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Charleston Museum

Fodor's Review:

Founded in 1773, the country's oldest museum is housed in a contemporary complex. The museum's decorative-arts holdings and its permanent Civil War exhibit are extraordinary. There are more than 500,000 items in the collection, including silver, toys, and snuffboxes. There are also fascinating exhibits on natural history, archaeology, and ornithology. Combination tickets that also give you admission to the Joseph Manigault House and the Heyward-Washington House are a bargain at $18.

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