Tours, parks, gardens, plantations, water — what to do with a free afternoon.
Waterfront museum on Gadsden's Wharf, the precise site where enslaved Africans first arrived in America, documenting that history through galleries and genealogy resources.
Self-guided tours offered in a historic building, formerly a Revolutionary prison & City Hall.
Tours of this historic home of an influential 1800s family include a back lot where slaves lived.
Colonial military history museum & gift shop in a 1713 gunpowder storage building.
America's first museum, founded in 1773, exhibits relics from South Carolina & Confederate history.
Free natural history museum inside College of Charleston's science building, with fossil collections, minerals, and regional specimens.
Ornate, circa-1808 home known for its "free-flying" 3-story spiral staircase, with guided tours.
Historic Federal-style home, open for tours showcasing architecture, furnishings & family artifacts.
18th-century Georgian-style home once belonging to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Greek Revival landmark built in 1841 offering Civil War history & tours by women's-group docents.
Built in 1803, this antebellum structure is furnished with period American, French & British pieces.
Private library housing historical state photos & documents, with a Colonial & antebellum focus.
Preservation nonprofit on East Bay running house museums, educational programs, and advocacy for Charleston's built environment since 1947.
