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Friday Night Laser Lights - August

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Friday Night Laser Lights - June

… Friday Night Laser Lights … Enjoy special shows featuring lasers choreographed to iconic music inside the museum’s 55ft digital dome BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina …
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Accessibility Morning - Penelope the Dinosaur

… Accessibility Morning - Trick or Treat … A special morning with quieter, sensory-friendly and disability-adapted experiences. Plus, allergy-free trick-or-treat fun and …
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Registration Open for Summer Camps

The South Carolina State Museum is excited to welcome campers back in 2023 with a new lineup of summer camps this June, July and August, presented by AFLAC, for children aged 6 – 11 years old.  Our Summer Campers will have the opportunity to …
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New Planetarium Show! Experience James Webb Space Telescope: The Story Unfolds

Explore the furthermost reaches of the universe through the lens of the most powerful telescope ever built in “James Webb Space Telescope: The Story Unfolds,” at the South Carolina State Museum.  Since the release of its first images in July 2022, …
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History of the Columbia Mills Building

Did you know the largest artifact at the South Carolina State Museum is its building? Read on to learn more about how the world's first electric powered textile mill became a museum. On April 15, 1894, Arethas Blood, president of Columbia Mills …
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Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers

… Host this exciting traveling exhibition at your museum, school, library, community center or cultural institution! …
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Resilience & Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina

… Host this exciting traveling exhibition at your museum, school, library, community center or cultural institution! …
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