Exchange and Provost, Charleston, S.C.

Our last stop on Charleston's Museum Mile was the Exchange and Provost Dungeon.





To the right is our tour guide. An animontronic figurine is to the left.

The tour provides a lot of historic info about the city, pirates, George Washington's visit and the city's part in the American Revolution.

Down in the dungeon, you'll find animontronic figurines that'll tell stories about the prison and building. On the way to Charleston, we met a couple who used to volunteer as pirates and other characters at the Exchange. Now that the museum uses mechanical storytellers, there's no need for real people, except for the lone tour guide.





This is a well with water and fake rats located in the dungeon.
It's supposed to show the horrid conditions prisoners had to stay in.

I think that is unfortunate because it would be neat to talk with various people about the building and its history. I'm sure providing more than one volunteer would offer a greater depth of knowledge about the building than one tour guide and prerecorded machines could provide (though our guide was very knowledgeable).

Still, this is a good stop along the Museum Mile.

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