- Hours
- Monday – Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm source
- Admission
- Single Site Ticket Quantity Includes admission for one adult to one location of your choice: The Charleston Museum, the Heyward-Washington House or the Joseph Manigault House. source
- Season
- The Museum and Historic Houses are closed on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. We close early at 1:00 pm on Christmas Eve. source
A history museum on Meeting Street with Kidstory, a hands-on exhibit for children, and a natural history gallery of fossils, specimens and animal mounts. Another gallery covers Charleston in the Revolution, including three British attempts to take the city.
- operator calls itself 'America's First Museum' (1773); do not repeat as our claim
- hours load by script on some pages; the museum-information page had them in plain text
- combo tickets with and
Run by The Charleston Museum (501(c)(3) non-profit)
- Hours
- Citadel parades are held on Summerall Field most Fridays during the academic year and are open to the public. Please refer to the schedule above for exact dates and times. source
- Admission
- Citadel parades are free to attend and open to the public. source
A military college in Charleston where the cadets parade on Summerall Field most Fridays of the academic year; the parades are free and open to the public. The campus has 27 buildings set around a 10-acre parade ground.
- parade times subject to change; weather-dependent
- campus parking limited on parade days (arrive 15-30 minutes early, per the college)
- no parades outside the academic year
- site also has a Museum page, not checked
Run by The Citadel
- Hours
- The Old Exchange is open
Monday - Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM source
- Admission
- Prices:
Adults: $16
Children (6-12): $12
Children (0-6): Free
Admission may be purchased on site. source
- Season
- The Old Exchange is closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day source
A 1771 exchange and custom house on East Bay Street, now a non-profit site about the American Revolution and colonial Charleston. A ticket covers an upstairs exhibition and a 25-minute guided tour of the cellar known as the Provost Dungeon; the site says most visits take 45 minutes to an hour.
- operator page has inconsistencies: child age band (6-12 vs 7-12) and footer Sunday hours typo ('11PM - 5PM')
- operator calls itself a 'must-see'
- elevator to all three floors
Run by The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon (non-profit historic site)
- Hours
- City page gives no hours.
- Admission
- No fee statement on the page.
- Season
- Not stated.
An eight-acre city park and pier along Charleston Harbor with fountains. The long pier has picnic tables and wooden swings.
- Pineapple Fountain not named on the city page; not confirmed on a primary source
- no address on the city page (the address on the page is the Parks Department office)
- event permits here capped at 25 people (city reservations page)
Run by City of Charleston Parks Department
- Hours
- No park hours found; only the off-leash dog times (dawn to 9 a.m. and 5 to 11 p.m.).
- Admission
- No fee statement found.
- Season
- Not stated.
A City of Charleston park on Murray Boulevard with an off-leash area for dogs in the early morning and evening.
- thin primary info: no city page describes the garden's features
- 2 Murray Blvd is the address given for the off-leash area
- the city's High Battery Park page (Facility 82, East Battery) covers the adjacent seawall walk toward Fort Sumter; could be paired
Run by City of Charleston
- Hours
- Open Tuesday - Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Open Memorial Day and Labor Day, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. source
- Admission
- Park Admission $20: ages 13 & up $15: ages 60+ $6: ages 3-12 Free: ages 2 & under source
- Season
- No seasonal closures stated (holiday closures not checked).
A 37-acre Gullah Geechee heritage site run by Charleston County Parks, where guided tours compare the main house with the dwellings of enslaved people and cover daily life before and after emancipation. The McLeod Oak on the grounds is believed to be more than 300 years old.
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- closed Mondays except two holidays
- pets and bicycles prohibited
- operator copy uses superlative ('most significant chapters')
Run by Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission
- Hours
- Hours of Operation:
9am – 4pm | View our daily schedule here. source
- Admission
- The Nature Train Tour and the seasonal Wildlife Boat Tour are available for an additional fee and must be purchased on site. source
- Season
- Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas source
A Charleston garden property where admission covers more than 200 acres, 6 miles of walking and biking trails, a Wildlife Center and the Audubon Swamp Garden. Guided tours, including 'From Slavery to Freedom', run 45 minutes each, and the operator suggests allowing 3 to 4 hours.
- prices not captured (ticketing site)
- house tour not wheelchair accessible (operator FAQ)
- mosquitoes: operator 'highly' recommends bug spray in warm months
- boat tour seasonal
- Audubon Swamp Garden is inside this property
Run by Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
- Hours
- No beach hours on the city pages read (City Hall hours only).
