Charleston Museum

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1773

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charleston Museum, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Establishment of the first museum in the American colonies

   1773

   Role: Institution

   1. 112 January 1773 · Charleston, South CarolinaEstablishment of the Charleston Museum

      The Charleston Museum was founded on January 12, 1773, in Charleston, South Carolina, becoming the oldest museum in the United States.

Sources

1. Charleston Museum Wikipedia, revision of 2025-10-05