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Dock Street Theatre
135 Church Street / phone: 843-720-3968
Home of Charleston Stage Company, the historic Dock Street Theatre is to reopen for the Spoleto Festival 2010 after a three year renovation. Built in 1736 it is considered the oldest theatre building of its kind in the country.
Emmett Robinson Theatre, Simons Center for the Arts
54 St. Philip Street / phone: 843-953-5604
Theatre Department venue for the College of Charleston School of the Arts, it is housed in the Simons Center for the Arts. the theatre seat just over 300 patrons and is also a Spoleto Festival venue.
Fort Sumter
1214 Middle Street / phone: 843-883-3910
Decades of growing strife between North & South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort. Fort Sumter surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly 4 years to get it back.
Memminger Auditorium
56 Beaufain Street / phone: 843-579-3100
A theater that was once part of the Memminger Girls School, the building was recently restored as a venue for downtown Charleston, it now hosts the Charleston Symphony and Spoleto events.
Middleton Place Planation
4300 Ashley River Road / phone: 843-556-6020
The grand plantation house was burned during the Civil War, but the magnificent grounds and outbuildings are renown for letting visitors glimpse the splendor of the past. Gardens, House Museum and Stableyards are open daily.
South Carolina Aquarium
100 Aquarium Wharf / phone: 843-720-1990
Featuring South Carolina’s watery habitats from mountain streams to the Atlantic coast and all places in between, the Aquarium has over 60 exhibits and houses thousands or live plants and animals.
