Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston

Oh my gosh...can you say RUDE dude at the front desk. Gee whiz. If it wasn't on my list to see, I would have walked out. The museum has amazing history. Take the time to read all of the walls. There is SO much to read and it really is worth it. It's not things that were taught in school. My husband and I left there talking about several things we learned - made great conversation pieces. The building is 2 stories. The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum slave auction gallery. Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina.

A disappointing experience. The museum is located on the site of one of the most active slave auctions yet the museum consists of placards with descriptive stories and pictures. There are just a handful of actual artifacts. There is nothing to make a visitor feel the horror of what took place there. The museum is self guided leaving poinant stories to the attentive reader rather than reenactment or audio description or guided tour. It leaves me feeling it could have been anywhere.

Prices are worth it and the staff is very informative and kind. it was a great museum. I loved that it was built right at the auction spot I felt like my ancestors were there with me definitely recommend going

A most informative interpretive tour of the most tragic part of our national history. Not sure what the other reviewers are complaining about when they claim that this is not a guided tour. This is not set up to be a guided tour. The cashier upon admitting us did give an impressive, brief overview of the seven year history of this building as a “slave mart.”

The museum staff are great. It is a priceless piece of history. The museum is very small considering the price but has some great artifacts and stories. The human whip brought me near tears. In a very old part of town with ballast stone roads