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America's First Museum

Welcome to The Charleston Museum, America's First Museum, founded in 1773. Its mission is to preserve and interpret the cultural and natural history of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. We invite you to explore this rich, varied history at the Museum and its two National Historic Landmark houses. All are located downtown, in America's Most Historic City. (learn more)

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Textile Workshop Series: Fair Isle Hat Knitting Workshop

Knitting instructor Tamara Goff returns to teach a knitting technique that has swept through the fashion world this fall. Stranded Fair Isle knitting dates back over a century but is as current as ... (learn more)

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Kid Tours: Honest Abe and the Original George W

Learn about the lives of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington by exploring collection items in the Charleston Museum including Washington’s christening cup. Kid Tours meet the first Wednesday of... (learn more)

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Curator-led Tour of Botanical Quilts: Chintz Applique in the 19th Century

Join curator of textiles, Jan Hiester, for a special look at the many different botanically-inspired quilts that graced the beds of Lowcountry residents throughout the 19th century. (learn more)

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Curator Lecture and Book Signing ''Relieve Us of this Burthen'':

Join Assistant Director Carl Borick as he discusses his new book, "Relieve Us of this Burthen": American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782(learn more)

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