Charleston South Carolina Historical Society Museum 


Charleston South Carolina Historical Society Museum

An architectural treasure, the Charleston South Carolina Historical Society Museum is housed in a fireproof National Historic Landmark building. The museum features interactive exhibits on the people, places, and movements that shaped the state and nation. Pairing personal manuscripts, maps, and artifacts with innovative technology, visitors experience illuminating moments in our country’s past. 

The museum is divided into six galleries: 

  • Exploration and Settlement
  • Building a State and a Nation
  • Secession, Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Natural Disasters and the Charleston Renaissance
  • Art, Literature and Culture
  • Rotating Exhibit

    Allow about an hour to an hour and a half to view everything in the museum. The museum has metered street parking and is close to nearby public parking garages.


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Charleston South Carolina Historical Society Museum Hours and Admission


Hours:
Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
Closed Monday and Sunday
Last admission is 3:15 pm

Admission:
Adults (13+) $12
Senior (62+) $10
Military $10
Child (6-17) $8
Children 4 and under Free

Tickets are valid for two consecutive days


Charleston South Carolina Historical Society Museum Address and Map


SC Historical Society Museum
100 Meeting St
Charleston SC 29401
(843) 723-3225
SC Historic Society Museum Website


Current and Upcoming Events
at the 
Charleston South
Carolina Historical Society Museum


What: A Conversation with Erik Larson: Moderated by Walter Edgar
When: Mar. 15, 2024
Time: 6 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Arthur M. Wilcox Auditorium & Education Lobby at The Charleston Museum
Admission: Single Ticket Member $18 / Single Ticket Non-Member $20/ Full Lecture Series Member $65 / Full Lecture Series Non-Member $75 / Live Stream $10

Join the South Carolina Historical Society on March 15th from 6:00pm- 8:30pm at Arthur M. Wilcox Auditorium & Education Lobby at The Charleston Museum (360 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403) for a conversation on nonfiction writing between author Erik Larson and South Carolina historian Walter Edgar. The conversation will be followed by a book-signing and cocktail reception. Erik Larson is a master of narrative non-fiction. His vividly written, bestselling books have won several awards and been published worldwide. His latest books, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz and Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, were both #1 New York Times Bestsellers. His saga of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, The Devil in the White City, was a finalist for the National Book Award, was voted one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years by the New York Public Library, and won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing. Purchase tickets online.


What: 169th Annual Meeting
When: Mar. 16, 2024
Time: 11 am - 2 pm
Where: Founders Hall, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
Admission: Member $75 / Non-Member $85

Join us in Charleston, SC for the South Carolina Historical Society’s 169th Annual Meeting! The day’s events will include a business meeting, mimosa social, and luncheon featuring this year’s keynote speaker Elizabeth Chew, Ph.D., the Society’s new CEO. Elizabeth Chew, the new Chief Executive Officer at SCHS, will introduce herself to the Society’s membership and speak about the importance for South Carolinians today to understand both the centrality of their state to the story of the nation and the Founders’ expectations that education would ensure citizens’ essential participation in a self-governing republic. Purchase tickets online.


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