
Top Family-Friendly Destinations in South Carolina!
Whether you’re looking for an Educational Field Trip or a Fun Day Out with the Kids…
Or if you are planning a Family Vacation for Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter Break…
Or maybe you’re a Full-Time Family touring the US in your van or RV….
Perhaps you are an International Traveler planning your next major excursion into the United States…
Whatever your reason for exploring the world with YOUR Family…
SPGFAN has THE BEST LISTS of Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Each of the 50 United States!
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Top Family-Friendly Destinations in South Carolina!
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Agricultural Heritage Center | Blackville |
Aiken Center for the Arts | Aiken |
Aiken County Historical Museum | Aiken |
Aiken-Rhett House | Charleston |
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum | Aiken |
American Legion Post 3 Cecil B. Buchanan War Museum | Greenville |
American Military Museum | Charleston |
Anderson City Fire Department Museum | Anderson |
Anderson County Museum | Anderson |
Andrew Jackson State Park | Lancaster |
Antiquers Haven Museum and Shop | Liberty |
Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta | North Augusta |
Ashtabula Historic House | Pendleton |
Avery Research Center | Charleston |
Barnwell County Museum | Barnwell |
Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina | Pendleton |
Beaufort History Museum | Beaufort |
Bedon-Lucas House | Walterboro |
Beech Island Historical Society Visitors Center & Barn | Beech Island |
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center | Moncks Corner |
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum | Seneca |
Best Friend of Charleston Museum | Charleston |
Black Creek Arts Council Gallery | Hartsville |
BMW Zentrum | Spartanburg |
Bob Campbell Geology Museum | Clemson |
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery | Greenville |
Bonham House | Saluda |
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens | Mount Pleasant |
Brookgreen Gardens | Murrells Inlet |
Browntown Museum | Hemingway |
Burt-Stark Mansion | Abbeville |
Button Museum | Bishopville |
Calhoun Mansion | Charleston |
Camden Archives & Museum | Camden |
Catawba Cultural Center | Rock Hill |
Cayce Historical Museum | Cayce |
Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum | Orangeburg |
Central History Museum | Central |
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site | Mount Pleasant |
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site | Charleston |
Charleston Museum | Charleston |
Cheraw Lyceum | Cheraw |
Cherokee County History and Arts Museum | Gaffney |
Cherokee County Veterans Museum | Gaffney |
Chester County Historical Society Museum | Chester |
Chester County Transportation Museum | Chester |
Children’s Museum of South Carolina | Myrtle Beach |
Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry | Charleston |
Children’s Museum of the Upstate | Greenville |
The Citadel Archives & Museum | Charleston |
Clemson Area African American Museum | Clemson |
Clemson University Galleries | Clemson |
Clinton Museum | Clinton |
Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island |
Coker Farms National Historic Landmark | Hartsville |
Colleton Museum | Walterboro |
Collins Ole Towne | Central |
Columbia Fire Department Museum | Columbia |
Columbia Museum of Art | Columbia |
Comporium Telephone Museum | Rock Hill |
Confederate Museum | Charleston |
Congaree National Park | Hopkins |
Cowpens Depot | Cowpens |
Cowpens National Battlefield | Chesnee |
Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum | Darlington |
Dillon County Museum | Latta |
Drayton Hall | Charleston |
Edisto Island Museum | Edisto Island |
Edmondston-Alston House | Charleston |
EdVenture | Columbia |
Fairfield County Museum | Winnsboro |
Florence County Museum | Florence |
Florence Railroad Museum | Florence |
Fort Hill | Clemson |
Fort Moultrie National Monument | Sullivan’s Island |
Fort Sumter National Monument | Charleston |
Francis Marion University Galleries | Florence |
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum | Myrtle Beach |
Georgetown County Museum | Georgetown |
Gibbes Museum of Art | Charleston |
Greenville County Museum of Art | Greenville |
Greenville Cultural Exchange Center | Greenville |
Greenwood Railroad Historical Center | Greenwood |
Greer Heritage Museum | Greer |
Hagood-Mauldin House/Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts | Pickens |
Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center | Pickens |
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art | Charleston |
Hampton Colored School | Hampton |
Hampton County Museum | Hampton |
Hampton Museum and Visitors’ Center | Hampton |
Hampton Plantation | McClellanville |
Hampton-Preston House | Columbia |
Hanover House | Clemson |
Hartsville Museum | Hartsville |
Heyward House | Bluffton |
Heyward-Washington House | Charleston |
Historic Brattonsville | McConnells |
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site | Camden |
Hobcaw Barony | Georgetown |
Hollywood Wax Museum Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach |
Hopsewee Plantation | Georgetown |
Horry County Museum | Conway |
The Hunley | Charleston |
Hunting Island Light | Hunting Island |
