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Listings for Historic Tours
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BLUE WAVE ADVENTURES
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Blue Wave Adventures provides the most unique boating excursions on the Grand Strand. We offer daily adventures emphasizing the ecology, wildlife and beauty of the SC Coast. We speialize in delivering a quality experience for every guest. Step outside the box. We go where no other tours do!!
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Georgetown County Museum
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In the heart of the historic district is the Georgetown County Museum, preserving and displaying more than 300 years of history and culture in the third oldest city in South Carolina. Open Tuesday through Friday 10 AM until 4 PM and Saturday 10 AM until 3 PM. Normal admission is children under 6 free, ages 6-18 $2, ages 19-64 $4 and 65 and older $3. Large groups welcome; please call ahead: 843 545-7020
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The Gullah O'oman Shop
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Phone: 843-235-0747
Email: gullahshop@aol.com
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Address:
Petigru Dr. and Waverly Rd.
Pawleys Island
South Carolina
29585
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This shop features the best of the low country's crafts: Gullah collectibles, story quilts, lectures & seminars on Gullah history and culture, sweet grass baskets, dolls, wood carvings, black collectibles & memorabilia, art, antiques, African artifacts, books. historical papers & documents, tours, genealogical research. Owners Bunny and Andrew Rodrigues are respected for their knowledge of the history, culture, literature and handcrafts of the Gullah people and conduct discussions, lectures and seminars on the contribution of the Gullah people to the development and success of the Carolina rice culture and other local Gullah historical and cultural issues for adults and young people.
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Ghosts of Georgetown - Lantern Tours
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Phone: 843-543-5777
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Address:
South Carolina
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With re-enactor Bob Wolf and storyteller Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger Wolf, Author of Ghosts of Georgetown and More Ghosts of Georgetown
*Lantern led walking tour
*1 to 1 1/2 hours
*1 to 1 1/2 miles
$15 per adult
*$8 ages 8 - 12
*Reservations ONLY
*NO WALKS WILL BE SCHEDULED WHEN THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS
*Ghosts tours depart Friday evenings at dusk with no less than five adults
*Times will vary seasonally
*Wheelchair friendly
*Cash only
Call 843-543-5777 for reservations
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Miss Nell's Tours
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Phone: 843-546-3975
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Address:
308 Front St.
Georgetown
South Carolina
29442
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Seasonal. Please call for information.
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Captain Don's Carolina Cruising
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Sail the Coastal Carolinas in the schooner Evening Star!
Gourmet Cuisine - Fine Wines - Top Self Toddies
Onshore/Offshore Sport Fishing - Waterfront Observation of Special Regattas - Fireworks Displays - Sporting Events - Spring Break
Captain Don Johnson
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Kaminski House Museum
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Phone: 843-546-7706
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Address:
1003 Front St., P.O. Box 939
Georgetown
South Carolina
29442
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Located in the heart of Georgetown's Historic District, the Kaminski House was built about 1769, and contains an outstanding collection of American and English antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Pawleys Island Tours
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Phone: 843-237-3820
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Address:
Ocean Highway
Pawleys Island
South Carolina
29585
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Explore the history, nature and folklore of fascinating Pawleys Island with a knowledgeable tour guide. Your tour takes you pass the historic houses of Pawleys and includes a visit to the grounds of
All Saints Church.
This is a step-on tour service in which your guide joins you in your car or van and provides you and your party with a one and one-half hour tour of this historic and unforgettable island.
Call John O'Brien (843) 237-3820 or email jobrienjr@sc.rr.com for reservations.
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The Rice Museum
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Georgetown's museum of Art & History. Exhibits include dioramas of the rice culture, The Browns Ferry Vessel(a 1730's river vessel) and a film "The Garden of Gold" telling the story of the rice culture in Georgetown County. The Prevost Gallery is located in the Kaminski Hardware Building and hosts a rotating art show. The Rice Museum Gift Shop is also part of the Kaminski Building. Tours of the museum are offered from 10am to 4:30pm Mon - Sat.
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Brookgreen Gardens
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A showplace of art and nature developed in the 1930s by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington on the site of four colonial rice plantations. Over 550 pieces of America's finest 19th and 20th century sculptures, by artists such as Frederic Remington, Daniel Chester French and Mrs. Huntington, are exhibited among 2,000 species of plants. Native animals and birds can be seen in a wildlife park, and special guided nature cruises and kayak trips wind through the tidal creeks and abandoned rice fields for a closer peek at the area's history and wildlife.
Open M-Su 9:30am-4:45pm. Closed Christmas Day.
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Kaminski House Museum
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Phone: 843-546-7706
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Address:
1003 Front St., P.O. Box 939
Georgetown
South Carolina
29442
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Located in the heart of Georgetown's Historic District, the Kaminski House was built about 1769, and contains an outstanding collection of American and English antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Miss Nell's Tours
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Phone: 843-546-3975
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Address:
308 Front St.
Georgetown
South Carolina
29442
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Seasonal. Please call for information.
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Hobcaw Barony Visitor Center
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Hobcaw Barony, a natural preserve and wildlife refuge, is also the winter residence of presidential advisor and Wall Street millionaire Bernard M. Baruch. Open to the public through guided tours, you see the 13,500 sq. ft. mansion he called home and where he hosted such visitors as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill. Other stops in the 17,500-acre refuge include the grounds and stables of Bellefield Plantation, a ride through the only existing slave street left on the Waccamaw Neck, and a stroll along a salt marsh boardwalk. the Visitors Center features a small nature/history museum with two alligators, a saltwater touch tank, a touch table, videos and many other exhibits to entertain adults and children. Please call for more information.
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