About Us

The Village Museum is a small non-profit museum that offers exhibits featuring the local history of the St. James Santee Parish and the Village of McClellanville. The timeline includes the Seewee Indians, the postwar farmer and the rise of the seafood industry in McClellanville. The Village Museum opened in April 1999 and has been acclaimed as one of the finest small town museums in the state. 

Exhibits demonstrate a time line of history beginning with the villages of the Seewee Indians and the settlement at Jamestown, S.C. by the French Huguenots, through the rice planting on the Santee River plantations and the establishment of the Town of McClellanville as a coastal resort. Displays also tell of the simple lifestyle of the the postwar farmer, the rise of timber harvesting in the 20th Century and the growth of the local seafood industry. The museum attempts to both educate its visitors as well as entertain them.

Museum Hours

• Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm (closed for lunch noon - 1 pm)

Admission

• ​Members Admitted - Free                
• Adult non-members - $5.00                
• Seniors - $4.00
• ​Children and Students - Free          
• Groups - please call in advance for special pricing