ST. GEORGE – Just three years after the Dorchester County Archives & History Center started collecting the county’s past under one roof, it will open its new museum Saturday to showcase its work so ...

A local museum that has been facing financial difficulties and is in danger of closing was recently granted over $40,000 by the Town of Summerville. The museum was awarded $22,250 and $20,000 for its ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Summerville-Dorchester Museum is in danger of closing due to a lack of funds. "We are a part of the history of this town," said Bob Mitchell, one of the museum's three salaried ...

Summerville-Dorchester Museum Historian Dr. Ed West points to a picture that features blacks laboring in Summerville in the 1700s. West recently led a discussion about James Matthews — a Dorchester ...

SUMMERVILLE, SC (WCSC) - The Summerville Dorchester Museum has been around for nearly 30 years, but employees are afraid that the museum won’t stay open past June. The Summerville-Dorchester Museum ...

History-minded revelers can celebrate the Fourth of July by checking out an original copy of the Declaration of Independence at the state's Commonwealth Museum. The document was one of 14 original ...

DORCHESTER (CBS) – A special exhibit commemorating Juneteenth was unveiled Wednesday at the Commonwealth Museum in Dorchester. June 19 marks the day in 1865 the final enslaved people in America ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - New horizons are on the way for maritime history in Dorchester County. The Richardson Maritime Museum is setting sail, preparing to move from its headquarters off High Street to a ...