CALM (Charleston Archives, Libraries & Museums Council)

05/08/2024

The damage to a portion of the old city wall discovered underground on East Bay Street raises questions and concerns about archaeological and historical protections.

04/21/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1198912412/history-sign-statue-racism-alabama-minnesota

Historical markers dot the American landscape. They are on the sides of roads, in parks, rest areas, in the middle of nowhere. They purport to offer a glimpse into the past, marking a moment or place of significance worth remembering. But a year-long investigation by NPR's Laura Sullivan found these...

01/12/2024

Filling stations sprang up across peninsular Charleston in the 1920s nearly three decades after two New England bicycle mechanics made the first gasoline-powered car that ushered in mass produced automobiles.

01/09/2024

Turning down the opportunity to acquire objects that likely won’t be available again is difficult, but museums are increasingly walking away from gifts and sales that carry too much risk.

01/03/2024

Historic Charleston Foundation's plan to sell the historic house museum will undermine its advocacy for preservation in one of America's best-preserved cities.

12/14/2023

12/10/2023

The Nathaniel Russell House is among the grandest historic house museums in downtown Charleston, particularly from an architectural sense: a true neoclassical gem from the Federal period, with differently shaped,

10/16/2023

Some gallery wall texts delight in details, others have political intent. But do they enhance or just detract from the art they describe?

09/25/2023

We are excited to announce our newly revamped fellowship program for researchers looking to conduct research in the Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston. We hope you'll consider applying and/or help us spread the word! Applications are due March 1, 2024.

09/14/2023

A building that started construction to serve as a church in the Holy City before the Civil War later became part of a nationwide network of museums. It will transformed

08/24/2023

The former restaurant site is slated to be replaced with a two-story office building.

08/07/2023

Nearly 20 Oneida Indian Nation ancestors' remains are returning to their homeland after generations spent held in a collection at the Rochester Museum & Science Center.