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S C State Museum
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5 reviews for S C State Museum
This museum is packed full of interesting things to see. We went to the Edventure children's museum just before visiting this museum and, surprisingly, the kids, boys ages 5 and 2, enjoyed this one just as much!
The kids loved seeing the dinosaur fossils and skeletons. They enjoyed pretending they were paleontologists, digging for and brushing dinosaur bones.
So many things to see, I wish we had arrived earlier and been able to see everything! We will definitely go back next time we're in Columbia!
The EdVenture kid's museum is not included in this assessment.
I find the State Museum passable, but it certainly wasn't the best history museum I've been to. It was dry enough to be boring, but not detailed enough to be interesting, if you know what I mean. I would suggest that people visiting Columbia keep the State Museum in reserve for the day it rains. One thing the State Museum does have is a decent gift shop that is one of the few places in Columbia to buy items that prove you've been to South Carolina, if you collect that sort of thing.
Hollywood invades Columbia, South Carolina! Did you know that over 250 movies were filmed in South Carolina? You bet!
Come visit the SC State Museum for a super cool exhibit on all the Hollywood and independent films shot in the Palmetto State. The exhibit is only $3 over the regular museum admission fee of $5.
Here you can check out memorabilia, scripts, film props, and behind the scene bloopers from Oscar winning movies: Forrest Gump, Cold Mountain and The Abyss, as well as American classics, such as The Patriots, Days of Thunder, Prince of Tides, Renaissance Man, The Great Santini, Die Hard With a Vengeance and the most recent Leatherheads.
Fun things to see:
1. Script sketches from Forrest Gump
2. Get a good laugh watching several edited clips depicting classic scenes actually shot in South Carolina even though the movies imply otherwise. Like the drive over "a New York bridge" you guessed it was Cooper River bridge; or the one from Renaissance Man's army post clearly shot at Fort Jackson.
3. Tom Cruise's jumpsuit from Days of Thunder, the scaffold gallows from The Patriots, a full size replica of the Hunley submarine, Eddie Murphy's fat suit, set pieces from Die Hard with a Vengeance and the football team's mascot from Radio.
The exhibit is going on through October 19, 2008. State Museum is open Tuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM; Sunday 1 - 5 PM. Parking is FREE.
State's Museum main attraction (besides Hollywood exhibit) is the replica of H.L. Hunley, the world's first submarine to sunk a combat enemy ship...well that was the only thing it did, the Hunley disappeared with it only to be recovered few years ago!
Check out some cool trivia and manual operation video from my blog:
http://shoutaboutcarol...
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I really like this museum. It is 3 stories of well done educational fun. I can't believe I just wrote that.
One floor is dedicated to the geological history of SC, native plants and animals, and ecosystems.
The next floor covers notable events in South Carolina history, such as Native American history & the Civil War. A replica of the human powered submarine, the "CSS Hundley" lies on the second floor, complete with mannequins inside, which move every 30 seconds or so and will completely startle you.
The third floor covers American History, the Industrial Age, Space Exploration, optical illusions, and other science gadgets.
This museum is definitely well funded. Lots of interactive exhibits and great displays. Admission is only $4 and is well worth the trip.
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I loved it! It's not huge, being housed in a former warehouse and part of the space taken up by the Revenue Board. The collection is quite wonderful, and I particularly enjoyed all the uniforms from the Civil War onward and the displays of firearms. I was able to see the whole thing in one day, and a lovely day it was. There's the Childrens' Museum across the parking lot; if I get a chance I'll check that out too.