List of museums in South Carolina

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This list of museums in South Carolina, United States, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Agricultural Heritage Center | Blackville | Barnwell | Central Savannah River Area | Agriculture | Located at the Clemson University Edisto Research Station, early rural farm life[1]
Aiken Center for the Arts | Aiken | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Art | Arts center including a gallery with an emphasis on local and regional talent of the South[2]
Aiken County Historical Museum | Aiken | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Local history | Housed in a 1930s Winter Colony mansion named "Banksia"[3]
Aiken-Rhett House | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house |
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum | Aiken | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Sports |
American Legion Post 3 Cecil B. Buchanan War Museum | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Military | History of American military bases both local and abroad[4]
American Military Museum (permanently closed) | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Military | Includes artifacts from 14 American conflicts from the Revolutionary War through the recent war in Iraq, and from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard[5] (Artifacts moved to nearby county and to Museum in NC[6])
Anderson City Fire Department Museum | Anderson | Anderson | Upcountry | Firefighting | Includes fire trucks, a horse-drawn wagon, hose and chemical truck, pumping engine, antique fire equipment[7]
Anderson County Museum | Anderson | Anderson | Upcountry | Local history | [8]
Andrew Jackson State Park | Lancaster | Lancaster | Olde English District | Biographical | Includes museums about President Andrew Jackson and a replica of a late 18th-century one-room schoolhouse
Antiquers Haven Museum and Shop | Liberty | Pickens | Upcountry | History | House with 1690 to 1890 period pieces, clothing, toys, guns, fine china, automobiles[9]
Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta | North Augusta | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Multiple | Two galleries of rotating exhibits and a permanent heritage exhibit[10]
Ashtabula Historic House | Pendleton | Anderson | Upcountry | Historic house | 1790 plantation home
Avery Research Center | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | African American | Part of the College of Charleston, local African American art and cultural history[11]
Barnwell County Museum | Barnwell | Barnwell | Central Savannah River Area | Local history | [12]
Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina | Pendleton | Anderson | Upcountry | Agriculture | South Carolina’s agricultural history and the impact on culture and economies[13]
Beaufort History Museum | Beaufort | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Local history | Area history in a historic arsenal dating back to 1799[14]
Bedon-Lucas House | Walterboro | Colleton | Lowcountry | Historic house | Operated by the Colleton County Historical & Preservation Society, 19th century planter's home[15]
Beech Island Historical Society Visitors Center & Barn | Beech Island | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Agriculture |
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center | Moncks Corner | Berkeley | Lowcountry | Local history | Located at the Old Santee Canal Park[16][17]
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum | Seneca | Oconee  | Upstate  | Local, regional, and statewide African American and Cultural History  | Exhibits change 1-2 times annually. Museum is located in Historic downtown Seneca
Best Friend of Charleston Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Railroad |
Black Creek Arts Council Gallery | Hartsville | Darlington | Pee Dee | Art | Includes exhibits of area and national artists
BMW Zentrum | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Automotive | [18]
Bob Campbell Geology Museum | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | Geology | Part of Clemson University, rocks, minerals, fossils, meteorites, mining[19]
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Art | European art, Russian icons, Holy Land antiquities
Bonham House | Saluda | Saluda | Midlands | Historic house | Operated by the Saluda County Historical Society, late 18th-century house undergoing restoration
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens | Mount Pleasant | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Antebellum cotton plantation with original slave quarters
Brookgreen Gardens | Murrells Inlet | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Multiple | Outdoor sculpture gardens, zoo and wildlife preserve
Browntown Museum | Hemingway | Williamsburg | Pee Dee | Historic house | 1845 farmstead and outbuildings[20]
Burt-Stark Mansion | Abbeville | Abbeville | Upcountry | Historic house | Site of the last Council of War of cabinet members of the Confederate government
Button Museum | Bishopville | Lee | Pee Dee | Commodity | Items decorated with buttons[21][22]
Williams Mansion (Previously Calhoun Mansion) | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Restored late 19th-century period mansion (Reopening in 2025[23]
Camden Archives & Museum | Camden | Kershaw | Olde English District | Local history | Local and county history and culture[24]
Catawba Cultural Center | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Native American | History and culture of the Catawba Indian Nation[25]
