Museum and Library of Confederate History in Greenville, South Carolina

While in Greenville, South Carolina, we wanted to swing by the Museum and Library of Confederate History!

We ended up spending a good amount of time here, as there is a lot to see!  The museum has several rooms of items from the Civil War, and, as the name of the museum suggests, they are very pro-Confederate.  All of the relics here are from the states that seceded.

This museum, located in a residential area in Greenville, has several rooms packed with impressive items.  Weapons, uniforms and photos are everywhere.  There is also a research room where you can look up your last name and see if any of your people fought for the South.  I've checked before, but I still flipped through the books.  All of my people wore blue.

The museum has a very hands on feel, which is rare for a museum with so many impressive relics.  Sure, no one offered to let me swing John Hunt Morgan's sword around, but they did let me handle a couple of guns from the Civil War which was very thrilling!


Our tour through the museum was pretty much self guided, but there were several volunteers there happy to talk about anything on display when asked.  With the staff's knowledge, and the library area, there were many sources of information to help a visitor find out more about the Civil War in their area, and even their personal history relating to the conflict.

One guide told us about the black mourning clothes worn by widows...  and how the dye may contain poison!

I really enjoyed looking at the museum's collection of Confederate notes (money!).  This is something very fascinating to me....  money that once had value- then was worthless, but is now valued as a collectible.  Luckily, the museum actually sells some affordable examples in their gift shop!

I really enjoyed my visit to this museum in South Carolina.  There are some great items to see.