Columbia, SC, 29201
803-737-8095
URL : http://www.state.sc.us/crr/
overview : The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum serves as an educational, historical, and cultural resource for the citizens of South Carolina. Our emphasis is on South Carolina's Confederate era, but we hold in trust artifacts, papers, art, and memorabilia of lasting historical and traditional value for the education, enrichment, and inspiration of all who are interested in South Carolina's distinguished military heritage from the Colonial era to the present.
collections : The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area, having been founded in 1896 by the Wade Hampton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The museum focuses on South Carolina military history from the Revolutionary War to the present, emphasizing South Carolina's Confederate era. A nationally known Civil War flag collection, a significant South Carolina uniform collection, and a growing weapons collection are complemented by a historical archives and a 19th and 20th century textile collection, allowing the museum to interpret the political and social influences on South Carolina's military history.
hours (subject to change) : Sunday and Monday: closed Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 - 5:00 1st and 3rd Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00
topics : American history, south, carolina, history, general, 19th, century, 20th, American, civil, war, revolutionary