Cayce Historical Museum | Cayce | Lexington | Midlands | Local history | Agricultural, social, and cultural heritage of the Cayce, Old Saxe Gotha, Granby and West Columbia areas[26]
South Carolina Civil Rights Museum | Orangeburg | Orangeburg | Midlands | History | In a 3500 sq. ft. setting, history of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, including Briggs v. Elliott, Orangeburg Massacre, Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike, Harvey Gantt at Clemson, Orangeburg Freedom Movement.[27]
Central History Museum | Central | Pickens | Upcountry | Local history | Operated by the Central Heritage Society
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site | Mount Pleasant | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | 1828 plantation home
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | History | Original site of the first permanent English settlement in Carolina, 664-acre (269 ha) site includes an exhibit hall, replica 17th-century tall ship, a natural habitat zoo, ongoing archeological excavations, trails
Charleston Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Multiple | Includes main museum with exhibits of natural and local history and decorative arts, and two historic house museums, Heyward-Washington House and Joseph Manigault House
Cheraw Lyceum | Cheraw | Chesterfield | Olde English District | Local history | [28]
Cherokee County History and Arts Museum | Gaffney | Cherokee | Upcountry | Multiple | Local history and art, operated by the Cherokee Historical & Preservation Society[29]
Cherokee County Veterans Museum | Gaffney | Cherokee | Upcountry | Military | Artifacts and memorabilia from the American Revolution to the present[30]
Chester County Historical Society Museum | Chester | Chester | Olde English District | Local history | Collection includes Catawba pottery, Native American projectile points, long rifles and hand guns[31]
Chester County Transportation Museum | Chester | Chester | Olde English District | Transportation | Operated by the Chester County Historical Society, includes cars, trucks, a bus, license plates[31]
Children's Museum of South Carolina | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Children's | [32]
Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Children's | [33]
Children's Museum of the Upstate | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Children's | [34]
The Citadel Archives & Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Military | website, history of The Citadel, a military college[35]
Clemson Area African American Museum | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | African American History | African American history and culture
Clemson University Galleries | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | Art | Maintained by the Center for Visual Arts, includes galleries in Lee Hall I, Lee Hall II, Strode Tower, CVA-Greenville Gallery in West Greenville and other campus locations[36]
Clinton Museum | Clinton | Laurens | Upcountry | Local history | Operated by the City[37]
Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Multiple | History, wildlife, and heritage of Coastal Carolina[38]
Coker Farms National Historic Landmark | Hartsville | Darlington | Pee Dee | Agriculture | History of how the Coker Pedigreed Seed Company helped revolutionize Southern agriculture in the late 19th century
Colleton Museum | Walterboro | Colleton | Lowcountry | Local history | [39]
Collins Ole Towne | Central | Pickens | Upcountry | Open air | Open by appointment, includes a general store, barber shop and school house[40]
Columbia Fire Department Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Firefighting | [41]
Columbia Museum of Art | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Art | European and American fine and decorative art
Comporium Telephone Museum | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Technology | History of the Rock Hill Telephone Company, historic telephones and equipment[42]
Confederate Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | History | Civil War memorabilia, located at the old City Market Building[43]
Congaree National Park | Hopkins | Richland | Midlands | Natural history | Visitor center features exhibits about the natural history of the swamp
Cowpens Depot | Cowpens | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Local history |
Cowpens National Battlefield | Chesnee | Cherokee | Upcountry | Military | Commemorates important battle of the American Revolution
Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum | Darlington | Darlington | Pee Dee | Automobile | History of Darlington Raceway and the sport of stock car racing
Dillon County Museum | Latta | Dillon | Pee Dee | Local history | Operated by the Dillon County Historical Society, includes early 20th century doctor and dentist's offices, cotton and tobacco agricultural artifacts, military and local history artifacts[44]
Drayton Hall | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | 18th century indigo and rice plantation
Edisto Island Museum | Edisto Island | Charleston | Lowcountry | Multiple | Local history, culture and natural history[45]
Edmondston-Alston House | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Mid 19th-century mansion
EdVenture | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Children's |
Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center  | Elloree  | Orangeburg  | Midlands  | Local History  | 10,000 sq ft museum showcasing rural and farm life of the past. Stroll down the street with the founder of Elloree, on handheld device, to see and hear what it was like in 1900.
