Yup.  It is what the Charleston Museum has always claimed, anyway.

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:32 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] According to Today in History, on this date

1773 The first public museum in America was
established, in Charleston, S.C. 

Can anybody confirm or deny?  Any know of an earlier
museum in the US?

Indigo Nights
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