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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 Washington-era silver to slave tags, as well as a collection of stuffed and mounted prehistoric animals. It is situated on Marion Square, a 10-acre greenspace that was formerly home to the state weapons arsenal.
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Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
The very hands-on 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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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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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.
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Gibbes Museum of Art
The Gibbes Museum of Art was established in 1905 and has a good collection of colonial and contemporary American art, Southern art and architecture and regular exhibitions highlighting different aspects of the collection.
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