Fairfield County Museum | Winnsboro | Fairfield | Olde English District | Local history | [46]
Florence County Museum | Florence | Florence | Pee Dee | Multiple | Fine arts including American and European paintings, Asian art, African and African American art and artifacts, objects from Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Babylonia, ancient Greece and Rome, Civil War artifacts[47]
Florence Railroad Museum | Florence | Florence | Pee Dee | Railroad | Operated by the Florence County Museum and housed in a renovated railroad box car[48]
Fort Hill | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | Historic house | Part of Clemson University, home of politician John C. Calhoun
Fort Moultrie National Monument | Sullivan's Island | Charleston | Lowcountry | Military | Unit of Fort Sumter National Monument
Fort Sumter National Monument | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Military | Encompasses three sites in Charleston: the original Fort Sumter, the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center, and the Fort Moultrie National Monument on Sullivan's Island
Francis Marion University Galleries | Florence | Florence | Pee Dee | Art | Galleries in the Hyman Fine Arts Center and the Smith University Center[49]
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Art | 11 galleries, changing exhibitions featuring paintings, textiles, sculpture, photography, video, ceramics, assemblage, collage and more[50]
Georgetown County Museum | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Local history | [51]
Gibbes Museum of Art | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Art |
Greenville County Museum of Art | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Art | Focus is American art
Greenville Cultural Exchange Center | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | African American | Facebook site
Greenwood Railroad Historical Center | Greenwood | Greenwood | Upcountry | Railroad | website, includes vintage railroad cars
Greer Heritage Museum | Greer | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Local history | Located in a former post office building
Hagood-Mauldin House/Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts | Pickens | Pickens | Upcountry | Historic house | 17th and 18th century art and furnishings, operated by the Pickens County Historical Society
Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center | Pickens | Pickens | Upcountry | Multiple | 1845 grist mill with agriculture exhibits, two cabins and crafts demonstrations
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Art | website, part of the College of Charleston
Hampton Colored School | Hampton | Hampton | Lowcountry | African American | Former segregated school, exhibits of area African American history
Hampton County Museum | Hampton | Hampton | Lowcountry | Local history | Operated by the Hampton County Historical Society, located in the historic former county jail
Hampton Museum and Visitors' Center | Hampton | Hampton | Lowcountry | Local history | Located in a former bank building
Hampton Plantation | McClellanville | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Georgian rice plantation house
Hampton-Preston House | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Operated by the Historic Columbia Foundation
Hanover House | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | Historic house |
Hartsville Museum | Hartsville | Darlington | Pee Dee | Local history | Local history and art exhibits, located in a former post office
Heyward House | Bluffton | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Historic house | 1840s house with original slave cabin and summer kitchen, operated by the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society
Heyward-Washington House | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Late 18th-century house, operated by the Charleston Museum
Historic Brattonsville | McConnells | York | Olde English District | Open air | Includes over 30 historic structures from the 1760s to the late 19th century
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site | Camden | Kershaw | Olde English District | Open air | 107-acre (0.43 km2) complex includes Colonial and Revolutionary War period historic houses
