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In conjunction with the Hall of Heroes blockbuster exhibition and Black History Month, the State Museum is putting the spotlight on South Carolina heroes this February. While some have played heroes on film, all have been heroes in reality. Check …

Kitt performs in a 1955 production of the Oscar Wilde play Salome. Image Courtesy the Dallas News. Eartha Mae Kitt (1927-2008) was born in North, South Carolina, on Jan. 17, 1927. Kitt overcame tremendous obstacles in her early life. Her mother, …

By Dave Cicimurri, Curator of Natural History In 1859 Joseph Leidy of Philadelphia described a strange fossil that was collected from marine sediments of North Carolina. Leidy thought the tusk-like tooth belonged to an extinct type of whale, which …

By Tom Falvey, Director of Education Fascinated by astronomy, Bob Ariail ultimately assembled one of the finest collections of early American telescopes in the world. In 2004, Bob promised that collection to the South Carolina State Museum and the …

By: Lori Kornegay, curator of art “Who doesn’t like a bit of mystery, provided it’s solvable?” With these words Guy Lipscomb begins a discussion of the “open-flow method” of painting in his book, published in 1993 and entitled Watercolor: Go with …