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Museums/Visitor Centers

Explore the past of South Carolina through objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest.

States of Interest:
A stone building with an arrowhead logo on it & a sign that says, Museum of North Carolina Minerals
South Carolina
Museum/Visitor Centers
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
Gaffney, SC

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center and Museum of North Carolina Minerals, located along the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail at Gillespie Gap. Featuring displays about the history and...

Azaleas bloom along the walkway to the visitor center
South Carolina
Museum/Visitor Centers
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, SC

Open Wednesday-Sunday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday. Museum contains a reproduction 3-pounder cannon, artifacts found on the battlefield, and other exhibits. "Ninety Six...

South Carolina
Museum/Visitor Centers
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston, SC

The Old Exchange's museum highlights Charleston's rich Revolutionary War history.

British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
South Carolina
Museum/Visitor Centers
Revolutionary War Visitors Center
Camden, SC

As one of the nation’s newest regional and national attractions, the Center features the first permanent exhibit that tells the powerful story of the American Revolution, the Southern Campaign and...

Entrance to Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field.
New Jersey
Museum/Visitor Centers
Ryan Visitor Center
Highlands, NJ

The Visitors Center, once New York City's first airport terminal, now houses a ranger desk, a bookstore, bathrooms, and many exhibits on the history of aviation, particularly here at Floyd Bennett...

Sandy Hook Lighthouse and Keepers Quarters
New Jersey
Museum/Visitor Centers
Sandy Hook Visitors Centers- Lighthouse Keepers Quarters
Highlands, NJ

Discover information about the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the U.S. at the Sandy Hook Lighthouse Keepers Quarters

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Andrew Jackson State Park
Museum/Visitor Centers
Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, SC
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Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
Moncks Corner, SC
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Cherokee County Museum
Museum/Visitor Centers
Cherokee County Museum
Cherokee County Museum
Gaffney, SC
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Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Lee
Fort Lee
Fort Lee, NJ
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Washington at Monmouth
Museum/Visitor Centers
Monmouth
Monmouth
Manalapan, NJ
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South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Museum/Visitor Centers
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Charleston, SC
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White 1-1/2 story wood house with porch extending across main house with brick stairs in the center
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Visitor Center
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Mount Pleasant, SC
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US Monument stands in front of visitor center. White cloud in deep blue sky is above them.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Cowpens National Battlefield
Gaffney, SC
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Blue sky and fluffy cloud are above brick visitor center and US Monument
Museum/Visitor Centers
Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Museum/Visitor Centers
Drayton Hall
Charleston, SC
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outside view of brick Fort Moultrie visitor center with entrance sign
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Moultrie Visitor Center
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
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Outside view of visitor center, three-stories, brick with fountain in the foreground
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Sumter Visitor Center
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
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Entrance to Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Visitor Center at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on an autumn day.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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A dark-brown brick building--above the entrance is a sign: "Jockey Hollow Visitor Center"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Jockey Hollow Visitor Center
Morristown
Morristown, NJ
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A building, wooden fence line, and green lawn.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Keller Interpretive Center, Abingdon Muster Ground
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Stone Walkway leading up to Visitor Center. Grass area and trees on both sides of walkway.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Blacksburg, SC
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A dusting of snow covers walkway to visitor center in the woods.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Kings Mountain National Military Park Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
A stone building with an arrowhead logo on it & a sign that says, Museum of North Carolina Minerals
Museum/Visitor Centers
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Azaleas bloom along the walkway to the visitor center
Museum/Visitor Centers
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, SC
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Museum/Visitor Centers
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston, SC
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  • restrooms
British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
Museum/Visitor Centers
Revolutionary War Visitors Center
Colonial Camden
Camden, SC
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Entrance to Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Ryan Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse and Keepers Quarters
Museum/Visitor Centers
Sandy Hook Visitors Centers- Lighthouse Keepers Quarters
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Two purple flowers with yellow centers.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Museum/Visitor Centers
The Powder Magazine
Charleston, SC
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A turkey in profile with bright colored head and neck and iridescent, varied body feathers walks on
Museum/Visitor Centers
W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Front of Museum building with park sign in foreground reading "Washington's Headquarters Museum"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Washington's Headquarters Museum
Morristown
Morristown, NJ
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Exploring History

We invite you to visit the preserved locations along the Liberty Trail and to immerse yourself in the extraordinary events that determined the fate of a nation.
Wyboo Swamp Mural
Battlefield
Wyboo Swamp
Manning, SC

Now under the man-made Lake Marion, British Lieutenant Colonel John Watson and Patriot Brigadier General Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” skirmished in Wyboo Swamp near Santee Road.

Huyler's Landing Trail Head
Battlefield
Huyler's Landing
Alpine, NJ

Along the banks of the Hudson, one can walk in the steps of Cornwallis' army, which landed at this spot to chase the Continental Army through New Jersey.

boardwalk path through marshy park
Historic Site
Old Santee Canal Park
Moncks Corner, SC

Old Santee Canal Park hosts the Berkeley County Museum and Fort Fair Lawn, where in 1780, the British attacked the Patriot army stationed at Monck’s Corner.

Image of a swampy area in a forest
Battlefield
Halfway Swamp
Pinewood, SC

McLeroth and his 64th Regiment were escorting 200 recruits from Charleston to Camden when Marion, with about 700 men, surprised them at Halfway Swamp.

Historic Site | Historic House
Hopsewee Plantation
Georgetown, SC

Built circa 1740, Hopsewee Plantation was one of the South’s major rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

View of the Shrewsbury River, near where Joshua Huddy jumped in after being captured by Loyalists
Historic Site |
Huddy's Leap
Rumson, NJ

In September 1780, Loyalist Colonel Tye captured Patriot captain Joshua Huddy after a fierce struggle. A Patriot ambush capsized their boat, allowing Huddy to escape while Tye suffered a wound that would prove fatal.

Dey Mansion with overcast sky
State/County Park | Historic House
Dey Mansion
Wayne, NJ

The Dey Mansion, built around 1770, served as General George Washington’s headquarters in 1780 during a pivotal time in the American Revolution. As one of his surviving field headquarters, it offers a lasting connection to the strategic decisions, military challenges, and historic events that shaped the fight for independence.

Image of a historical marker denoting the Battle of Stono Ferry
Battlefield
Stono Ferry
Hollywood, SC

The Patriots launch a misguided attack on British troops retreating from an aborted raid on Charleston

A photo of a large white colonial era three story house with columns
Historic Site | Historic House
Historic Brattonsville
McConnells, SC

Discover the history of the Scots-Irish and African-Americans through preserved buildings and living history experiences of the Brattonsville community.

1760s era lighthouse located at the Gateway National Recreational Area in Sandy Hook
Historic Site | National Park
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ

A strategic location for the defense of New York's harbor, the Continentals failed to reinforce this peninsula, leading to the city's capture in August of 1776. A lighthouse dating to 1764 still operates there today, once serving as a Loyalist fortification.

Whitall House, Located next to the Red Bank Battlefield
State/County Park | Historic House
James & Ann Whitall House
National Park, NJ

A home to a Quaker family, it served as a hospital following the Battle of Red Bank.

Image of a brown brick building, brown shutters and a brown roof
Historic Site
Old Stone Church
Clemson, SC

The Old Stone Church is located on the grounds of Clemson University. Early membership included Revolutionary War heroes Andrew Pickens and Robert
Anderson.