Santa Days at the State Museum Start Saturday, Dec. 8

Tasting Tuesday is Back, Dec. 4

The State Museum is open late until 8 p.m. Tuesday night for holiday shopping, South Carolina food product tastings, and samples of local beer in the Cotton Mill Exchange during Tasting Tuesdays.

Free Tastings This Week:

Live Music:

Guests can also get in the holiday spirit with The Polar Express 4D Experience playing at 5:30 and 6:30 in the Rev. Solomon Jackson Jr. 4D Theater, Star of Bethlehem and Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas Laser, now playing in the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Planetarium at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively. Visit scmuseum.org for a list of Second Shift Twosday activities.

Santa Days at the State Museum Starts Saturday, Dec. 8

Starting this Saturday, guests are invited to meet Santa and take a train ride on the SCSM North Pole Express. Santa meet and greets are included with museum admission or membership and train rides are $3 per ride ($2 for museum members). Guests that purchase a special holiday photo with Santa will get a free train ride. Special holiday planetarium and 4D shows like The Polar Express 4D Experience will be showing throughout the day. For a full list of activities visit scmuseum.org.

State Employee Discount Week

All South Carolina State Employees receive 10% off purchases in the Cotton Mill Exchange through Friday, Dec. 7.

About the South Carolina State Museum: As the state’s largest and most comprehensive museum, the South Carolina State Museum, offers a unique, entertaining and educational experience to visitors throughout its 225,000 square foot facility located in the heart of downtown Columbia’s Congaree Vista.  The State Museum is housed in one of its largest artifacts, an 1894 former textile mill listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places. In addition to beautiful meeting spaces throughout the facility, guests can explore outer space in one of the largest planetariums in the Southeast, watch an interactive 4D movie and look through a vintage telescope in a one-of-a-kind observatory. These exciting opportunities are all in addition to the four floors of South Carolina art, cultural history, natural history and science/technology. Visit scmuseum.org to learn more.