Hobcaw Barony | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Multiple | Includes Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center features exhibits on local history, archaeology, ecology and area wildlife, tours of the 1930s mansion of Bernard M. Baruch and the grounds of the former plantations
Hollywood Wax Museum Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Media | Wax figures of celebrities including movie stars, television personalities and music icons
Hopsewee Plantation | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Historic house | Typical low country rice plantation with 18th & 19th century furnishings
Horry County Museum | Conway | Horry | Grand Strand | Multiple | Local history, natural history, military, Native Americans, clothing and textiles, industry, farming, household life
The Hunley | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Maritime | Recovered sunken Confederate submarine that is undergoing conservation
Hunting Island Light | Hunting Island | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Maritime | Former lighthouse open for visitors, located in Hunting Island State Park
Huntington Beach State Park | Murrells Inlet | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Historic house | Includes Atalaya Castle, home of art scholar Archer M. Huntington and sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, and a nature center
Jacob Kelley House | Hartsville | Darlington | Pee Dee | Historic house | Mid 19th-century house
John Mark Verdier House | Beaufort | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Historic house |
Joseph Manigault House | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Furnished with early 18th century antiques, operated by the Charleston Museum
James W. Dillon House | Dillon | Dillon | Pee Dee | Historic house | Operated by the Dillon County Historical Society, early 20th century period house
Kaminski House Museum | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Historic house | website, 1769 house with 18th & 19th century American and English antiques
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | History | Changing exhibits from its collections
Kazoo Museum | Beaufort | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Music | Features a collection of almost two hundred kazoo-related items
Keowee-Toxaway Museum | Six Mile | Pickens | Upcountry | Native American |
Kilgore-Lewis House | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Historic house | Headquarters for the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, 19th-century house with gardens and arboretum
Kings Mountain National Military Park | Blacksburg | Cherokee | Upcountry | Military | Commemorates important battle of the American Revolution
Kings Mountain State Park | Blacksburg | Cherokee | Upcountry | Farm | Includes recreated early 19th-century farm
L.W. Paul Living History Farm | Conway | Horry | Grand Strand | Farm | website, operated by the Horry County Museum, working farm that depicts farm and domestic life in Horry County from 1900-1955
Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area | Ninety Six | Greenwood | Central Savannah River Area | History | Includes Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Lando Manetta Mills History Center | Lando | Chester | Olde English District | Local history | website, history of the former textile mill community
Landsford Canal State Park | Catawba | Chester | Olde English District | Transportation | Includes lock-keeper's house with exhibits about the canal
Lexington County Museum | Lexington | Lexington | Midlands | Open air | Includes 36 historic houses and outbuildings
Louis G. Gregory Baháʼí Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Biographical | website, prominent Baháʼí Faith member Louis George Gregory
Lowcountry Visitor's Center and Museum | Yemassee | Colleton | Lowcountry | Local history | Located in the Frampton Plantation House, features a recreated 1900s plantation parlor complete with antique furnishings and displays from the region's 10 museums and the SC Artisans Center[52][53]
Lunney House Museum | Seneca | Oconee | Upcountry | Local history | website, 1909 Queen-Anne style bungalow; House museum detailing the "Life Journey" of Dr. John & Mrs. Lilian Mason Lunney.
