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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
Visitors can explore a retired Naval aircraft carrier, destroyer & submarine docked here year-round.
4.87.8k ratings
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Tours, parks, gardens, plantations, water — what to do with a free afternoon.
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International African American Museum
Waterfront museum on Gadsden's Wharf, the precise site where enslaved Africans first arrived in America, documenting that history through galleries and genealogy resources.
4.81.9k ratingsOpen - 4.8 · 2503122 E Bay St, CharlestonTrending
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Self-guided tours offered in a historic building, formerly a Revolutionary prison & City Hall.
4.71.9k ratingsOpen - 4.7 · 1324135 Meeting St, CharlestonTrending
Gibbes Museum of Art
Portraits & landscapes dating back to the 1700s, housed in a century-old beaux arts-style building.
4.71k ratingsOpen - 4.7 · 149548 Elizabeth St, CharlestonTrending
Aiken-Rhett House Museum
Tours of this historic home of an influential 1800s family include a back lot where slaves lived.
4.61.1k ratingsOpen - 4.8 · 46679 Cumberland St, Charleston
Powder Magazine Museum
Colonial military history museum & gift shop in a 1713 gunpowder storage building.
4.7352 ratingsOpen - 4.6 · 2507360 Meeting St, Charleston
The Charleston Museum
America's first museum, founded in 1773, exhibits relics from South Carolina & Confederate history.
4.62.5k ratingsOpen - 4.7 · 468202 Calhoun St, Charleston
Mace Brown Museum of Natural History - College of Charleston
Free natural history museum inside College of Charleston's science building, with fossil collections, minerals, and regional specimens.
4.6353 ratingsOpen - 4.5 · 191951 Meeting St, Charleston
Nathaniel Russell House Museum
Ornate, circa-1808 home known for its "free-flying" 3-story spiral staircase, with guided tours.
4.61.5k ratingsOpen - 4.6 · 781021 E Battery, Charleston
Edmondston-Alston House
Historic Federal-style home, open for tours showcasing architecture, furnishings & family artifacts.
4.6596 ratingsOpen - 4.4 · 741187 Church St, Charleston
Heyward-Washington House
18th-century Georgian-style home once belonging to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
4.5570 ratingsOpen - 4.5 · 1501225 Ann St, Charleston
Childrens Museum of the Lowcountry
Hands-on exhibits for under-10 kids plus parties, programs, camps & classes such as yoga & dance.
4.41.1k ratingsOpen - 4.6 · 6913188 Meeting St, Charleston
The Museum at Market Hall
Greek Revival landmark built in 1841 offering Civil War history & tours by women's-group docents.
4.4528 ratingsOpen - 4.5 · 5614350 Meeting St, Charleston
Joseph Manigault House
Built in 1803, this antebellum structure is furnished with period American, French & British pieces.
4.4432 ratingsOpen - 4.6 · 1615100 Meeting St, Charleston
South Carolina Historical Society
Private library housing historical state photos & documents, with a Colonial & antebellum focus.
4.4121 ratingsOpen - 4.3 · 250166 Chalmers St, Charleston
Old Slave Mart Museum
Displays in this former slave auction building tell the story of the slave trade in Charleston.
4.42.7k ratingsOpen - 4.2 · 171740 E Bay St, Charleston
Historic Charleston Foundation
Preservation nonprofit on East Bay running house museums, educational programs, and advocacy for Charleston's built environment since 1947.
4.3130 ratingsOpen
