Reviews of Powder Magazine (Museum)

Timothy Harris

This is a cool little attraction. It doesn’t cost a lot and it won’t take a large chinch of time out of your day. It took about 30 minutes to see everything! It’s a couple blocks from the market so not too far out there.

Tyler Dominick

Histoic location and apart of Charleston's history. Great little quick stop for info, located downtown.

Eladio Bobadilla

Don't waste your time. This is goofy and hokey.

Freda Dumas

A waste

Chad Strickland

Great little building. The oldest in SC. Helps you understand the history of SC

Fog x Zeus

Wow! This place is amazing! So much history!

Chris Desjardins

lots of history and cool souvenirs

Kenneth Hill

Visited today while in downtown Charleston. Definitely a great little museum. Staff was very friendly and a lot of great history inside! I also give them bonus points for using Jas Townsend and Son for their replicated historical clothing! Definitely recommend a visit.

Jeanne Lacombe

Small but wonderful museum. Lots of artifacts and informative displays. Highly recommend seeing. Hands on displays to keep the kids interested too.

Paul Shults

A fun informative tour stoo

Horst Piechottka

american history, south states

Lorri Mazzell

Educational and fun

Margaret von Werssowetz

Best tourist attraction in town! Iconic, and the oldest municipal building in Charleston - 1713.

Elaine Molony

Wonderful experience! Knowledgeable docents who tell the history around the powder magazine's importance during the American Revolution. Interesting! Older kids will really enjoy!

Michael Fackrell

Fantastic

Austin Roberts

Fun and history filled. Really interesting

Micky Denton

Neat place to check out .Friendly lady that works there

Mark Dixon

$5 per person, $10 per group. Interesting building but not a lot to see.

Nathan Calcamuggio

Extremely nice and helpful staff. Child friendly exhibits. My children are 2 and 5 and they had a good time. It is small, but don't let the size fool you. The displays are modern in appearance and very informative. Take the time to talk to the docents and you will be happy with their breadth of knowledge about Charleston. It is a great place to get out of the sun and enjoy a part of history with hands on exhibits.

Randy Stubblefield

Good visit to learn some history

John Ambro

A must see historical location. You can see it as part of the Pirate tour, so do it that way and save some money.

Joey Mauriello

Small but informational.

Chuck Garrett

Our tour guide Charles was very informative and was able to answer all of our questions. Visiting the Powder magazine was one of the highlights if our trip to Charleston.

Alfred Ray

One of the oldest public museum buildings in the country...1713! Great docents and great displays!

Robert Estrella

Friendly tour guide, inexpensive, and interesting. You'll spend about 30 minutes exploring.

Amber Mcbride

Great history leason for the kids

Mike Causer

Seventh oldest building in South Carolina. Well worth a visit

Blake Beers

Small with a nice selection of artifacts and explanations of where and why gunpowder was stockpiled in Charleston.

Linda Carter

Interesting

Bill Harrell

Staff was great and gave a tour explaining the history of the building. Must see for history buffs.

Jessica Jernigan

Small little tour. Quaint. Informative. Friendly. Worth the $6

Myrtle Vaughn

It's a small spot but a great little place for a short history lesson. Very interesting and the information about it is memorable. It's small so it doesn't take long,b that being said you don't have to rush if you find it particularly interesting as the your is self guided.

Sarah Sheldon

A fun and educational stop. The interactive displays are a bit dated, but the information was easy to understand and truly fascinating. Caught the walking pirate tour out of here and loved it. Made Charleston a much more interesting place.

Martha Elle Dunning

Liked this!

Mike L

Very interesting bit of history.

hoffmankids Hoffman

The powder magazine, built in 1713, is the oldest still existent government building in Charleston. It is one of the oldest building I have ever been in.

Paul Altman

Lots of history

Steve Alderman

A lot of history

Colleen C

Wish it were larger...it was fascinating!

