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Storeroom Stories: Miss Saitama, 1927

PAST EXHIBIT One of fifty-eight unique dolls created by Japanese master artisans and exhibited here in her travel trunk, Miss Saitama was part of a US-Japan goodwill public relations campaign launched in opposition to the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924, which disallowed Asian immigrants from seeking United States citizenship. Believing…

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Wedding Colors

The popularity of the white wedding dress is credited to Queen Victoria and her extraordinary wedding to Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840. The desire to emulate her enchanting bridal regalia crossed the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean with speed and enthusiasm. An entire wedding etiquette and propriety grew and…

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Bringing Them Back to Life: The Pelagornis

Bringing Them Back to Life is a blog series from The Charleston Museum that provides updates and plans for our Natural History Gallery renovations. First, a big thank you to all those who have responded to our fundraising mailing and made a donation to the Natural History Gallery project.  Your…

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Director Carl P. Borick’s Lecture on American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South

Director Carl Borick recently gave a lecture at Anderson House, the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati in Washington DC, on American prisoners of war during the American Revolution.  Many prisoners in the Southern Campaigns were captured or held in Charleston, and Mr. Borick discussed their fates during the…

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Bringing Them Back to Life: The Pleistocene

Bringing Them Back to Life is a blog series from The Charleston Museum that provides updates and plans for our Natural History Gallery renovations. In case you missed it, the Elemental gala, put on by our FANS (Friends and Needed Supporters) of The Charleston Museum last Friday, in support of…

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