Gibbes Museum of Art

Founded in 1905, this art museum in Charleston's historic district houses a collection focused on American art with strong ties to the South and the Lowcountry. Its Beaux-Arts building, crowned by a stained-glass dome, displays paintings, sculpture, and a renowned collection of miniature portraits spanning three centuries. Galleries trace the region's artistic heritage from colonial portraiture to contemporary work, and rotating exhibitions bring in national and international art.