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Museums in Columbia, South Carolina (11 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Columbia, South Carolina" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The city of Columbia is the location of 148 of these properties and districts, including all of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed separately. Another 3 properties in Columbia were once listed but have been removed.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States.The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in South Carolina" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mountaineering and other types of adventure tourism and ecotourism are important attractions for visitors. The world heritage site Lumbini , birthplace of Gautama Buddha, is located in southern Nepal, and there are other important religious pilgrimage sites throughout the country.
This list of museums in South Carolina, United States, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Finlay Park, at 14 acres (57,000 m 2), is the largest and most visited park in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. The park opened in 1991. Initially named Sidney Park, it was renamed after a former Columbia mayor Kirkman Finlay in 1994. In the park there was a scenic waterfall along with cascading mountain type stream falling to the park lake.
The museum opened on October 29, 1988, and is housed in what it calls its largest artifact: the former Columbia Mills Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] [2] [3] When the mill opened in 1894, manufacturing cotton duck cloth (a canvas-like material), it was the first completely electric textile mill in