Parris Island Museum

Parris Island Museum Location within South Carolina
Established	January 8, 1975 (1975-01-08)
Location	Building 111, Panama Street Marine Corps Recruit Depot Beaufort, South Carolina United States
Coordinates	32°20′50.9562″N 80°40′38.5″W / 32.347487833°N 80.677361°W / 32.347487833; -80.677361 (Parris Island Museum)
Type	Military History
Website	[1]

The Parris Island Museum is located at Building 111, Panama Street, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. The museum consists of a 10,000-square-foot (930 m²) facility and includes exhibits of the history of the United States Marine Corps as well as the history of the Port Royal region. Exhibits cover the span of time and occupancy of the island, from Native American civilization and French and Spanish colonies to modern day.^[1] Other exhibits display artifacts from the early 19th century to the present day.^[2]

History

Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert E. Cushman, Jr. dedicated the museum on January 8, 1975, in the former War Memorial Building, originally constructed in 1951 as an enlisted recreation center. A year-long renovation of the museum was completed in the spring of 2008.^[2]