Museums in South Carolina
499 museums across South Carolina, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- The Powder Magazine · museum · Charleston · Must-see
- Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum · museum · Charleston · Must-see
- Hollywood Wax Museum · museum · Horry · Must-see
- Parris Island Museum · museum · Beaufort · Must-see
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens · museum · Richland · Must-see
- The Greenville County Museum of Art · museum · Greenville · Must-see
- South Carolina State Museum · museum · Richland · Must-see
- Lexington County Museum · museum · Lexington · Must-see
- Columbia Museum of Art · museum · Richland · Must-see
- Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon · museum · Charleston · Must-see
- Robert Mills House · museum · Richland · Must-see
- Sigal Music Museum · museum · Greenville · Must-see
- Upcountry History Museum · museum · Greenville · Must-see
- Bloody Point Lighthouse · museum · Beaufort · Must-see
- War Between the States Museum · museum · Florence · Must-see
- Hartsville Museum · museum · Darlington · Must-see
- Discovery Place · museum · York · Must-see
- Postal Museum · museum · Charleston
- Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery · museum · Greenville
- Clemson Area African American Museum · museum · Pickens
- Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art · museum · Charleston
- Mace Brown Museum of Natural History · museum · Charleston
- The Best Friend Train Museum · museum · Charleston
- USS Yorktown · museum · Charleston
- Gibbes Museum of Art · museum · Charleston
- Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í Museum · museum · Charleston
- USS Laffey · museum · Charleston
- The Kazoo Museum · museum · Beaufort
- The Old Slave Mart · museum · Charleston
- Charlotte Nature Museum · museum · York
- Billy Graham Library · museum · York
- President James K. Polk Historic Site · museum · York
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum · museum · York
- International African American Museum · museum · Charleston
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library · museum · Greenville
- Hampton-Preston House Museum · museum · Richland
- Greer Heritage Museum · museum · Greenville
- Ruth Drake Museum · museum · Anderson
- EdVenture · museum · Richland
- Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum · museum · Aiken
- Hamburg State Park · museum · McCormick
- Burroughs School · museum · Horry
- Warren Lasch Conservation Center · museum · Charleston
- United States Post Office · museum · Horry
- Harvey B. Gantt Center · museum · York
- Mint Museum · museum · York
- Morris Museum of Art · museum · Aiken
- Bechtler Museum of Modern Art · museum · York
- Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve · museum · Marlboro
- Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School · museum · Aiken
- McKissick Museum · museum · Richland
- Berkeley Museum · museum · Berkeley
- Museum of York County · museum · York
- Anderson County Museum · museum · Anderson
- Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Education Center · museum · Horry
- Aiken County Historical Museum · museum · Aiken
- Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit · museum · Abbeville
- South Carolina Railroad Museum · museum · Fairfield
- Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center · museum · Spartanburg
- Fort Hill · museum · Pickens
- Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center · museum · Charleston
- Horry County Museum · museum · Horry
- Oconee History Museum's General Store Museum · museum · Oconee
- Verdier House · museum · Beaufort
- Allendale County Museum · museum · Allendale
- Elliott House Museum · museum · Beaufort
- Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center · museum · Orangeburg
- Harold Kaminski House Museum · museum · Georgetown
- Rice Museum · museum · Georgetown
- South Carolina Tobacco Museum · museum · Marion
- The County Farm Museum · museum · Horry
- North Charleston Fire Museum · museum · Charleston
- Elijah Clark Monument · museum · McCormick
- The Johnson Collection · museum · Spartanburg
- The Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia · museum · McCormick
- Dublin-Laurens County Museum · museum · Aiken
- Georgia Southern University Museum · museum · Hampton
- Georgia's Old Capital Museum at The Depot · museum · McCormick
- Hickory Hill · museum · McCormick
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History and Conference Center · museum · Aiken
- Burke County Museum · museum · Aiken
- Houston Praise House · museum · Jasper
- Beaufort Arsenal Building · museum · Beaufort
- BMW Zentrum · museum · Spartanburg
- Barnwell County Museum · museum · Barnwell
- Branchville Depot Museum · museum · Orangeburg
- Calhoun County Museum · museum · Calhoun
- Cayce Historical Museum · museum · Lexington
- Central Railway Museum · museum · Pickens
- Cheraw Lyceum Museum · museum · Chesterfield
- Coastal Discovery Museum · museum · Beaufort
- Comporium Telephone Museum · museum · York
- Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation · museum · Beaufort
- Florence County Museum · museum · Florence
- Fort Mill History Museum · museum · York
- Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum · museum · Horry
- Georgetown County Museum · museum · Georgetown
- Gilbert Museum · museum · Lexington
- Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island · museum · Beaufort
- Hampton County Museum · museum · Hampton
- James W Dillon House Museum · museum · Dillon
- Lancaster & Chester Railway Depot · museum · Lancaster
- Macaulay Museum of Dental History · museum · Charleston
- Marlboro County Historical Museum · museum · Marlboro
- Museum and Library of Confederate History · museum · Greenville
- Museum of Marion County · museum · Marion
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina · museum · Oconee
- Oconee History Museum · museum · Oconee
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History · museum · Pickens
- South Carolina Cotton Museum · museum · Lee
- South Carolina Military Museum · museum · Richland
- The Museum of Greenwood, South Carolina · museum · Greenwood
- The Railroad Historical Center · museum · Greenwood
- The Sandbox · museum · Beaufort
- The Wagener Museum · museum · Aiken
- U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum · museum · Richland
- US Army Chaplain Museum · museum · Richland
- Union County History Museum · museum · Union
- Vietnam Experience Exhibit · museum · Charleston
- Wheels of Yesteryear · museum · Horry
- Charles E. Choate Museum · museum · Aiken
- Georgia College Museum of Fine Arts · museum · McCormick
- Altama Museum of Art and History · museum · Hampton
- Georgia Baptist Historical Archive and Museum · museum · Hampton
- Greene County Historical Society Museum · museum · McCormick
- Candler County Historical Society Museum · museum · Allendale
- Hart County Historical Society · museum · Anderson
- Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Archives · museum · Aiken
- Museum and Archives of Georgia Education · museum · McCormick
- Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center · museum · Hampton
- Altamaha Heritage Center · museum · Hampton
- Hobcaw Barony Nature Center · museum · Georgetown
- American Legion War Museum · museum · Greenville
- Art Bomb Studios · museum · Greenville
- Art of Beaufort · museum · Beaufort
- Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum · museum · Oconee
- Blythewood Historical Society · museum · Richland
- Burt-Stark Mansion · museum · Abbeville
- Camden Archives and Museum · museum · Kershaw
- Camellia Art Gallery and Framing · museum · Beaufort
- Charleston Art Collective · museum · Charleston
- Children's Museum of the Lowcountry · museum · Charleston
- Dillon County Museum · museum · Dillon
- Edgefield historical museum and play theatre · museum · Edgefield
- Edisto Environmental Learning Center · museum · Colleton
- Ements Unleased · museum · Lee
- End of the Road Studios · museum · Oconee
- Fort Sumter History Museum · museum · Charleston
- GCCA · museum · Greenville
- Gallery View · museum · Greenville