Museums in South Carolina
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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181 museums are published in South Carolina. The list below holds the 94 best-documented.
- Ruth Drake MuseumNational Register
- Postal Museum
- Gibbes Museum of ArtBuilt 1905-04-11 · 17 m
- South Carolina State Museum21 m
- Lexington County Museum
- Hampton-Preston House Museum
- Columbia Museum of Art
- Greer Heritage Museum
- EdVenture
- Morris Museum of Art
- The Kazoo Museum
- The Old Slave Mart6 m
- Clemson Area African American Museum
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens
- The Greenville County Museum of Art
- Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
- USS YorktownBuilt 1976-01-03 · 17 m · National Register
- Sigal Music Museum19.9 m
- Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery29.7 m
- Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
- Old Exchange & Provost DungeonBuilt 1767 · 17 m
- International African American Museum15 m
- The Powder Magazine6 m
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library11.8 m
- Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í MuseumBuilt 2003
- The Best Friend Train Museum
- Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center17 m
- World War Memorial
- Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center
- Parris Island Museum
- Fort Hill
- Upcountry History Museum
- North Charleston Fire Museum
- The Edisto Island Museum
- Berkeley Museum
- The Village Museum
- The County Farm Museum
- Rosehill Museum
- McCelvey Center
- Joseph Manigault HouseBuilt 1933
- Clinton Museum
- Camden Archives and Museum
- Museum and Library of Confederate History14.8 m
- The Children's Museum of the Upstate14.9 m
- Florence County Museum
- The Aiken-Rhett House MuseumBuilt 1995
- York W. Bailey Museum
- South Carolina Railroad Museum
- Symmes Hall of Science14 m
- Horry County Museum
- Nathaniel Russell House MuseumBuilt 1955
- Cherokee County Museum
- McLeod Farms Antique Museum
- Macaulay Museum of Dental History4 m
- Harrison Hall of Natural Science10.6 m
- Museum of York County
- South Carolina Historical Society MuseumBuilt 2018-09-22
- World of Energy
- Allendale County Museum
- Comporium Telephone Museum
- Childrens Museum of South Carolina
- Andrews Old Town Hall Museum
- South Carolina State University Planetarium
- The Williams Mansion
- Rainey Sculpture PavilionBuilt 1968
- The Newberry Museum
- The Citadel Daniel Museum
- Fort Sumter History Museum8 m
- Wheels of Yesteryear
- Children's Museum of the LowcountryBuilt 2003 · 7 m
- Vietnam Experience Exhibit
- Harold Kaminski House Museum
- History Museum of Travelers Rest
- Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center
- John M. Rivers Communications MuseumBuilt 1988
- Harllee Natural History Museum
- TiNY Tennis MuseumBuilt 2025-03
- Heyward-Washington HouseBuilt 1929
- McKissick Museum
- Rice Museum
- The Museum at Market HallBuilt 1899
- Williamsburgh Historical Museum
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History
- South Carolina Tobacco Museum
- Coastal Discovery Museum
- Aiken County Historical Museum
- Blackville Heritage Museum
- Hartsville Museum
- Military History Center of the Carolinas15.9 m
- Elliott House Museum
- Sumter County Museum
- Union County History Museum
- Colleton Museum
- Abbeville County Museum