The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island is dedicated to maintaining Gullah customs, traditions, language, stories, songs and structures. Also on Hilton Head Island, the Coastal Discovery Museum seamlessly intertwines natural and cultural histories, telling the story of the area’s coastal waterways and the Gullah’s presence in them. The Gullah Museum in Georgetown offers presen-tations and demonstrations of traditional Gullah and Lowcountry crafts. Arts and crafts are central to the Gullah identity and sev-eral galleries along the coast are dedicated to helping visitors understand the cul-ture’s aesthetics. Established in 1977, LyBensons Gallery & Studio in Beaufort spe-cializes in antiques, rare collectibles and original artwork that illustrate the link between West African, Gullah and African American life. Located in Charleston, Gallery Chuma features work by emerging artists as well as internationally renowned masters of the Gullah Grub Restaurant, St. Helena Island W. Jones. The Sonja Griffin Evans Gallery highlights the artistry of the Beaufort-born artist and the influences Gullah folkways have had on her life’s work. AUTHeNtIC FLAvORS As people who live along the coast, the Gullah place a heavy emphasis on seafood, and offerings like the deviled crab dinner at Nana’s Seafood & Soul in Charleston do not disappoint. Dishes such as the crawfish bites and catfish stew put Gullah Gullah Fish in Manning high on the must-stop list. Bill and Sará Reynolds Green, the couple behind Gullah Grub Restaurant on St. Helena Island, place a heavy emphasis on eating locally and seasonally, the way their ancestors have for hundreds of years. Hannibal’s Kitchen in Charleston is a family-owned restaurant that has managed to keep its charm, even as their specialties of shrimp and grits and crab rice find themselves on foodies’ must-try lists. GUIdED TOuRs & TALKS For a better understanding of the intersection of the Gullah Gullah genre, like painters Jonathan Green and John 44
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