Events & Activities
The Ackerman Legacy Foundation is pleased to announce the annual Inspire! Festival is coming your way March 23 – April 2, 2023. We are sure that everyone will find something to explore during Inspire!
Festival Highlights (details coming soon):
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of both weeks
Sumter County
Gallery of Art
Explore the halls of the Sumter County Gallery of Art and experience some of the most exquisite contemporary art in the nation. The Gallery also offers art classes including an adult acrylic painting class and a youth comic book class that begin on the Thursday of the festival!
Hours:
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
11:00am to 5pm
FREE ADMISSION*
FREE PARKING
200 Hasel Avenue
Sumter, SC 29150
(803) 775-0543
Sumter County Museum
Visit a 1916 historic house museum, learn about General Thomas Sumter who is the namesake of the city and county, and wonder through c. 1800 structures to discover what life was like in this part of the state at that time.
Hours
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
10:00am to 5:00pm
FREE ADMISSION*
FREE PARKING
122 N. Washington Street
Sumter, SC 29150
(803) 775-0908
Temple Sinai
Jewish History Center
Learn about Passover through the interactive Seder table, view the new display of art from Shlomo Katz’s Passover Portfolio, create butterflies to remember the over one million children who died in the Holocaust, and don’t miss walking through the beautiful 1913 sanctuary to marvel at the breathtaking stained glass windows.
Hours
Thursday and Friday, 1:00-4:00pm
and Saturday, 10:00am-1:00pm
FREE ADMISSION*
FREE PARKING
11 Church Street
Sumter, SC 29150
(803) 775-0908
SumterCountyMuseum.org
*Free admission only during Inspire! Festival.