Mac's Pride Museum | McBee | Chesterfield | Olde English District | Multiple | Antique cars, tractors and farming equipment, farm implements, tools, photos[54]
Macaulay Museum of Dental History | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Medical | Dental instruments and memorabilia, part of the Waring Historical Library at the Medical University of South Carolina
Mace Brown Museum of Natural History | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Natural history | website, part of the College of Charleston Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, fossil and dinosaur specimens
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | 17th & 18th century rice plantation
Main Street Children's Museum | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Children's Museum | website, creative play exhibits based on artwork of cartoonist Vernon Grant
Mann-Simons Site | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Operated by Historic Columbia, house and site of businesses owned by a local African American family
Marion County Museum | Marion | Marion | Pee Dee | Local history | website
Marlboro County Historical Museum | Bennettsville | Marlboro | Pee Dee | Multiple | Includes Victorian parlor, Native American artifacts, farm implements and tools, military items, textiles, 19th-century period Jennings-Brown House, medical museum with historic 20th-century artifacts and equipment, 19th-century Bennettsville Female Academy schoolhouse[55]
McBee Depot Library and Railroad Museum | McBee | Chesterfield | Olde English District | Railroad | Former depot with railroad museum and town library
McLeod Plantation Historic Site | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Focuses on the lives of slaves owned by middle-class farmers
McKissick Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Multiple | website, part of University of South Carolina, includes natural history, minerals, fine and decorative arts, southern traditional crafts, historic artifacts
Middleton Place | Summerville | Dorchester | Lowcountry | Historic house | 18th century rice plantation
Millford Plantation | Pinewood | Sumter | Pee Dee | Historic house | Mid 19th-century Greek Revival mansion
Miniature World of Trains | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Transportation | website, large model train display depicting how transportation and infrastructure system work worldwide
Monsanto Gallery | Greenwood | Greenwood | Upcountry | Art | Art gallery of Lander University, works by Southeastern artists[56]
Mt. Croghan Museum | Mount Croghan | Chesterfield | Olde English District | Local history | [57]
Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Art | Changing exhibits, Old Master paintings and decorative arts, satellite museum of the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
Museum and Library of Confederate History | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Military | website, portrays war and home life in the South during the Civil War
The Museum in Greenwood | Greenwood | Greenwood | Upcountry | Multiple | Local cultural and natural history, technology, period room and store displays, art
Museum of Education | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Education | website, part of University of South Carolina
Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina | Walhalla | Oconee | Upcountry | Native American | website
Museum of York County | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Multiple | website, local history, natural history, decorative arts, art
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site | Cross Anchor | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Military | Site of an American Revolutionary War battle
Nathaniel Russell House | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic house | Operated by the Historic Charleston Foundation, early 19th-century house
National Steeplechase Museum | Camden | Kershaw | Olde English District | Sports | website, history of steeplechasing from its origins in Britain to the present
Ninety Six National Historic Site | Ninety Six | Greenwood | Central Savannah River Area | Military | Site of an American Revolutionary War battle
North Charleston and American LaFrance Fire Museum and Educational Center | North Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Firefighting | website
North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum | North Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Local history | website
Nostalgia City and Museum | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Automotive | website, gift shop and museum, includes antique cars, fire trucks, agriculture equipment, automotive memorabilia, media memorabilia, household items
Oconee Heritage Center | Walhalla | Oconee | Upcountry | Local history | website
Oconee Station State Historic Site | Walhalla | Oconee | Upcountry | Historic house | Includes 1792 Oconee Station and 1805 William Richards House
Oconee Veterans Museum | Walhalla | Oconee | Upcountry | Military | Also known as Patriot's Hall, includes military artifacts and memorabilia from all wars[58]
Old Exchange Building | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | History | Includes costumed tours of the historic building and dungeon
Old Santee Canal Park | Moncks Corner | Berkeley | Lowcountry | Multiple | website, includes Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center, a local history museum, and Stony Landing House, a furnished 19th century period home
Old Slave Mart | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Historic site | Story of Charleston's role in the inter-state slave trade
Parris Island Museum | Parris Island | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Military | History of the United States Marine Corps and Port Royal region
Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum | Mount Pleasant | Charleston | Lowcountry | Maritime | Features four museum ships, including the USS Yorktown (CV-10), an aircraft carrier
Pauline Pratt Webel Museum | Ridgeland | Jasper | Lowcountry | Local history | [59]
Pickens County Museum of Art & History | Pickens | Pickens | Upcountry | Multiple | Local history exhibits and three art galleries[60]
