The museum is an educational institute that is dedicated to preserving and maintaining the historical significance of Dorchester County and Summerville. The mission of Summerville Dorchester Museum is to collect, exhibit, and preserve artifacts and to impart education that is related to the natural history and culture of Dorchester County and Summerville.
The museum was started by a group of citizens led by Robert Pratt. The group met for the first time on May 02, 1991. Soon the group started working on the museum and by December 1992, the renovated museum was opened. The museum is housed in an old Police Department Building.
If you are planning to take your own vehicle to the museum, you can use the additional parking that is available directly behind the museum. There is no entry fee for children below 3. For those between 4 to 12 years, you have to pay a concessional fee. Children above 12 years are treated at par with adults and there is no discount on their tickets.
There is a special discount for students who visit the Museum with their teachers. Entry is free for teachers and up to 2 Chaperones per class. The museum can also be used for activities other than the official museum business. For this, you will have to pay a flat fee plus charges for every hour of usage.
The museum is not huge but they keep adding new items to ensure that people have something to look forward to when they visit the museum. When you visit the museum, don’t miss out the chance to learn out the journey of Summerville
from pre-historic time to the present. Also, make sure you check the schedule with kid’s activities, as they organize many educational and fun activities for kids. The volunteers and staff members are extremely helpful and may also offer guided tour of the museum.
