Museum sights in Charleston
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Fort Sumter Visitor & Education Center
Confederates fired the first shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, an artificial island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, where the Union army had retreated. The Union contingent surrendered and, as a Confederate stronghold, Fort Sumter was shelled by Union forces from 1863 to 1865.
By the end of the war it was a pile of rubble, and some very forbidding concrete defenses were added later. A few original guns and fortifications and the obvious strategic location give a feel for the momentous history here, and there's a good little museum as well.
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Charleston Museum
Founded in 1773, the Charleston Museum claims to be the country's oldest, with exhibits from various periods of Charleston's long and storied history, from prehistoric whale skeletons to slave tags and Civil War weapons.
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Confederate Museum
On the second floor of the old city market building is the Confederate Museum, established by the Daughters of the Confederacy, and housing copious 'rebel' memorabilia.
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Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry has eight interactive exhibit areas, including a 30ft replica shrimp boat where kids can play captain.
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