This is a fantastic place to learn the eclectic history of Aiken County. Great volunteers and employees, knowledgeable about various parts of our history. Theres a lovely little gift shop with a variety of interesting items from shirts and scarves to toys to books and postcards. We have a great time every visit! The museum runs on donations only, so please be as generous as possible. Weve gone many times! Easy to tie in to our homeschool lessons!

Beautiful building and very helpful staff. A great stop on our travels

Spent the weekend wandering around Aiken, SC looking at history. The Historical Museum was closed, but I did take some pics for my memoires. Hopefully I will go back for the Banksia tour soon. The mansion grounds are well maintained from the outside. Free parking is available.Will update once I actually do the tour.

Beautiful building, informative exhibits. Unfortunately, hey have the second floor closed off, citing COVID-19 as the excuse. David was very kind and showed us the cabin and schoolhouse that have been moved onto the property.

Excellent. Museum wasnt open when I first got there and I had errands to run. The staff offered me to leave my phone number and they would call me when the museum store opened. Went back and found just the book I was looking for that was written by a local author.

A great spot to learn and find out about Aikens historical roots

Went to see the quilts for the show. Talented artists with cloth and sewing machines!

There is so much history to learn about. Prepare to spend a couple of hours. There are three floors and so much to see. Beautiful museum.

Beautiful place to visit. Be sure and tour when you can.

Always one of the best things to see in Aiken. Very informative and interesting. It is Free!Today (3/8/2020) there is an event where you can meet Aiken Standards outstanding photographers.Make sure you see downstairs, upstairs, and every nook and cranny in between. History is important and so well displayed at the Banksia.

This was a nice place to check out. Such a shame they dont have any of the original furniture. Huge huge house.

Great day trip destination with lots to explore! Our family came from the Columbia area to visit with our two young daughters and even they enjoyed it! They have an expansive collection of historical artifacts and a lot of interesting exhibits. Would highly recommend visiting if youre in the area!

Wonderfully large and informative museum. Great quality exhibits as well as great quantity of exhibits. Could spend a whole day in this building easily. Will definitely be back.

This is an excellent museum and I highly recommend it. They have a vast amount of history in this museum! They also have excellent staff!

So many things in this place. Really great local museum.

We moved from Mesa AZ two years ago to Aiken. Finally got to tour the museum with some friends who came to visit us. It was very informative, very cool and was a lot of fun. Loved learning all about the history of this area.

A beautiful, historic Winter Colony home, has wonderful historic exhibits of Aiken County. Has many other theme exhibits, great place for a party it is always charming and a fun place.

Very interesting.

Expansive, well cared for, can spend hours learning about local involvement of community in regional and national history... Friendly, professional staff recognized in their industry for their credentials

This is a neat place to visit whether youre on your own or with the family.

Beautiful piece of history to visit and learn a lot about Aiken. I drove past here on my lunch break and decided to check it out, the shrubbery is well maintained as was the rest of the exhibit. They make you feel right at home and were excited to teach me about Aiken’s history. Wonderful place.

Great place to absorb some local history, with the added bonus of enjoying a marvelous old Winter Colony “cottage”.

A real histrorical musuem - many specimens for example guns, painting n furnitures.Very well maintain.The guides are really experience n well prepare.The displays also very good in the sense telling a story.It is free to enter which is doing good deed to society.

Wonderful staff, they are absolutely delighted to tell you everything about Aiken. Great place to really get a good reading on the city in an effort to ascertain the present disposition of the general population. Its sort of this overlooked gem that contains some great information, ranging from the Antebellum period all the way to the current day. You may be surprised to learn that some of the people mentioned in those walls have family members that are now in the same positions of authority and high standing. I find the transfer of power along blood lines to be quite intriguing to say the least

Enjoying the Aiken Garden Show!

Knowledgable staff. Great displays showing local history.

Staff was prompt and courteous. Also very knowledgeable about museum related history.

Excellent historical site and museum.

This place is located in a huge old house kept in great shape. There are so many things to see and stories to read. The staff is extremely knowledgeable on the history of Aiken and the people and the stories of the house and its occupants. A gem in a smaller but historic town. Donations accepted.

Love the museum. Our quilt show will be here November 11, for 3 weeks.

It may look small when you pull up but its deceptive. Going inside the building is huge and quite of a labyrinth. There is so many different histories compiled here! Definitely a great venue for learning about the area.

Enjoyed taking pictures of the grounds and buildings.

Its free (donations accepted). Great for kids! They will love the playroom upstairs, not to mention the old firetrucks in the basement. Lots to see and learn.

A massive amount of information and loads of great things to look at.

They have the old items for public.

Beautiful and so much local history. The staff are all so kind and welcoming. We can not wait to come back with all of our kids and grandkids

We had a most excellent time driving through through the area we one once knew. It brought warm thoughts.

Love the museum and the gift shop

Very interesting place. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable

Great place to visit.

Free, large, interesting, and kind, knowledgeable docents!

Wonderful quilt show. Quaint place. Friendly people.

Must see place in this area ! Dont miss the basement exhibits, no..no..no..history !

Beautiful setting for an in depth museum! It explores the many people who contributed to the unique historical tapestry that is Aiken and their effect on our world. Must return, since it takes more than an afternoon to take in its many exhibits.

Clean very educational fun family outing

This place has huge collection of history details. One should visit to spend good amount of time to go around all collection they have. Very informative and staff is very cooperative.

Amazing history information. Very educational.

Enjoyed visiting the museum. It is a trip worth taking and its free. Great way to spend the afternoon.

Very interesting and the garden show was there also.

Worth seeing,I found it to be very interesting. Only problem I had was finding it until using maps!

A lot more exhibits than expected spent several hours there

Always well received and a great place for our meetings.

Highly recommend visiting, it was wonderful

A wonderful place to view the history of our wonderful town and county.

Nice way to learn about Aiken’s history for free.

Very educational thoroughly enjoyed!

Nice place with stories to tell

Go check it out

Its very nice place to visit if want to learn history

Neat small town atmosphere

Excellent

I love how they have the museum set up! Its also great that its a self guided tour.

Museum is ok but old school building is not well take care of. When we try to go and see inside little school was closed and looks moldy and smells moldy too. Another thing museum needs more exhibits.

Much larger than I thought it would be. Lots of exhibits.

Very cool

Had a great time at the haunted tour!

Love this place.

Lovely architecture and informative displays. A nice place for meetings and receptions.

Great place for the family to visit

Nice local history museum

Free and very cool place if you like history. Check it out.

Beautiful!

A beautiful part of Aiken, SC!

Lovely museum, but be prepared for stairs

Multi levels. Lots of info.

I enjoyed vistiing the historical museum

Great place to take the kids

Enjoyed the exhibits & local history

Attended Bloodied & Bagels, loved it

Beautiful

Founders Day!!!

Such a neat place.

Nice local history

Very nice

Great store good people

Lots of content and friendly people.

Aiken history

Meeting place

Lots to see here

Fun

Amazing collection !

Bloody Marys and Bagels 9:00 AM Thanksgiving day

Great museum!

Good

Nice presentation of local Aiken, SC heritage

Great place to visit.

Very nice.