Postal History Museum | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Philatelic | Historic post office, area postal history[61]
Powder Magazine | Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Military | Used during the Colonial and American Revolution periods to store ammunition
Price House | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Historic house | Operated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association, late 18th-century home
Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center | Ravenel | Charleston | Lowcountry | Multiple | website, natural and cultural history, wetlands and trails through former rice plantation fields
Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery | Conway | Horry | Grand Strand | Art | Part of Coastal Carolina University[62]
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site | Beech Island | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Historic house | 1959 plantation house with preserved slave quarters
REVIVA Museum | Iva | Anderson | Upcountry | Local history | [63]
Rice Museum | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Multiple | website, area rice culture, maritime history, cultural history and art
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Amusement |
Robert Mills House | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Operated by the Historic Columbia Foundation
Ronald McNair Life History Center | Lake City | Florence | Pee Dee | Biographical | website, life of astronaut Ronald McNair
Roper Mountain Science Center | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Multiple | 62-acre site includes the Living History Farm, the Darell W. Harrison Hall of Natural Sciences, the Simms Hall of Science, the T.C. Hooper Planetarium, and the Daniel Observatory
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site | Union | Union | Old English District | Historic house | 19th-century plantation mansion, outbuildings, rose gardens and park
Ruth Drake Museum | Belton | Anderson | Upcountry | Local history | Located in the railroad depot
Saluda County Museum | Saluda | Saluda | Midlands | Local history | website, operated by the Saluda County Historical Society
The Sandbox | Hilton Head Island | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Children's | website
Seay House | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Historic house | Operated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association, turn-of-the-20th-century farmstead life
Seibels House and Garden | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Early 19th-century mansion and garden
Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Biographical | website, baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson
Sigal Music Museum | Greenville | Heritage Green | Upcountry | Music | website, musical instruments
Southern African American Heritage Center | Cheraw | Chesterfield | Olde English District | African American | Facebook site, area African American history and culture from the 1800s to the mid 1900s
South Carolina Botanical Garden | Clemson | Pickens | Upcountry | Multiple | 295 acre gardens with nature-base sculptures, art galleries in the Fran Hanson Discovery Center, 18th-century Hanover House
South Carolina Civil War Museum | Myrtle Beach | Horry | Grand Strand | Military | website, includes period firearms, edged weapons, gowns and petticoats, books, newspapers, exhibits on finances and money, slavery, causes of the Rebellion, projectiles, and personal effects
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | website, military history of South Carolina
South Carolina Cotton Museum | Bishopville | Lee | Pee Dee | Industry | website, cotton uses, farming and processing
South Carolina Governor's Mansion | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Mid 19th-century mansion
South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Law enforcement | website
South Carolina Maritime Museum | Georgetown | Georgetown | Grand Strand | Maritime | website, includes ship models, photos, maritime artifacts, Fresnel lens
South Carolina Military Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | website, honoring SC's complete military history
South Carolina Railroad Museum | Winnsboro | Fairfield | Old English District | Railroad | website, includes Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad heritage steam train ride, display of railroad cars and artifacts
South Carolina State Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Multiple | Exhibits include art, history, natural history, science and technology
South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame | Belton | Anderson | Upcountry | Sports | Located in the railroad depot
South Carolina Tobacco Museum | Mullins | Marion | Pee Dee | Agriculture | website
Spartanburg Art Museum | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Art | website
Spartanburg Regional History Museum | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Local history | website, operated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association
Spartanburg Science Center | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Science | website
Summerville-Dorchester Museum | Summerville | Dorchester | Lowcountry | Local history | website
Sumter County Gallery of Art | Sumter | Sumter | Pee Dee | Art | website
Sumter County Museum | Sumter | Sumter | Pee Dee | Multiple | website, includes main museum with local history, art and decorative arts exhibits, and Carolina Backcountry Homestead complex
Union County Museum | Union | Union | Old English District | Local history | website
Upcountry History Museum | Greenville | Greenville | Upcountry | Local history | History of the Upcountry South Carolina region
U.S. Army Adjutant General’s Corps Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | History of the U.S. Army’s Adjutant General’s Corps, located at Fort Jackson[64]
U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | History of basic combat training in the U.S. Army has developed since 1917 when Fort Jackson first opened, an official U.S. Army museum[64]
