About

Printing the Past: SC in 3D Exhibit Video

The Exhibit

Printing the Past: SC in 3D is an exhibit that features 3D scanned and printed artifacts in a hands-on display spanning Horry County’s prehistory and history, with audio and braille interpretation for all audiences at the Horry County Museum.

The exhibit allows all museum-goers to discover a sample of the material culture and natural history of Horry County, but unlike traditional exhibits, makes replicas of the objects available for everyone to touch and explore.

Though you cannot touch the artifacts in this digital format, please read, listen, and explore this online exhibit and enjoy learning about Horry County’s past!

How It’s Made

Meeting with Mr. Hill at the Horry County Museum

Coastal Carolina University students created this exhibit from conception to completion with the help of their professors, community stakeholders, and a variety of university and community members. The project began as collaborationbetween Professor Carolyn Dillian, Chairof Anthropology and Geography, and Assistant Professor Katie Clary from the Department of History. Their classes, Cultural Resource Management and Museums and Communities, worked together to create this exhibit. 

Telling A Story Through Artifacts

Investigating curatorial storage at the museum

The first step of creating the exhibit was artifact selection. Students visited the Horry County Museum to select an artifact that they thought would tell the story of the history or pre-history of Horry County and meet size limitations for printing and scanning, but they also had to consider the way an artifact would look and feel once it was recreated. 

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What to Expect

Printing the Past: SC in 3D is an interactive exhibit that uses a variety of different media and inclusive activities that allows for the exhibit to be accessible to a wide range of people.

Visual and Audio

Each display has an audio button that when pressed it will read the artifact label. The display also has a QR code that can be scanned and connects the user to audio for the artifact. In the background a video will be playing that introduces how the exhibit came to be and includes interview from some of those who participated in the creation of the exhibit.

Accessibility Assistance

We have several sets of noise-cancelling ear muffs available for both children and adults as audio recordings play a large part in our presentation.  We ask that you please return them to the designated area after use.

Additionally, we have provided large print booklets of all exhibit text. They are available in the gallery, but please do return them after use.

The text in this exhibit is printed in a font specifically designed to help people with Dyslexia read more easily.

All exhibit text is also available in Braille format on the exhibit display boards.

Food

On the opening night there will be an array of assorted refreshments with gluten free options.

Credits

Throughout this process, students worked with and learned from our community stakeholders including descendant communities, SOS Health Care Inc., the South Carolina Commission for the Blind, and others. 

The students and their professors would like to thank the Department of Anthropology and Geography and the Department of History, Michael Digiorgio, Abby Sink, Judy Johns, Chief Harold Hatcher, Sarah Pope, the Horry County Museum, Coastal Carolina University, the South Eastern Archaeological Conference, and the South Carolina Humanities Commission for their assistance on this project. 

This program is sponsored by South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring,engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture, and heritage.

This project is produced in part by a grant from Southeastern Archaeological Conference.

Thank you to Coastal Carolina University and the Horry County Museum for your support and assistance in this project.

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