Berkeley County Museum

Our mission is to collect, preserve, research, exhibit, & interpret Berkeley County, SC's history. Masks recommended.
Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm

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The Museum is now on Bluesky! https://t.co/KoDUKkHuFC

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The Museum is OPEN today, but our ramps are closed for ice. Be safe!

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🚨The Berkeley County Museum will close at 3pm on Tuesday, January 21st and remain closed on Wednesday. Please check social media before coming to visit on Thursday! ❄️Everyone stay safe and warm! #monckscorner

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Is reading cursive your superpower? Join our Citizen Archivist missions today, and help to transcribe history before your very eyes. Click on a topic that interests you, and it will bring you right to those historical records.📜🔍

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Did you know? 💡 Though the Snow Campaign is named for the wintery weather Patriots endured at its conclusion, the campaign was set in motion much earlier that year. In the summer of 1775, rising tensions in the Backcountry led the Loyalists of that area to raise their own force.

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Hours will be a bit different the next 2 weekends! Friday & Saturday nights we'll open 6-9pm for Holiday in the Park. On Saturdays, BCM will open at 1pm, close at 4pm, and reopen for HitP at 6pm. The Museum will also be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

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@SomersetPlaceHS Here's a great video from @McKissickMuseum : https://t.co/6lgPDpx901

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It's that time again - #ArchivesHashtagParty! The theme this month is #ArchivesFeast. Anyone like asparagus?

🌿: Asparagus buncher, 14.2.1

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Today is #GivingTuesday! Visit the Support tab on our website for more ideas: https://t.co/DFcwK892oe

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Lt. Charles M. Rudloff's Air Corps graduation was announced in 1943. Rudloff, a "paint and body man" at a Moncks Corner auto repair shop, was shot down over Germany less than a year later.
📷: Air Corps graduation announcement. MSS17.1.17
#ArchivesSalute #ArchivesHashtagParty

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BCM reporting for #ArchivesSalute! This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty highlights the military ahead of Veterans Day.

📷: USMC Korean War garrison cap. 00.9.1.

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The Varner brothers enlisted in 1917. Unfortunately, Lewis was killed in action in France; Edward came home to Berkeley County.

📷: Lewis (left) & Edward Varner, ca. 1918. 23.9.1 #ArchivesSalute #archiveshashtagparty

Learn more about WWI enlistees here:https://t.co/bTu8f4V30C

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#HappyHalloween from us at the BCM!
📷: Bye-Lo Baby doll, ca. 1923. Museum staff has named him Max. He's not haunted -we don't think! 98.22.2
📷: Taxidermy fox 19.5.1
📷: Hairwork in brooch, ca. 1890 22.10.14

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#OnThisDay in 1936, the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) began generating electricity.
In February 1942, @santeecooper first generated electricity.
📷: Jefferies Hydroelectric Station, ca. 1950. This photograph hung in the SC State House for over a decade. 22.19.1

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#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchiesOnTheRoad

Our last photo for the party is bending the theme a bit. The Swamp Fox Drive-in (first called the Berkeley Drive-in) opened in 1950 and operated until 1986.

📷: speaker from Swamp Fox Drive-in, ca. 1960s. 17.18.1

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Happy #ArchivesHashtagParty day! Today's theme is #ArchivesOnTheRoad, so we'll be sharing car and road themed items and photos!

📷: Three Health Department employees in front of a car, ca. 1940. MSS11.1.110

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In the early 20th century, a temporary medical clinic could pop up anywhere - including in "a busy cornfield" and road like this!

📷: Berkeley County Health Department rural clinic, 1930s or 1940s. MSS11.1.86

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