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Exhibits tell the story of the Cherokee Indians who once roamed this area and their relationship with the European settlers of South Carolina. The center is open daily from 11 a.m. to noon and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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The Environmental Education Center includes a wetland ecology lab and exhibit gallery designed to increase visitor awareness and understanding of the environment.
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 Bishopville |
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The museum includes exhibits that tell the story of the Musgrove Mill battle and how it fit into the big picture of South Carolina's pivotal role in the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
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 Clinton |
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The park has a small but active nature center that educates visitors about the natural beauty and diversity of Myrtle Beach State Park. Saltwater aquariums, live reptiles and fun, interactive natural history displays help visitors of all ages understand the significance of the park. A backyard wildlife habitat complete with bird feeders, bird houses, bird baths, water garden containers, nature sculpture and seasonal butterfly garden are available for viewing even when the center is not open. The hours of operation vary seasonally, call (843) 238-0874 for current hours. Engaging and educational programs for the general public are offered 11 months of the year to raise awareness about the importance of conserving our natural resources and state parks and preserving coastal habitat for future generations. Contact the nature center, check out the “Park Programs” or “What’s New” sections of the park’s webpage for the current program schedule. Teachers: engage your students to learn beyond the classroom! The park offers Discover Carolina (www.discovercarolina.com) – a hands on, curriculum based school field experience complete with both pre- and post-activities to help enhance your student’s experience.
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 Myrtle Beach |
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Completed in 1859, Redcliffe’s Greek-Revival mansion was the home of James Henry Hammond and three generations of his descendants. Hammond, whose political career included terms as a United States congressman, governor of South Carolina, and United States senator, was perhaps best known during his lifetime as an outspoken defender of slavery and states’ rights. The grounds are ideal for weddings and receptions. Contact the park for availability and rates.
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 Beech Island |
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Historic house museum tours focus on plantation life from 1828-1960. The grounds are ideal for weddings and receptions. Contact the park for availability and rates.
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 Union |
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The museum tells the story of Jackson's boyhood experiences during the Revolutionary War and highlights life in the South Carolina backcountry from Andrew Jackson's birth in 1767 until he left South Carolina in 1784.
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 Lancaster |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, part of the John Drummond and Holly Self Drummond Environmental Education Conference Center, is home to an extensive set of interactive exhibits describing the life and times of the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps who built this park and 16 others across South Carolina during the 1930s.
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 Ninety Six |
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With the theme “Choosing to Protect Our Coast,” the Edisto Interpretive Center helps promote the wise use of coastal resources. It is headquarters for Edisto Beach State Park’s interpretive programs and curriculum-based field studies, and for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ education and research services. An exhibit in the center features interactive displays, including a touch tank, which helps visitors understand the fragile resources of the ACE Basin estuarine reserve, the largest such natural reserve on the East Coast.
The Interpretive Center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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 Edisto Island |
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Tucked away in the remote last vestiges of a colonial-era rice plantation, Hampton Plantation State Historic Site is both bucolic and evocative.
The plantation’s Georgian-style mansion and well-kept grounds serve as an interpretive site for the system of slavery that helped build such plantations into the greatest generators of wealth in early American history. They also tell the story of the freed people who made their homes there for generations after emancipation.
Visitors can explore the mansion, wander the plantation grounds or just look out upon Wambaw Creek at the remains of rice fields that once stretched as far as the eye could see. George Washington had such a view when he stood on the Hampton family’s portico in 1791.
A historic kitchen building, huge live oaks, camellia gardens and archaeological sites also tell the story of Lowcountry rice culture.
Hampton is an ideal place to discover the surrounding Santee Delta’s natural beauty, which inspired the works of a South Carolina poet laureate, Archibald Rutledge, who lived here and gave it to the people of South Carolina as a legacy.
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McClellanville |
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