To celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, Reimagined Fashion: Creations of the Future Past, please enjoy this photo essay about the designers who made this show such a fine display of Lowcountry talent. They truly committed to using our collections as a wellspring of creative inspiration, which meant many…
Read MoreVarious meteorites in The Charleston Museum collection. The sliced section shows the metallic minerals within. Meteorites come in various forms, but the three main categories are stony, iron, and stony-iron. The stony meteorites are very difficult to distinguish from standard Earth rock to the untrained eye. Typically, when a collector…
Read MoreThe Joseph Manigault House (ca. 1803 and located at 350 Meeting Street) has a preservation history championed by women during the 20th century. As the United States entered into a new century marked by major changes in industry and society, many people believed the old needed to be removed so…
Read MoreThe Charleston Museum is honored to celebrate Black History in the Lowcountry, not only this month, but every month, with the completion of our permanent gallery exhibition, Beyond the Ashes: The Lowcountry’s New Beginnings. With a particular section dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement in Charleston, the display cases and…
Read MoreThe Charleston Museum has had many curators in its long history, each one contributing to our prestigious assemblage of objects and institutional history. Over the years, the collection focal point has shifted from one of a Lowcountry focus, to a more global one, and back again, resulting in the Museum…
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