Robert Mills House
Visit Historic Columbia’s New “Test Kitchen”
Wednesday, January 15th 2025
Historic Columbia is proud to announce the opening of Heat & Hardship: The Hidden Labor of Enslaved Cooks, which will serve as our “test case” for this interpretive plan. This exhibit reimagines one of the Robert Mills House’s most popular spaces, the warming kitchen, through the installation of hands-on activities that incorporate touch and smell.
Robert Mills House Renovations
Thursday, December 26th 2024
Look at before and after images of the recent capital improvements that changed the look of the Robert Mills House and are better preparing this National Landmark structure for its third century of existence.
Decorating for the holidays, 19th-century style
Monday, December 4th 2023
When it comes to holiday home decor, a lot has changed. When you visit the Robert Mills House and the Hampton-Preston Mansion during our Holiday House Tours, don't expect to find glitz and glam. Compared to our modern displays with bright lights and colored plastic baubles, early 1800s decorations seem...
True Love at the Robert Mills House
Wednesday, February 14th 2018
I was a newspaper photographer when I was a much younger man. During the late 1990s, as that field began to shrink, I went back to graduate school then on to work in the museum field. I’m still a shutterbug though, and I still shoot good old fashioned negative film...
New Bike Share Program Adds a Robert Mills Station
Monday, October 8th 2018
On Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, Mayor Steve Benjamin rolled up to one of Columbia's many new Blue Bike stops to announce the program's official commencement. This system, sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, is in partnership with Canadian bike share company Bewegen Technology, and encourages city folk to consider...
Columbia Museum Community to the Rescue
Wednesday, August 8th 2018
The Robert Mills House was damaged in a summer storm that blew through Columbia on the evening of Sunday, August 5. The historic building's east chimney was hit by lightning, which caused bricks to fall into the house forcing a cloud of ash out of the fireplace and into several...
Bryant & Rafael at Robert Mills
Friday, June 29th 2018
Bryant and Rafael married at the Robert Mills House & Gardens on June 12, 2016. Dressed in sweet tones of ivory and powder blue, the couple prepared to commit their lives to one another in a ceremony as intimate and warm as their affection for one another. In the shade...