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05/21/13
 Museum Receives Collection of Historic Transitor Radios
The South Carolina State Museum has received a large collection of these iconic electronics, along with another type of radio that once gathered music and information from around the world – the short wave.
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05/17/13
 State Museum Announces Special June events
These special events and exhibits are scheduled at the South Carolina State Museum in June.
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05/03/13
 State Museum Exhibit Inspires “Springmaid Day”
The South Carolina State Museum’s new art exhibit Between the Springmaid Sheets will be the occasion for an afternoon of fun activity on Saturday, May 18.
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04/23/13
 Maya Temple Excavation Revealed in Exhibit
It’s a story worthy of Indiana Jones. Archaeology seemed to explode in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with such famous projects as the opening of King Tut’s tomb in 1922.
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04/18/13
 State Museum Announces Special May events
These special events and exhibits are scheduled at the South Carolina State Museum in May.
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04/16/13
 State Museum to Celebrate Two-Day Cinco de Mayo
It’s fiesta time! The South Carolina State Museum will observe the first weekend in May for its first Cinco de Mayo celebration with not one, but two days of fun.
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04/10/13
 Museum to Watch Stars April 20
Gazers at the night sky April 20 may be seeing double – stars, that is, when the South Carolina State Museum science staff teams with the Midlands Astronomy Club for a new edition of the popular “Planets for the People” sidewalk telescope viewing series.
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04/02/13
 Museum Presents Daring Ad Art That Produced a Textile Giant
The daring and controversial ad campaigns that rescued a struggling textile business and made Springs Cotton Mills one of the giants of the industry is examined in the South Carolina State Museum’s upcoming art exhibit.
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03/27/13
 Museum Expansion Underway, Revs Up "Stellar" Future
The bulldozers and excavators digging and shoving mounds of dirt and gravel around the east side of the South Carolina State Museum are a sure sign that something is happening. Something good. No, something great. No, make that spectacular.
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03/22/13
 Lexington Students Win Second Prize Statewide with Museum Expansion Project
A student marketing team from Lexington Technology Center has won second prize in a statewide advertising design competition with an ad plan for the South Carolina State Museum’s new expansion project, “Windows to New Worlds.”
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03/19/13
 State Museum Announces Special April Events
These special events and exhibits are scheduled at the South Carolina State Museum in April.
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03/11/13
 Exhibit Shows Human Moments of Civil War
Mort Künstler’s Civil War art is known around the world and is prized by collectors. The South Carolina State Museum’s exhibit of his exquisite paintings, For Us the Living: The Civil War Art of Mort Künstler, has drawn praise and high interest among art enthusiasts and historians alike.
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03/08/13
 State Museum Offers Overnight Camp-ins
Looking for a unique, entertaining, educational overnight for your church group, scout pack or school club? The South Carolina State Museum has just what you’re looking for with its Young Detectives of Lost Civilizations Camp-ins this season.
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03/06/13
 State Museum to Watch Moon, Jupiter March 16
The South Carolina State Museum science staff and the Midlands Astronomy Club will welcome the spring with a new edition of the popular “Planets for the People” sidewalk telescope viewing series. The family stargazing event will take place Saturday, March 16 from 6-10 p.m. at the Hunter Gatherer Brewery and Ale House on South Main St. in Columbia.
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02/25/13
 State Museum Offers Kids’ Classes on Engineering, Machines Afterschool
Every Wednesday in March, the South Carolina State Museum will combine fun with engineering with a pair of engineering classes for kids in grades K- 5.
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