Attractions, Charleston, SC

Live history in lively Charleston

Walk in the footsteps of Francis Marion and America's early Patriots.  Go eye to eye with an albino alligator. Smell the blooms at America's oldest landscaped gardens. Hear the echo of Civil War canons. Whatever your interest—art museums and galleries, historic plantations, military sites, performing arts, nature and wildlife—chances are, you'll find it in or around Charleston.

Charleston Museum
360 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC
843 722 2996
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Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
25 Ann Street
Charleston, SC
843 853 8962
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Drayton Hall
3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC
843 769 2600
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Fort Sumter National Monument
Island in Charleston Harbor
Charleston, SC
843 883 3123
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Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC
843 722 2706
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Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
161 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC
843 953 4422
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Magnolia Plantation
3550 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC
800 367 3517
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Middleton Place
4300 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC
843 556 6020
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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
40 Patriots Point Road
Mount Pleasant, SC
866 831 1720
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South Carolina Aquarium
100 Aquarium Wharf
Charleston, SC
843 720 1990
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The Hunley
Warren Lasch Conservation Center
1250 Supply Street (on the old Charleston Navy Base)
North Charleston, SC
843 743 4865
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