of the South's oldest daily newspaper within the context of local, national and international events. Providing a human-interest perspective on the history of The Post and Courier, the exhibition will explore the people, ideas, events and changes which shaped Charleston and South Carolina from the early 19th century to the present. All are illustrated by a wide range of newspaper headlines, articles and artifacts, and by a special SCETV production which explores the newspaper's distinguished history. The exhibit also features a tribute to Editors past and present and "At the Paper," sections which give fascinating insight into the inner-workings of "The Post and Courier".
"It is important to commemorate the bicentennial of The Post and Courier because its organizational history, spanning nearly the entire course of our nation's history, is intimate to the heritage of the city and state. Its issues, from 1803, are a record of what people considered important, events which influenced lives, and the political and social history of Charleston and South Carolina," explains Museum director Dr. John R. Brumgardt.
Pages of History will combine articles, advertisements, and political cartoons from the paper's storied past with relevant artifacts from the Museum's permanent collection. For example, visitors will see ads from one of the paper's early advertisers, Siegling Music House, alongside one of the first Martin guitars (early 1800s). Other artifact highlights include historic clothing, political campaign buttons dating back to 1842, military uniforms and newspaper printing devices.
The Charleston Museum will offer a variety of programs to accompany the exhibition. The Pages of History lecture series will take place the first Tues. of each month from Feb. through May 2003 at 6:30pm. The lecture topics will range from editorial to photojournalism history, advertisements in Charleston to political cartoons. The Museum's Education Department will offer a class for 3rd through 12th graders which will allow students to explore the world as Charlestonians witnessed it through headlines and advertisements.
The Charleston Museum, founded in 1773, is
America's first museum. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Holding the most extensive collection of South Carolina cultural
and scientific collections in the nation, it also owns two National
Historic Landmark houses, the Heyward-Washington House (1772)
and the Joseph Manigault House (1803), as well as the Dill Sanctuary,
a 580-acre wildlife preserve.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Museum at 843/722-2996 or on the web at (www.charlestonmuseum.org).
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