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Magnolia Plantation & Gardens vs Old Slave Mart Museum
Both are highly recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Magnolia Plantation & Gardens is preferred by most reviewers compared to Old Slave Mart Museum. Magnolia Plantation & Gardens ranks #3 in Charleston with endorsements from 6 sources such as Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet and Michelin Guide.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Travel + Leisure
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3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414
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Travel + Leisure
"This 1676 spread has welcomed visitors since shortly after the end of the Civil War."
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Fodor's
"Pick and choose from a variety of entertainments at Magnolia Plantation, established in the 1670s by Thomas Drayton."
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And be sure to visit the 19th-century plantation house, which originally stood near Summerville.
Afar Magazine
"Beautiful! Petting zoo... house tours, swamp tours, boat tours, bus tours."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"This popular, partly wild botanical garden (200ha) is renowned for its spring-blooming azaleas, and a plantation house, Magnolia Plantation, that was part of Thomas Drayton's estate in the 17C."
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"Tour a pre-Revolutionary War Plantation House and experience ten rooms filled with antiques, quilts and family heirlooms from the 19th century."
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Old Slave Mart Museum
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Atlas Obscura
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6 Chalmers St., Charleston, SC 29401
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Fodor's
"This is thought to be the state's only existing building that was used for slave auctioning, a practice that ended here in 1863."
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Travel + Leisure
"An intelligent museum in a former slave-trade sales room."
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"The museum tells the stories of the African-Americans who passed through its gates and their contributions to American society and culture. Open M-Sa 9 am-5 pm."
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Atlas Obscura
"South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history. "
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Travel + Leisure
"The museum, housed in a building once used as a gallery where enslaved people were auctioned, tells this tragic story."