U.S. Army Chaplain Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | History of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, located at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School in Fort Jackson[64]
U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Military | History of the Army’s Finance Corps,[64][65] military currency, US Army payroll ledgers, located at Fort Jackson
Village Museum | McClellanville | Charleston | Lowcountry | Local history | website
Wagener Museum | Wagener | Aiken | Central Savannah River Area | Local history | [66]
Walnut Grove Plantation | Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Upcountry | Historic house | Operated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association, 18th century plantation home and historic outbuildings
War Between the States Museum | Florence | Florence | Pee Dee | Military | Includes guns, uniforms, swords, armor, personal items
Warren Lasch Conservation Center | North Charleston | Charleston | Lowcountry | Maritime | History and artifacts from the submarine H. L. Hunley
White Home | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Historic house | 1870s portrayal of the home of the White family, major town founders of Rock Hill
Williamsburgh Historical Museum | Kingstree | Williamsburg | Pee Dee | Local history | Operated by the Williamsburgh Historical Society[67][68]
Williston Museum | Williston | Barnwell | Central Savannah River Area | Local history | website
Winchester Museum | Edgefield | Edgefield | Central Savannah River Area | Sports | website, headquarters of the National Wild Turkey Federation, restoration, management and hunting of the wild turkey
Winthrop University Galleries | Rock Hill | York | Olde English District | Art | Three galleries in two buildings[69]
Woodburn Historic House | Pendleton | Anderson | Upcountry | Historic house | 1830 plantation home
Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Columbia | Richland | Midlands | Historic house | Operated by the Historic Columbia Foundation, 1871 Italian villa-style residence that was home to a 14-year-old Woodrow Wilson
World of Energy | Seneca | Oconee | Upcountry | Science | website, operated by Duke Power at the Oconee Nuclear Station
York W. Bailey Museum | St. Helena Island | Beaufort | Lowcountry | Local history | Local history and Gullah culture, located in the Penn Center, a historic district and former school

## Defunct museums

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* Communication Museum, Charleston, now a special collection of the College of Charleston, antique radios, televisions, phonographs, telephones, magic lanterns, motion picture projectors and other communications equipment[70]
* Florence Air & Missile Museum
* Museum of Western York County, Sharon[71]
* Ragtops & Roadsters Auto Museum, Murrells Inlet[72]
* Rivers, Rails and Crossroads Regional Discovery Center, Blackville, exhibits moved to Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta[73]
* Slave Relic Historical Museum, Walterboro[74]
* Thomas Elfe House, Charleston, private home

## See also

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* List of historical societies in South Carolina
* List of nature centers in South Carolina

## References

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1. ^ "Official site". Agricultural Heritage Center. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
2. ^ "Official site". Aiken Center for the Arts. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
3. ^ "Aiken County Historical Museum". Aiken Count. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
4. ^ "Official site". American Legion Post 3 Cecil B. Buchanan War Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
5. ^ "Official site". American Military Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
6. ^ "The Post and Currior". Post and Currior. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
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8. ^ "Official site". Anderson County Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
9. ^ "Antiquers Haven Museum & Shop". Upcountry South Carolina. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
10. ^ "Official site". Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
11. ^ "Official site". Avery Research Center. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
12. ^ "Facebook site". Barnwell County Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
13. ^ "Official site". Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
14. ^ "Official site". Beaufort History Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
15. ^ "Official site". Colleton County Historical & Preservation Society. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
16. ^ "Official site". Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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18. ^ "Zentrum". BMW Spartanburg. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
19. ^ "Clemson University's Bob Campbell Geology Museum". Clemson University. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
20. ^ "Official site". Browntown Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
21. ^ "Official site". The Button King. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
22. ^ "Bishopville, South Carolina: Button King Museum". Roadside America. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
23. ^ "Williams Mansion". The Williams Masion. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
24. ^ "Camden Archives & Museum". City of Camden. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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26. ^ "Historical Museum". City of Cayce. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
27. ^ "Official Site". Cecil Williams. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
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34. ^ "Official site". Children's Museum of the Upstate. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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39. ^ "Official site". Coolleton Museum & Farmer's Market. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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