Museum at Market Hall, Home of the Confederate Museum

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Museum at Market Hall, Home of the Confederate Museum Always Open THURS, FRI, SAT & SUNDAY, 11-4
$10 for Adults
6 - 12 $3
Military, Vets (Not Dependents), < 5= FREE
NO REFUNDS
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Upstairs where the museum is located was the territory of the market commissioners. Two tiny rooms for transacting the business of running the market and one very large elaborate hall with a gas chandelier where they held meetings and elegant social functions. The building was used this way until 1861. In the spring of 1861, thousands of young men were pouring into Charleston to become Confederate soldiers and defend the South. They were given supplies,weapons and their orders. It was here in this building where many of these young men had danced not long before they became soldiers. In 1894 the Charleston Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy was founded. They immediately began to collect relics and the collection grew quickly. By 1898 this group of ladies became Charleston Chapter #4, United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 1899 the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was to be held in Charleston. The men decided to help these ladies form a permanent Confederate Museum in Charleston. A call was sent out asking former soldiers to bring their war-time possessions to the reunion for donation to the new museum. The enthusiastic response showed that a large building would be needed to house the collection. Since the Mayor and the city councilmen were all former Confederate soldiers, it was only natural that they selected Market Hall for this purpose. The same building where they had gone to become young soldiers became the place they brought their relics to be preserved for the future. The Confederate Museum opened here in June, 1899.

We had the honor of presenting Stuart Morgan with the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal for his work in historic pre...
10/18/2026

We had the honor of presenting Stuart Morgan with the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal for his work in historic preservation by devoting many hours photographing our collection. It was a wonderful day!

What a wonderful time we had with our museum board today! We took a behind the scenes tour at The Charleston Museum We w...
10/17/2026

What a wonderful time we had with our museum board today! We took a behind the scenes tour at The Charleston Museum We were very excited to see some of our artifacts on loan for the new Hunley exhibit. It's a fantastic display you should go see.

10/15/2026
10/14/2026

The new exhibit "The South's Call to Arms and Those Who Answered" will be at the museum October 15-24. Come see it!

10/09/2026

WE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY 10/10 DUE TO THE EXPECTED RAIN AND FLOODING!

New book for the spooky season by Karen Stokes! In our Museum shop $10
10/08/2026

New book for the spooky season by Karen Stokes! In our Museum shop $10

10/06/2026

We are excited to see this new exhibit at the The Charleston Museum! Some of our artifacts are on loan and featured in the exhibit.

10/01/2026
I had the pleasure of meeting with Senator Danny Verdin to thank him for standing like a Stonewall in defense of our SC ...
09/24/2026

I had the pleasure of meeting with Senator Danny Verdin to thank him for standing like a Stonewall in defense of our SC history!

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Charleston, SC

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Monday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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