Amanda Szwarc

Lovely staff, but a bit hokey. They didn't have a ton of artifacts. I can see it being a better stop as a field trip, as parts of it were interactive, rather than as going as a tourist-- there are better historical sites in Charleston to see.

Adam Estes

Awesome lil museum

Garrett Mahon

If you like history, this is perfect, nice little gift shop and the staff is super helpful. If you go on a bulldog tour, admission is free. If you want to be wntertained, don't go. If you like to read and study history, it's a must stop.

Robert Sherman

It is a small site, but tells a great story and illuminates an important part of Charleston history. The diorama of the walled city is worth the price of admission.

Jason Garrison

Good history lessons

James Pikover

Good, but beware on summer and hot days. No AC. Definitely worth a visit otherwise.

Noel Bowman

Very educational visit

wesley murphy

Must stop place when you are in Charleston. It is right beside the cumberland st parking lot.

Laurie Pitman

Small but really interesting

Mari Ju

Very small, a bit expensive, $6.

Glen Newman

Lots of pictures and information about this place

Joyce Weir

The oldest public building in SC, 1713!

Andrew Hale

I went as a chaperone with my son's 3rd grade class. The set up, activity, and history were very interesting.

Jason McClure

Wonderful piece of history. Informative displays.

Brian Long

Just one room. Quick stop and educational. It is not a "back in time" location.

Derrick Huey

Kind of small but still worth checking out just because its the oldest public building in Charleston

Marshall Willis

A great picture of the early colonial history of Charles Town. The oldest public building the the state of South Carolina!

Carol Swan

Very interesting and the staff is very knowledgeable

Cathleen Thomas

Just one more historic building preserved for Charleston's rich cultural heritage to add to the list. Really cool place and helps kids to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together.

Nicholas LaRocque

Pirate tour is amazing

Michael Warfield

The best little Museum in downtown Charleston

ruthann fields

Nice museum

diane carithers

Hands on exhibits a great place young and old.

elvis McLovin

A very cool small museum in the heart of charleston thats also the oldest building in charleston.

Nick Hollingsworth

History you can see and touch.

Jack Halls

Staff was wonderful. Small but interesting museum. I love to find these little corners of history. Admission was fair and gift shop is nice.

Steve Dampman

Very cool little museum. It’s all about the history and the experience. Well worth the $6 admission!

jeff testolin

We got in free without Charleston pass so I can't complain to heavily. It's the oldest spot in the area and consists of a single room, with museum style artifacts around the perimeter with info cards to learn about where ammo was housed. It took about 5 minutes for us, but we're not a heavy history family. Some cool facts, and if you have the pass and you're in the area, stop in. If not, move along.

Mike Hoehn

Somewhat disappointing for the price.

Matthew Gregg

Must see historic location.

John Sloan

Fantastic tour, great demonstrations, informed staff- a must see!

Brian Deppen

Great little museum and staff was outstanding!

Brent Hughes

Very neat and fun especially if you're not from this area.

Kristen D. Morris

Great place for history however go with another site too because it is a smaller museum. They did shoot the gun for us when we went as a group of teachers. :)

Avrcher

Really cool to go to

Julius Laurent

Very educational. I loved the group rate!

Marina Moro

(Translated by Google) Quite full though small. The staff very friendly. (Original) Bastante completo aunque pequeño. El staff muy amable.

Evan Guthrie

The Powder Magazine on Cumberland Street in Charleston is a great piece of history to be a part of experience. It is cool that there is a building that is from Charleston in 1713 that is still standing and that you can feel and walk through. You can feel all of the history and all of the years in the air that is part of the building. The vibe and atmosphere is made complete with really cool flute and pipe music that is continuously playing and gets you all excited like you stepped in a time machine. I really like all the displays and all of the historical perspective and education that is on display. I feel like I am able to learn something new every time I come here and there is just enough here that it does not take all day to see everything.

Jim Palmer

Cute museum gift shop in the lobby. Has wonderful gifts for kids under 14.