Historic Sites & Museums
Celebrate a rich and fascinating history around every corner. Grand landmarks combine with fine museums to preserve and interpret local and regional culture, both ancient and modern.
Regional Museums
Avery Research Center of African American History and Culture
Beaufort History Museum
Berkeley Museum
Bloody Point Lighthouse Museum
Charles Towne Landing Museum
The Charleston Museum
Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry
The Citadel Museum
Edisto Island Museum
Florence County Museum
Fort Sumter Museum
Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square
Gibbes Museum of Art
The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Harbour Town Lighthouse Museum & Shop
Heyward House Museum
Kazoo Museum and Factory
Macaulay Museum of Dental History and Waring Historical Library
Middleton Place House Museum
National Museum of the Might Eighth Air Force
Parris Island Museum
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
South Carolina Historical Society Collections
Summerville-Dorchester Museum
The Confederate Museum
Thibault Gallery
The Village Museum
Regional Historic Sites
Adventure Trading Vessel Replica
African-American Cemetery
Aiken-Rhett House
Beaufort Arsenal
Beaufort Historic District
Beaufort National Cemetery
Best Friend of Charleston
Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
The Citadel Museum
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
Drayton Hall
Edmonston-Alston House
Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve
Fort Fremont Preserve & History Center
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter National Monument
Frampton House Plantation
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
Heyward-Washington House
Historic Port Royal Foundation
The Hunley Submarine
The John Mark Verdier House
Joseph Manigault House
Legare-Waring House
Magnolia Plantation
Middleton Place
Nathaniel Russell House
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Old Santee Canal Park
Old Sheldon Church Ruins
Penn Center
Saint Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
Stony Landing Plantation House
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Union Church of Port Royal
