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Kidstory Wonderland at Charleston Museum

Posted By ShoutCarolina,Date: 04.14.2009

Got Fun? At Charleston Museum downtown children love playing with exciting hands-on exhibits about the rich Lowcountry culture and natural history.

America’s First Museum, was founded in 1773, and is open daily 9AM - 5PM (1 - 5PM on Sunday). Admission is $10 adults, $5 children 3-12 and free for those 2 years and under.

Would you like a cup of tea?

What’s fun to do for kids
• Dress up in colonial clothes, play checkers and have a proper tea party inside the beautiful Georgian style, Heyward-Washington house replica.
• Turn on the lighthouse and learn about the fragile coastal ecosystem.
• Play with cool African drums and elaborate doll houses from 19th century.

African skins, ornaments and instruments

• Guess that bird song! It is a hawk, wren, or a blue jay?
• Weave a beautiful quilt.
• Learn how to tie a 8 knot and navigate like a pirate. Hear the fantastic sea captures of famous Carolina Pirates: Calico Jack Rackham, Stede Bonnet, Charles Vane and the most gruesome of all, Blackbeard!

Ahoy Mates! Can you tie knots like a pirate?

Cool bones, interesting facts and historic trivia
• The giant crocodile Gavialosuchus Carolinensis lived 28 million years ago and was the largest reptile in South Carolina. This is a cast made from a skeleton discovered in the 1970s in Charleston in almost immaculate form.

Charleston Museum Gavialosuchus Carolinensis dinosaur

• The Leatherback sea turtle, the largest of all living turtles can reach up to 6 feet in length and 2000 pounds in weight. Its shell is made from numerous bones and is covered by a leathery soft skin, hence the turtle’s name. This specimen was discovered in the Charleston Harbor in 1958.

• Did you know that boys wore dresses until 5 years old when they’re “upgraded” to breaches? This was a time of family celebration to welcome the new “little man”.

• “Toys are us” in Charleston! Kids made toys from anything they could find around the house: dolls from rags and corn husks, hoops from wooden barrels and whistles from willow branches.

Here is a virtual tour of the cool KidStory and Natural History exhibits:

Children take your parents to the Charleston Museum! While you have a blast playing inside Kidstory they can check out hundreds of Charleston photos, artifacts and authentic notes from the Revolutionary and Civil War era.

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    7 Responses to “Kidstory Wonderland at Charleston Museum”

    1. Fun and affordable weekend activities with kids in and around Charleston « Shout About South Carolina Travel, Family Attractions and Free Things to Do Says:

      [...] The Charleston Museum downtown - Kidstory exhibit lets kids play pirate, dressup in colonial clothing and see incredible skeletons of a right whale, an extinct Carolina crocodile, a giant leatherback sea turtle and the 2nd largest bird to ever fly! [...]

    2. will Says:

      nice sharp teeth!

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    7. Michele Says:

      So excited to visit the museum and houses of Charleston. Got my family membership on Groupon for just $30 which is awsome because now we can afford to go for a few hours at time in (due to attention span and meal times) and still go back w/o paying again.

      Weblink should take you to the groupon deal. - http://www.groupon.com/r/uu1337751

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