Natural History Museum Reopens

The College of Charleston’s Natural History Museum reopens today after the cave bear exhibit was enhanced. Visitors can enjoy the exhibits six days a week from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (museum is closed on Wednesdays). The Museum is located on the second floor of the School of Sciences and Mathematics Building (202 Calhoun Street).

All exhibits in the Natural History Museum are part of the fossil collection donated by Chris and Mace Brown.

This museum contains more than 2,000 vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. The collection’s focus is on North American mammals.  90-percent of these mammals in the museum once roamed the South Carolina Lowcountry.  This visually stunning collection includes complete skeletons of mammals, such as, a giant armadillo, a cave bear, and a saber-tooth cat.

For more information, contact Jim Carew, director and curator of the Natural History Museum, at 843-953-5592.