The Village Museum

Santa's helpers are busy decorating and re-stocking The Village Museum Book Shop. Please think of us when you're doing your Christmas shopping. Your purchases are always tax-free, and can be delivered directly to your door! Help us continue our mission of preserving & protecting our local history by making a purchase today. Your continuing support is always much appreciated.

We’re happy to announce that The Village Museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Hours are 10 am to 5 pm (closed from noon-1 pm for lunch)
Our fully stocked Museum Shop is also open for shopping. Spend a day in Historic McClellanville! Visit, dine & shop too.

401 Pinckney Street (follow Pinckney street to the end)
(P.O. Box 595), McClellanville, South Carolina 29458

The Village Museum

The Village Museum is a small non-profit museum that offers exhibits featuring the local history of the St. James Santee Parish and the Village of McClellanville. The timeline includes the SeeWee Indians, the postwar farmer and the rise of the seafood industry in McClellanville.The Village Museum opened in April 1999 and has been acclaimed as one of the finest small town museums in the state. 

Exhibits demonstrate a time line of history beginning with the villages of the Seewee Indians and the settlement at Jamestown, S.C. by the French Huguenots, through the rice planting on the Santee River plantations and the establishment of the Town of McClellanville as a coastal resort. Displays also tell of the simple lifestyle of the the postwar farmer, the rise of timber harvesting in the 20th Century and the growth of the local seafood industry. The museum attempts to both educate its visitors as well as entertain them.
Come visit on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10-5 (closed for lunch noon -1 pm) or visit this site anytime to shop our Museum Store, become a Museum Member, or make a Museum Donation.
We look forward to seeing you soon!

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One Of A Kind Museum Store. Available Online NOW!

We are very excited to open our Museum Shop to the online world.
At the Village Museum, we're especially proud of our exclusive, in-house publications. We have over 30 in-house titles from which to choose, and they remain our best sellers.
The Village Museum has made preservation and education part of our mandate, and these exclusive publications cover our local region's past.
Someone famous (Bud Hill), once said, "We're not just a facility that tells a story in artifacts and displays. More than anything, we're educators. We teach people history."

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Donations & Memberships are the heart and soul of The Village Museum. Your memberships and contributions are essential to keeping us open and responsive to both our local McClellanville/St. James community, and our guests from outside the area.
Please view the levels of membership options as we would love to have you join us in our quest to engage with the public and share our local history.

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401 Pinckney St. McClellanville, SC 29458

At end of Pinckney (Main) Street next to the Town Hall

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