Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

In honor of National Hobby Month, come learn a little about bird watching and see the State Library’s rare copy of Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama islands. This display will be up through the end of the month.

Image of the Mark Catesby book on birding open with a woodpecker illustration behind it.

Image of the Mark Catesby book opened to an illustration of a cardinal.

Upcoming Event

Cover of Coast Lines: A Poetry Anthology

Speaker at the Center: Readings from "Coast Lines: A Poetry Anthology"

April 22, 2025, 2:00 PM


Join us at our next Speaker at the Center series to celebrate National Poetry Month with readings from the new poetry anthology, "Coast Lines," edited by Daniel Cross Turner and Libby Bernardin. Lovely inside and out, this anthology features over 140 works by 50 poets exploring the manifold beauty and diversity of the South Carolina coastal plain, accompanied by over 50 stunning photographs of the region’s distinctive ecologies and wildlife by photographer Philip Wilkinson. 

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