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South Carolina State Museum Foundation – South Carolina State Museum

One-Year Individual or Family Museum Membership with Guest Passes and Event and Exhibit Discounts (Up to 51% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Historic textile mill houses exhibits on state art, natural & cultural history, science & technology, with five changing exhibit spaces

The Fine Print

  • Expires 120 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Valid only for option purchased. Must activate by expiration date on your Groupon, membership expires 12 months from activation date. New members only.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

A memorable exhibit can help a person keep their mind off the bills piling up at home or the coughing squatter who often gets stuck in the chimney. Get your mind off things with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $17 for a one-year individual museum membership with four guest passes (a $35 value)
  • $35 for a one-year family/grandparent museum membership for two adults and all children under 18 years old with eight guest passes (a $70 value)

 - Unlimited free admission to the museum  - Free or discounted admission to blockbuster exhibits on member days and signature events  - 10% off at the museum's Cotton Mill Exchange and Crescent Café  - Discounts on museum birthday parties  - Four issues of Images, the museum's quarterly magazine

South Carolina State Museum Foundation

Though built in 1893 to manufacture textiles, the Columbia Mills’ storied stone halls now weave tapestries of knowledge with exhibits on everything from lasers and space travel to South Carolina's role in the Civil War. Boasting accolades by Columbia Metropolitan magazine and the Smithsonian, South Carolina State Museum devotes each of its four floors and part of its fourth dimension to art, cultural history, natural history, and science and technology represented by more than 70,000 artifacts.

Through a series of permanent exhibits, curators lead visitors on a cultural and geological voyage. Guests stroll through years of traditional and contemporary art by state artists, marvel at a 43-foot white shark display and full dinosaur skeletons, or cast imaginations back in exhibits on turn-of-the-century transportation, laser technology, and aviation. The museum also excavates the surrounding landscape to present 14,000 years of local culture in Native American tools and colonial-era lifestyle items.

Five galleries also house changing exhibits featuring assemblages of artifacts from Civil War–era Charleston or 300 years of American-made telescopes, each carefully monitored to ensure they contain just the right amount of science. While museum staffers frequently rotate their exhibits, they also host traveling displays and send others on the road through the Traveling Exhibits Program. Various education displays such as interactive children's labs, living-history reenactments, and lectures from visiting scholars further enrich all-ages visitors.

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South Carolina State Museum Foundation

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    South Carolina State Museum

    301 Gervais St.
    Columbia, South Carolina 29201
    (803) 898-4921
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