EdVenture
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EdVenture is the largest children's museum in the Southeast, located in Columbia, South Carolina
. EdVenture opened to the public in 2003. It has 8 galleries covering 67000 square feet (6,224.5 m²), plus hands-on exhibits, 2 resource centers, and a 200-seat theater. 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) of the total 67000 square feet (6,224.5 m²) is devoted to exhibit galleries, laboratories and visitor amenities. An additional 7000 square feet (650.3 m²) of outdoor gallery space is located just outside the museum's front door. Within the total 74000 square feet (6,874.8 m²) there are approximately 350 individual hands-on exhibits. There is also a statue of 'Eddie' on the first floor of the museum which children can climb into and learn about the insides of people.
It is located at 211 Gervais Street in midtown Columbia, next to the South Carolina State Museum
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Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
. EdVenture opened to the public in 2003. It has 8 galleries covering 67000 square feet (6,224.5 m²), plus hands-on exhibits, 2 resource centers, and a 200-seat theater. 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) of the total 67000 square feet (6,224.5 m²) is devoted to exhibit galleries, laboratories and visitor amenities. An additional 7000 square feet (650.3 m²) of outdoor gallery space is located just outside the museum's front door. Within the total 74000 square feet (6,874.8 m²) there are approximately 350 individual hands-on exhibits. There is also a statue of 'Eddie' on the first floor of the museum which children can climb into and learn about the insides of people.
It is located at 211 Gervais Street in midtown Columbia, next to the South Carolina State Museum
South Carolina State Museum
The South Carolina State Museum, located in Columbia, South Carolina, is the largest museum in the Southeastern United States. Positioned on an old shipping canal on the Congaree River that dates back to pre-Civil War times, the museum is widely recognized as a resource for South Carolina history...
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