The Dames purchased the building in 1902, operating it as a museum since then to advance its mission of “furthering knowledge and appreciation of our colonial/national heritage through historic ...

The earliest examples of colonial architecture in the US date back to 1626 and were simple one-story buildings with gabled ... South Africa, and parts of the United States, like New York and ...

In a historical first, the Powder Magazine Museum on Cumberland Street next year will present detailed stories of people other than literate White men who lived in the Charleston area during the ...

Eventually, they made their way to Charleston, South Carolina. Little did they know, as they explored the Colonial buildings and sandy coastlines, they weren’t just touring the city where The ...