This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Native South Carolina works return to State Museum
After collector Mark Coplan died at 56 four years ago his family repatriated about a quarter of his 450 piece collection to Columbia. The State Museum will pay 125000 over three years, funded by admissions and gifts plus a museum foundation grant, for artworks by Sam Doyle Carl Blair Leo Twiggs Corrie McCallum and Bardin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
State Museum
Mark Coplan
Caplan
Lana
Michael Schlossberg
Atlanta
Oid
Sam Doyle
St. Helena Island
Carl Blair
Greenville
Leo Twiggs
Phil Garrett
Coplan
Garrett