Museum at Market Hall
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188 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Description
Market Hall, housing the finest Civil War collection of artifacts since 1899Get to know Museum at Market Hall
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.