South Carolina Museums
Art, History, Science, Planetariums, and Science Centers
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Art and History plus Science Centers and Planetariums
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Anderson County Museum To collect, care for, exhibit, interpret and demonstrate items that will serve to illustrate the history of Anderson county and will preserve its heritage.
http://www.andersoncountysc.org/web/Museum_00.asp
Aquarium Wharf Aquarium Wharf - Charleston, SC - Charleston IMAX Theatre, Fort Sumter Tours, Just Fresh, South Carolina Aquarium, SpiritLine Cruises, Wholly Cow Ice Cream/Coffee
http://www.aquariumwharf.com/
Boyd Observatory Boyd Observatory is a private research facility on the Savannah River Site's Operations and Recreation Association complex. A 16 ft. id cement block building with a 12 ft. fully rotating aluminum dome, houses a 16 inch Newtonian telescope with support electronics.
http://www.boydobservatory.com/
Charleston Museum America's First Museum, founded in 1773. We invite you to explore this rich, varied history at the Museum and its two National Historic Landmark houses. All are located downtown, in America's Most Historic City.
http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/
Coastal Discovery Museum The Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island is a great place to visit any time of the year. With indoor and outdoor exhibits, activity centers in the Sea Island Classroom, the History Time-line Exhibit, and Museum Store, plus 11 different tours and cruises around the island.
http://coastaldiscovery.org/
Columbia Museum of Art Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC. Walk through our doors and discover the world. Experience an extraordinary collection of international art that spans seven centuries.
http://www.colmusart.org/
Culture & Heritage Museums Join the Culture & Heritage Museums (Historic Brattonsville, McCelvey Center, Museum of York County, and the planned Museum of Life and the Environment) in underlargeing our past, the present, and our future.
http://www.chmuseums.org/
Dillon County Welcome to the Dillon County Historical Society's Website.
http://www.dillonmuseum.com/
Edisto Island Edisto Island has long been a special place. A barrier island roughly halfway between Charleston and Beaufort, SC, it was purchased from the Edistow Indians by the Lords Proprietors in 1674 in consideration of Valuable Cloth, Hatchettes, Brads and other Goods and Manufactures.
http://www.edistomuseum.com/
EdVenture Children's Museum EdVenture Children's Museum, located in South Carolina, is a hands-on learning center that teaches young minds about the world around them.
http://www.edventure.org/
Elloree Heritage Museum The Elloree Heritage Museum is part of the revitalization of Elloree's historic business district. It is situated amid antique and specialty shops and unique restaurants on historic Cleveland Street. The street has been renovated to provide an early 1900's atmosphere.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/heritagemuseum/
Gibbes Museum of Art The Gibbes Museum of Art maintains approximately 10,000 objects that directly support its mission to collect, conserve, and interpret an American fine arts collection with a Charleston perspective.
http://www.gibbesmuseum.org/
Greenwood Museum The exhibits document ways of life, cultural trends, and technology from prehistoric to contemporary times. Collections range from fossils to industrial robots, and provide objects for changing exhibits and educational programs.
http://www.themuseum-greenwood.org/
Hartsville Museum Hartsville Museum
http://www.hartsvillemuseum.org/
History Museum - Upcountry The History Museum exhibits provide a powerful experience, using technology to convey events and ideas from the past. The region's cultural, social and economic stories will be conveyed by combining artifacts, computer interactives, oral histories, and motion-activated exhibition elements.
http://www.upcountryhistory.org/
Levine Museum An interactive museum housing the nation's most comprehensive interpretation of post-Civil War history. Featuring stories of the people - men, women, children, black, white, rich, poor, long-time residents and newcomers - who have shaped the region since the Civil War.
http://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/
McKissick Museum The Museum was established to serve as a general University museum and to engage in education, research, and collections development as well as campus and public service.
http://www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/index.html
Patriots Point The centerpiece of Patriots Point is the world famous aircraft carrier USS YORKTOWN, a heavily decorated warship that was at the tip of the spear in America's victory in the Pacific during World War II.
http://www.patriotspoint.org/
Roper Mountain Science The primary mission of the center is to foster enhanced learning and growth opportunities through educational excellence and high quality instructional programs for students, teachers, and the general public.
http://www.ropermountain.org/
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room Founded in 1896 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area.
http://www.state.sc.us/crr/
South Carolina Cotton Museum Celebrate America's most versatile plant at the South Carolina Cotton Museum! You wear Cotton..You spend Cotton...You even eat Cotton... But how much do you really KNOW about Cotton???
http://www.sccotton.org/
South Carolina Firefighting Museum The South Carolina Firefighting Museum welcomes your interest. Our goal is to assist people in their appreciation and underlargeing of the selfless and heroic services of the firefighters not only in South Carolina's past and present, but nationally and world wide.
http://www.scfm2000.org/
South Carolina Railroad Museum PLACE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY...How would you like to take your children or grandchildren for a ride on a real passenger train, visit a red caboose or an authentic dining car, or even a Pullman car that once ferried earlier generations across the country? YOU CAN!
http://www.scrm.org/main.asp
South Carolina State Museum From family-oriented events and activities especially for children such as Camp-ins, Birthday Parties and Summer Programs to lectures by prominent scholars and living-history reenactments, the State Museum offers programs for all audiences and school groups.
http://www.museum.state.sc.us/
Spartanburg Museum of Art The Spartanburg County Museum of Art is a regional museum promoting the visual arts by- supporting educational programming, sponsoring diverse exhibitions, acquiring, displaying and conserving a permanent collection, providing appropriate places for achieving its mission.
http://www.sparklenet.com/museumofart/
Sumter County Museum Sumter County Museum
http://www.sumtercountymuseum.com/
Culture & Heritage Museums, SC Today, answers to questions about people and place are becoming more complex and consequential. Amid chaos, we all search for balance in our lives: places to live that make sense, ways to satisfy our needs for food, shelter, belonging and meaningful legacies. Join the Culture & Heritage Museums in understanding our past, the present, and our future.
http://www.yorkcounty.org/