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Permanent Exhibitions
Historical exhibitions containing wonderful things from the Museum's noted collections introduce you to people and events here from early settlement through the late 19th century. 
Highlights include early tradeware, slave tags, artifacts from eras of rice and cotton, the chair in which delegates sat to sign South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession, and firearms and ordnance from the War Between the States.
Don't miss Charleston Silver, a separate gallery highlighting the Museum's outstanding early silver collection and featuring the christening cup of George Washington. 
The Charleston Museum: The Early Days contains objects from the institution's distant past including an Egyptian mummy, jarred biological specimens preserved in rum, and a plaster cast of the monumental statue of Pharaoh Rameses II, acquired from The British Museum in the 1890s. 
From the time of European settlement, the Lowcountry's rich and diverse natural environment has been a subject of fascination and research. Noted naturalists working or living here included John James Audubon, Andre Michaux, Mark Catesby and the Reverend John Bachman. Current exhibitions include a wide array of modern birds, as well as mounted skeletons of prehistoric animals such as a primitive toothed whale, an 18-foot-long crocodile; and the second largest known flying bird, all from 28-million-year-old marine beds near Charleston, and a Cretaceous plant-eating dinosaur, Thescelosaurus neglectus.
Examples of What our Visitors tell us:
- You do far better than most in presenting objects as supporting the unfolding of human history. Your exhibit design and graphics are excellent in my opinion and it is obvious to me that they followed considerable research.
- I was visiting the Charleston Museum this week and thought it was one of the best museums I have visited. The knowledge and hard work that went into all the exhibits were evident in their beauty and educational benefits.
- The silver show was a special treat!
- We spent quite a long time in your museum the other day and really found it quite fine. We visit a lot of museums in our travels so are in a position to compare.
