Come to the SC State Museum downtown Columbia to experience the wonders of space exploration, mechanics, laser and the human body through dazzling hands-on exhibits. This is the most interactive and fun section of the museum that kids of all ages will love to explore.
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday (Monday only from May [...]

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An engineering marvel, a Civil War naval battle success, a human tragedy and a century old mystery. The H.L. Hunley Confederate Submarine elusive disappearance coupled with an incredible manpower struggle has captivated the hearts and minds of people around the world.

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• Excerpts from the fascinating book “Charleston Mysteries – Ghostly Haunts in the Holy City” by [...]

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“Mom, look at me!”, “Dad, watch this!” How many times you heard this? Inside SC State Museum’s Discovery Room you’ll actually enjoy watching over and over your little angels learn at play. I bet you’ll even join in the fun!
There are so many wonderful things to explore:
Pretend to be a loggerhead sea turtle

Try out your [...]

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The United States has the widest range of natural disasters of any country in the world. At the SC State Museum you can now experience Mother’s Nature most devastating creations and learn how to protect yourself from these calamities. The Powers of Nature exhibit not only explores the science behind natural disasters but it also [...]

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The SC State Museum has an incredible Southern Railroad model train layout depicting post Civil War South Carolina landscape.
The H0 scale diorama is loaded with details: Norfolk Southern locomotive, passenger train, cargo freight train, train station (with people waiting to get on board), depot, water tower, coal loading station, hay and grain mill and various [...]

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On Christmas Day, 1830 the “Best Friend of Charleston” became the first steam locomotive in the US to establish regularly scheduled passenger service.
The Charleston Courier wrote: “The one hundred and forty-one persons flew on the wings of wind at the speed of fifteen to twenty-five miles per hour, annihilating time and space…leaving all the [...]

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“…Motion is the cause of every life…”
What do the Humvee, Tour de France, ball bearings and olive oil have in common? They all can be traced back to Leonardo da Vinci, the most remarkable and versatile inventor to ever live. Famous for Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and the Vitruvian Man, Leonardo’s genius creations have [...]

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Wonder where to go with the kids and what’s interesting to see while visiting Columbia? Here is a list of really fun, educational and healthy things to do during the weekend.
Free activities
1. The Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park is the city’s secret jewel. At the confluence of 3 Rivers (Congaree, Broad and Saluda) and minutes [...]

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Housed in the former Columbia Mill building the State Museum features 4 floors of interactive exhibits covering art, history, natural history, science and technology. It is South Carolina’s and probably the Southeast’s largest state museums.
Interesting Things to See at the State Museum
Curious to find out how Columbia came into place? In 1785 the [...]

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To this day we don’t know what happened to the H.L. Hunley, the Confederate submarine built to help break the Civil War blockade. We do know it disappeared on the night of February 17 1864 after it sunk the Union ship the USS Housatonic (the world’s first submarine to do so in combat!)

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