- Admission
- City site links to parking fee payment and parkfollybeach.org; rates not checked. No beach entry fee mentioned.
- Season
- Not stated.
A beach town on six-mile-long Folly Island, which the city calls the closest beach to historic Charleston and which is known for surfing and wildlife. Free beach wheelchairs can be borrowed from the city's Public Safety office with a credit-card deposit.
- parking rules 'strictly enforced' per city; paid parking (rates not checked)
- Folly Beach County Park (Charleston County Parks) is a separate fee-charging park at the west end
- address quoted is City Hall (PO Box + 21 Center St)
Run by City of Folly Beach
- Hours
- Regular Days And Hours Of Operation
Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM Sunday 12PM-5PM source
- Admission
- Regular Adult Admission $30
Seniors-Military-AAA $27
Children (6-12) $12
Children 5 and under admitted free with adult. source
- Season
- Some features (garden self-guided tour, tropic conservatory) are labelled seasonal or weather-permitting; no closure dates captured.
A plantation in Mount Pleasant with a self-guided exhibit on Black history set in nine original slave cabins, and a live presentation of Gullah culture through storytelling, song and dance by Gullah descendants. A 30-40 minute tractor tour circles the 738-acre property, which is still farmed.
- operator copy uses many superlatives ('#1 Plantation', 'America's most photographed', 'only plantation', 'a must see')
- some features seasonal / weather permitting
Run by Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens (private ownership and management)
- Hours
- Hours of Operation
Museum Open Daily 10 am - 5 pm source
- Admission
- Ticket prices are on ticketing.patriotspoint.org, which returned HTTP 403 to curl; not captured. A scavenger hunt costs an extra $3 (see facts).
- Season
- No seasonal closures captured.
A naval museum on Charleston Harbor built around the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, with the destroyer USS Laffey, a Vietnam Experience exhibit and a Medal of Honor Museum. A scavenger hunt is sold at the Yorktown's information desk for $3, and the museum suggests first-time visitors allow at least two to three hours.
- ticket prices not captured (ticketing site 403)
- operator calls itself 'a must-see'
- guide already names it in passing
Run by Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
- Hours
- HOURS
6 a.m. - 6 p.m., daily (extended to 9 p.m. during Daylight Saving Time) source
- Admission
- $8/adult; $5/ S.C. Senior; $4/youth age 6-15; Free for children 5 and younger. source
A state park beach in Murrells Inlet that includes Atalaya, the Moorish-style winter home of philanthropist Archer Huntington and sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. Alligators are often seen at its freshwater lake, and park programs can include a close look at loggerhead turtles.
- Nature Center Marsh Boardwalk closed for construction (park alert)
- temporary closures possible on busy weekends and holidays; agency suggests arriving outside 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Atalaya may close for events
- dogs on leash, south end of the beach only
Run by South Carolina State Parks
- Hours
- This Week's Hours
Tue
9am - 9pm source
- Admission
- SINGLE ATTRACTION TICKETS
Ticket
Price
Regular (Ages 12+)
$32.99
Children (Ages 4-11)
$19.99
FREE (Ages 3 and Under) source
- Season
- No seasonal schedule captured.
A wax museum of film and pop-culture figures in Myrtle Beach where visitors pose with the figures using props such as hats, mics and tiaras, with a laser maze and a giant piano along the way. The operator says each figure takes its team more than three months to make.
- same building sells 'Outbreak - Dread the Undead', a zombie attraction (separate ticket; may frighten children)
- hours vary week to week
- operator landing page returned HTTP 403
Run by Hollywood Wax Museum Entertainment Center (operator also runs locations in Branson, Hollywood and Pigeon Forge)
- Hours
- Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m., March-Nov.; Daily 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Dec.-Feb. source
- Admission
- $8 adults; $5/SC seniors (age 65 & older);
$4/ child age 6-15; Free for children 5 and younger. source
A state park in Myrtle Beach with about a mile of undeveloped beach backed by oceanfront maritime forest, a nature trail and a fishing pier. It opened in 1936 as the first park in South Carolina's state park system.
- parking limited; the park may close at capacity on busy summer days (agency suggests arriving outside 10 a.m.-2 p.m.)
- 'first' is the agency's own claim; attribute it
- extra charges for pier fishing
Run by South Carolina State Parks
