Major expansion of S.C. State Museum to break ground | Arts & Culture

On Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at 10 a.m., the South Carolina State Museum will officially break ground on its long-planned major expansion, Windows to New Worlds.

The $23 million expansion will add a state-of-the-art observatory, digital dome planetarium and theater, and immersive 4D Theater to the museum’s four floors of art, history, natural history and science/technology.

The expansion will add or renovate approximately 70,000 square feet of space at the museum’s historic building at 301 Gervais St. in Columbia.