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Although many are not aware of it, Greenville, SC, ranks 13th in the nation for art galleries. We also have some wonderful museums that feature local artists as well as national and international exhibits. No longer do you have to go to New York or Chicago to have the opportunity to experience wonderful art.

Galleries:

The Glass Feather
Tour this unforgettable mountaintop shopping destination offering glorious views, wildflower gardens, and fused glass creations for home and garden. Each piece is made by hand and signed by the artists. Since 1982! Fantastic bowls, nightlights, platters, garden works, clocks, masks, wall art. Open April-Dec Wed-Sat 10-5. 828.885.8457

Museums:

Greenville County Museum of Art
The Greenville County Museum of Art offers its visitors a way to sample the very best in American art through traveling exhibitions and exhibitions drawn from its own collection. It also offers art classes, evening programs, and information for teachers and school classes.

Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council
The Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) is the only organization in Greenville, South Carolina working daily to support every discipline of the arts. MAC provides support to area arts organizations and many individual artists through its grants program, through its cultural planning process, by advocating on behalf of all artists and arts groups, and by providing cooperative marketing opportunities promoting arts groups that might not have resources available to them. The organization also maintains a calendar of art events in the Greenville area.

Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities
The Governor's School presents classes on creative writing, dance, drama, music, and the visual arts, and hosts many performances and concerts throughout the year.

Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University
The Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University, recognized as the “largest collection of religious art in the Western Hemisphere,” features works by major artists such as Rubens, van Dyck, Reni, Tintoretto, Le Brun, Cranach, Ribera, and Murillo, aesthetically exhibited with period furniture, sculpture, tapestries, and porcelains.

Roper Mountain Science Center
Owned and operated by the School District of Greenville County, the Science Center's primary purpose is to provide high quality enhancement to the school district's classroom curriculum. Through its numerous hands-on and attention-grabbing science programs available to school-age children, the Science Center has earned a reputation throughout the state of providing students with dynamic, entertaining and thought-provoking science programs that, no doubt, are leading many of today's students into future careers in science.
The Roper Mountain Science Center is located off I-385 at Exit 37 (Roper Mountain Road); cross over the Interstate bridge and the entrance is the second road on the right.

16th SC Volunteers Museum of Confederate History
The 16th South Carolina Volunteers Museum of Confederate History boasts a large and growing collection of artifacts and memorabilia from the War Between the States. The collection includes firearms, photographs, flags, edged weapons, currency, clothing, letters, newspapers, and other items from military and home life.






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