Belton
Area Museum Association
P.O. Box 335
Belton,
South Carolina 29627
| Mission Statement: The Belton Area Museum Association's purpose is to collect, exhibit, preserve, and interpret the artifacts, sites, antiquities, and genealogical, archival, cultural, and natural history of Belton, SC, Anderson, SC, and the State of South Carolina. BAMA also provides cultural enrichment, intellectual stimulation, learning opportunities, and activities to increase the appreciation of the traditional, visual, and performing arts. |
Heritage Days Photos (taken Oct. 4 - 6, 2007)
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3rd Annual Heritage Days Additional Details & List of Artisans with Locations Heritage Flier [pdf file] Located on the grounds of the historic Belton Train Depot, Heritage Days will feature 12 folk artisans who will give demonstrations and explain their crafts. A dulcimer player/maker, a corn husk doll maker, a butter-churning and bread maker, a seamstress/needle crafter, a flint-knapper, a chair maker, a Catawba Indian pottery maker, a sweet grass basket sewer, a soap maker, a shaker box maker, a paper maker, and a display of the weaponry and necessities of the Civil War Soldier. Thursday and Friday will be education days for area school children. Saturday's exhibition will be open to the general public from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Several crafts items will be for sale on Saturday. Be sure to stop by Junction Pointe Joe's located in the Belton Depot to visit the traveling SC State Museum exhibit "Colonial Life in South Carolina" sponsored by the Hart-Oeland Foundation. Twenty-eight panels of explanatory text and pictures are brought to life by one-of-a-kind artifacts belonging to renowned Colonial and Revolutionary War relic collector Tim Drake. This event is sponsored by: Region I of the SC National Heritage Corridor, the Anderson School District #2 Arts in Education Fund, the Belton City Hospitality Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the SC Arts Commission, the Hart-Oeland Foundation, Clinkscales Drugs, Commercial Bank, Capital Bank, BB&T Blake Holliday Insurance, and Palmetto Insurance-Keys Agency. Visitors are invited to join us on the grounds of the Belton Depot to witness firsthand the skills and traditions of our ancestors.
For more information, contact
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Contact
Shirah Heller, Museum Curator/Depot
Director
Phone: 338-7400
Fax: 338-8855
50 North Main Street
PO Box 335
Belton, SC 29627
Museum hours: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Wednesdays - Saturdays)