This December The Garden Club of Charleston has again, brought holiday joy into the Joseph Manigault House, by adorning its rooms, hallways and stairways with greenery, feathers, ribbons and more! These spectacular arrangements coincide with this 2016’s theme, “The Nutcracker in Charleston” and will be displayed from December 3 – 27. See photos below…
Read MoreIt is hard to believe that the Museum’s new Natural History Gallery will be a reality in less than a year. We are targeting mid-September for completion of the renovation with the official “opening to take place shortly thereafter. Between years of planning, design and fundraising, the day that once…
Read MoreBy Jennifer McCormick, Chief of Collections “Miss White at the Piano,” early 1800s Before the invention of photographs and “moving pictures,” magic lanterns and glass slides were the primary means to show motion and project images. A hand painted image or landscape on a piece of glass would come to…
Read MoreFor some time now, The Charleston Museum has been working closely with Becca Barnet, of Sisal & Tow, on the design for our Natural History Gallery renovation project. While she and the Museum’s staff have been planning the gallery section by section, Barnet has also been performing needed taxidermy and repair work on…
Read MoreThis past August, Andrew Steever of Charleston’s own Squarepoint Design, and former designer and project manager for Technical Theater Solutions responsible for The Charleston Museum’s Kidstory and the Historic Textiles Gallery, was here again with associate Aaron Ferrari, this time installing new casework crafted specifically for the Loeblein Gallery of…
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