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The boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson houses this museum with exhibits on the post–Civil War era, when newly freed Black families dealt with continued societal oppression. The home is an 1871 Italian villa–style house with multiple porches and lovely grounds.
Exhibits in this refurbished textile mill explore the state's natural history, archaeology, and historical development. An iron gate made for the museum by Philip Simmons, the "dean of Charleston blacksmiths," is on display, as is an exhibit on South Carolina's astronauts and artifacts associated with the state's cotton industry and slavery. Newer exhibits are geared toward the younger set, including a 4D theater and nature-oriented rotating films shown in the planetarium.
