Our State, Our Stories: A South Carolina State Museum Podcast

In the final episode of our premiere season, find out how we have been working to ensure the State Museum is accessible for all South Carolinians through building renovations, special events and more.

Through the better part of the 19th century in the Old Edgefield district of South Carolina, enslaved African American potter David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter,” created countless ceramic jugs. Today, his work has made it to the Met. Go behind-the-scenes in collections storage to examine his work and explore the history of this important South Carolina artist.

For 35 years the South Carolina State Museum has been welcoming guests and students from all over the state - and the world. How is the museum planning for the next 35 years? Find out with this in-depth interview with the museum's Executive Director, Amy Bartow-Melia.

The museum's iconic 43-ft long Megalodon replica, "Finn", has been "hanging out" on the second floor for decades. In this special mini-episode, find out how a local artist crafted this memorable piece from tip to tail and explore how this giant shark made its way to the museum.

Go behind-the-scenes with museum collections staff and learn more about the 1.1 million objects, artifacts, artwork, fossils and specimens in the care of the State Museum.

For more than 30 years museum staff and guests have been telling tales about an overall wearing, headless museum ghost named "Bubba." In this special mini-episode, we explore how a tragic, true event in the mill's past may have evolved into this modern-day ghost story.

In the debut episode of our first-ever podcast, we explore how the world's first fully electric textile mill became South Carolina's largest multi-disciplinary museum.

Our State, Our Stories, the South Carolina State Museum's first-ever podcast, is launching on October 10, 2023. Take a sneak peek and start subscribing now!