Georgia Southern Museum will sponsor trip to South Carolina State Museum

January 31, 2007

The Georgia Southern Museum is sponsoring a Coastal Plain Adventures trip to the South Carolina State Museum on Saturday, Feb. 10.

The South Carolina State Museum is located in Columbia, S.C. It contains exhibits on fine art, folk and decorative art, cultural history, natural history, science and technology.

Housed in the historic Columbia Mill Textile Building, the South Carolina State Museum currently features an expanded display of its natural history collection as well as exhibits that focus on space and the art of sports photography.

On the day of the trip, the Georgia Southern Museum group will leave from Statesboro on a chartered bus at 8 a.m. and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. Reservations are required and all participants must be at least 13 years of age.

The cost of the trip is $40 per person for members of the Georgia Southern Museum and $45 per person for non-members.

The first 15 adults who sign up will receive a special collections tour of the South Carolina State Museum. The tour will be guided by Jim Knight, the museum’s director of collections and chief curator of natural history.

For more information on the South Carolina State Museum, visit www.museum.state.sc.us. To register for the trip, call the Georgia Southern Museum at (912) 681-5444.