Background: Established in 1938, the Old Slave Mart Museum is Charleston’s oldest museum of African American history and the first museum on …
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Mar 30, 2025
Interesting exhibit which details the slavery period of the United States from its inception to the dissolution via the emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln (a Republican).Full review by David W
Mar 24, 2025
Very interesting and an important part of our country’s history. A real eye opener for many of us. The museum is small and crowded, but well worth it.Full review by JrnyJunkie
Jan 8, 2025
Interesting, well presented, and powerful. I initially was not planning to go here on our visit to Charleston but I'm glad that I did.Full review by MSM923
Not that I was able to discern. There was a set of stairs close to the entrance visitors were directed to for getting to the upper level and a set of stairs towards the back to get upstairs as well.
I recently took a carriage tour and our tour guide highly recommend a museum that educated you on how slaves lived. He mentioned that the museum had phones in which you could pick up and hear stories from former slaves, is this the museum in which he was speaking about. I can’t remember the name of the museum.
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