Huntington Beach State Park | Murrells Inlet |
Jacob Kelley House | Hartsville |
John Mark Verdier House | Beaufort |
Joseph Manigault House | Charleston |
James W. Dillon House | Dillon |
Kaminski House Museum | Georgetown |
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | Charleston |
Kazoo Museum | Beaufort |
Keowee-Toxaway Museum | Six Mile |
Kilgore-Lewis House | Greenville |
Kings Mountain National Military Park | Blacksburg |
Kings Mountain State Park | Blacksburg |
L.W. Paul Living History Farm | Conway |
Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area | Ninety Six |
Lando Manetta Mills History Center | Lando |
Landsford Canal State Park | Catawba |
Lexington County Museum | Lexington |
Louis G. Gregory Baháʼí Museum | Charleston |
Lowcountry Visitor’s Center and Museum | Yemassee |
Lunney House Museum | Seneca |
Mac’s Pride Museum | McBee |
Macaulay Museum of Dental History | Charleston |
Mace Brown Museum of Natural History | Charleston |
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens | Charleston |
Main Street Children’s Museum | Rock Hill |
Mann-Simons Site | Columbia |
Marion County Museum | Marion |
Marlboro County Historical Museum | Bennettsville |
McBee Depot Library and Railroad Museum | McBee |
McLeod Plantation Historic Site | Charleston |
McKissick Museum | Columbia |
Middleton Place | Summerville |
Millford Plantation | Pinewood |
Miniature World of Trains | Greenville |
Monsanto Gallery | Greenwood |
Mt. Croghan Museum | Mount Croghan |
Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green | Greenville |
Museum and Library of Confederate History | Greenville |
The Museum in Greenwood | Greenwood |
Museum of Education | Columbia |
Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina | Walhalla |
Museum of York County | Rock Hill |
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site | Cross Anchor |
Nathaniel Russell House | Charleston |
National Steeplechase Museum | Camden |
Ninety Six National Historic Site | Ninety Six |
North Charleston and American LaFrance Fire Museum and Educational Center | North Charleston |
North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum | North Myrtle Beach |
Nostalgia City and Museum | Myrtle Beach |
Oconee Heritage Center | Walhalla |
Oconee Station State Historic Site | Walhalla |
Oconee Veterans Museum | Walhalla |
Old Exchange Building | Charleston |
Old Santee Canal Park | Moncks Corner |
Old Slave Mart | Charleston |
Parris Island Museum | Parris Island |
Patriot’s Point Naval & Maritime Museum | Mount Pleasant |
Pauline Pratt Webel Museum | Ridgeland |
Pickens County Museum of Art & History | Pickens |
Postal History Museum | Charleston |
Powder Magazine | Charleston |
Price House | Spartanburg |
Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center | Ravenel |
Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery | Conway |
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site | Beech Island |
REVIVA Museum | Iva |
Rice Museum | Georgetown |
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! | Myrtle Beach |
Robert Mills House | Columbia |
Ronald McNair Life History Center | Lake City |
Roper Mountain Science Center | Greenville |
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site | Union |
Ruth Drake Museum | Belton |
Saluda County Museum | Saluda |
The Sandbox | Hilton Head Island |
Seay House | Spartanburg |
Seibels House and Garden | Columbia |
Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library | Greenville |
Sigal Music Museum | Greenville |
Southern African American Heritage Center | Cheraw |
South Carolina Botanical Garden | Clemson |
South Carolina Civil War Museum | Myrtle Beach |
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum | Columbia |
South Carolina Cotton Museum | Bishopville |
South Carolina Governor’s Mansion | Columbia |
South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame | Columbia |
South Carolina Maritime Museum | Georgetown |
South Carolina Military Museum | Columbia |
South Carolina Railroad Museum | Winnsboro |
South Carolina State Museum | Columbia |
South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame | Belton |
South Carolina Tobacco Museum | Mullins |
Spartanburg Art Museum | Spartanburg |
Spartanburg Regional History Museum | Spartanburg |
Spartanburg Science Center | Spartanburg |
Summerville-Dorchester Museum | Summerville |
Sumter County Gallery of Art | Sumter |
Sumter County Museum | Sumter |
Union County Museum | Union |
Upcountry History Museum | Greenville |
U.S. Army Adjutant General’s Corps Museum | Columbia |
U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum | Columbia |
U.S. Army Chaplain Museum | Columbia |
U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum | Columbia |
Village Museum | McClellanville |
Wagener Museum | Wagener |
Walnut Grove Plantation | Spartanburg |
War Between the States Museum | Florence |
Warren Lasch Conservation Center | North Charleston |
White Home | Rock Hill |
Williamsburgh Historical Museum | Kingstree |
Williston Museum | Williston |
Winchester Museum | Edgefield |
Winthrop University Galleries | Rock Hill |
Woodburn Historic House | Pendleton |
Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Columbia |
World of Energy | Seneca |
York W. Bailey Museum | St. Helena Island |
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