Museum · Downtown
International African American Museum
14 Wharfside Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
A museum on the Cooper River waterfront where Gadsden's Wharf once stood, telling the story of the African American journey. It has permanent galleries, a memorial garden, the Center for Family History and a calendar of talks, workshops and festivals.
Permanent exhibitions
- Atlantic Worlds: the forced migration of Africans through the Atlantic slave trade
- South Carolina Connections: Gullah Geechee culture and Lowcountry history
- American Journeys: African American history from the colonial era to today
- African Ancestors Memorial Garden on the site of Gadsden's Wharf
- Center for Family History, a genealogy research center
