Enjoy a Day in Historic Pendleton

Get your group together and take a day to visit historic Pendleton. For $10 a person, enjoy tours at two of Pendleton’s fine museums, the Agricultural Museum of South Carolina and Woodburn Historical Home. Tours can be tailored to the interests of your group, but, in general, tours at the Agricultural Museum will cover the history and future of agriculture and gardening in South Carolina, the rise of rice and cotton, cornerstone inventions like the cotton gin, the reaper, and the steel plow, reasons why early colonists moved West, lessons in a 19th century school house, and a visit with the museum’s pigs, chickens and bees. Take a break in between the two tours, and, after making your own luncheon reservations at one of Pendleton’s fine restaurants, enjoy a leisurely meal and maybe some shopping, before returning to History Lane for a tour of Woodburn Historical Home (c.1830). Woodburn tours include the history of the families that have occupied the house, the antique furniture that fills the house, the science and technology used to build the house, and the social traditions and etiquette practiced in the house. The Agricultural Museum, owned and operated by Lake Hartwell Country, and Woodburn Historical Home, owned and operated by the Pendleton Historic Foundation, are located in Pendleton on History Lane. Both museums are off Highway 76, between Pendleton and Clemson, and directly across from Tri-County Technical College. To make reservations for the tours and to gather information about restaurants in Pendleton, contact Ellen Harrison at [email protected] or call 864-207-0705. Groups wishing to tour one museum only should contact the appropriate owner. For the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum contact Ellen Harrison at [email protected] or call 864-207-0705. Admission to the AG Museum is $5 per person. For Woodburn only, contact Jordan at 864-646-7249 or email [email protected]. Admission is $10 per person. Regular open hours for the Agricultural Museum are Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 5pm and Saturdays, 10am to 3pm. Starting April 7, regular tour hours for both Ashtabula and Woodburn Historical Homes are Sundays, 2-5pm. Woodburn is also open on Saturdays for one tour at 10am.