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79 Cumberland Street P.O. Box 1120
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #68 of 140 attractions in Charleston
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Traveller Description: #7 on  The Charleston Museum Mile. It is nearly 300 years old and is the oldest public building in South Carolina. It served as an arsenal and a key... more »
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Attraction type: Historic site, Other
Address: 79 Cumberland Street
P.O. Box 1120 Charleston, SC 29402
Tel: 843-723-1623
Fax: 843-577-2067

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“Small but interesting”
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4 of 5 stars
MiouMiou
Dover, Delaware
17 Jul 2009
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This building is 300 years old, and was originally used as a storage building for loose gunpowder. It is now a very small museum, basically just one room. We enjoyed it for the historic significance, the interesting artifacts inside, and the enthusiastic explanations of the exhibits given by one of the docents there. One of the surprising things he explained... more

“Good, but not a lot to see”
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3 of 5 stars
abbeyrue
Gainesville, Florida
27 Jul 2008

This is just a small, one room museum that, as the name implies, used to hold gunpowder. The building is a couple hundred years old, but it's been renovated so you don't really get that old time effect. The worker dressed in period costume was very gracious and gave a brief overview of its not very exciting history. There's also... more

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79 Cumberland Street, P.O. Box 1120, Charleston, SC 29402
Tel: 843-723-1623 Fax: 843-577-2067