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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.
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The Bamberg Historic District, located in the city and county of Bamberg, South Carolina, is an important collection of over 50 mostly residential buildings. [2] [3] The homes were constructed from 1880 to 1930, and are representative of the residential neighborhoods of the period. A cemetery dating to 1852 is also in the district.
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
South Carolina Penitentiary: January 4, 1996 (#95001489) December 8, 2005: 1511 Williams Street: Demolished [8] 3: South Carolina Dispensary Office Building: South Carolina Dispensary Office Building: March 2, 1979 (#79003369) December 18, 1989: 1205 Pulaski Street: Severely damaged by Tropical Storm Chris on August 28, 1988. [9] [10]
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home is located in Columbia, South Carolina [2] [3] and was one of the childhood homes of the 28th President Woodrow Wilson. He lived in the house from 1871 to 1875. In 1967, Historic Columbia purchased the house. Renovation occurred in 2013 and the house was re-opened to the public in 2014.
The only other surviving P&N item is an electric freight locomotive at North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. The railroad portion is located at 906 and 908 South Main Street. The Museum is restoring a 1953 "Cinderella Coach" at the 106 facility for special photograph events.
The existing structures—homes, churches, public buildings—are of both historical and architectural significance and are situated on heavily shaded, wide streets. The architecture ranges from the simplicity of early colonial, or Georgian , to the elaborate rice plantation era, such as Classical Revival .