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Charleston City MarketvsOld Slave Mart Museum
Charleston City Market and Old Slave Mart Museum are both highly recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Old Slave Mart Museum scores slightly better than Charleston City Market. Old Slave Mart Museum comes in at 89 with endorsements from 6 reviewers such as Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure.
Charleston City Market
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Frommer's
Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide
Where
Condé Nast Traveler
Charleston, SC
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Fodor's "Most of the buildings that make up this popular attraction were constructed between 1804 and the 1830s to serve as the city's meat, fish, and produce market." Full review
Lonely Planet "The historic market is the crowded center of the district, with vendors hawking junky souvenirs from open-air stalls." Full review
Frommer's "Charleston’s City Market dates back to 1788 and remains a fun if touristy place to explore, crammed with arts-and-crafts stalls, restaurants, and the city’s famed Gullah “basket ladies”." Full review
Afar Magazine "The Charleston City Market is home to more than 50 sweetgrass basket weavers who demonstrate their hand-weaving techniques daily." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Today the long sheds offer a virtual flea market of foodstuffs, T-shirts, jewelry and sweet grass baskets." Full review
Where "In the present day, the market is a shopping favorite of locals and tourists alike. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "easily the city’s most distinguishable landmark. " Full review
Old Slave Mart Museum Fodor's
Travel + Leisure Where
Atlas Obscura Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure Frommer's Lonely Planet
6 Chalmers St., Charleston, SC 29401
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Fodor's "This is thought to be the state's only existing building that was used for slave auctioning, a practice that ended here in 1863." Full review
Travel + Leisure "An intelligent museum in a former slave-trade sales room." Full review
Where "The museum tells the stories of the African-Americans who passed through its gates and their contributions to American society and culture. Open M-Sa 9 am-5 pm." Full review
Atlas Obscura "South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history. " Full review
Travel + Leisure "The museum, housed in a building once used as a gallery where enslaved people were auctioned, tells this tragic story."
Travel + Leisure "The Old Slave Mart Museum is located inside a building that was used as an auction gallery where enslaved people were sold. Here, you can learn about the history of slavery in Charleston."
Frommer's "A poignant museum dedicated to African-American history and the slave trade, rare recordings of ex-slaves are preserved inside, along with a permanent exhibit, “Triumph over Slavery.”" Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"African men, women and children were once auctioned off here, now a museum of South Carolina's shameful past." Full review
