Offsite Tours
Explore historic sites in Columbia and Richland County through guided walking and bus tours. Travel to the historic sites by participating in these public programs and group tour offerings. These tours showcase historic sites and provide historical context to the people, architecture, and events that made them significant.
Bus Tours
You get the bus, we give the tour! Historic Columbia offers a variety of engaging driving tours of historically significant areas of Richland County, including themed tours like the African American History Tour, Columbia City of Women Tour, and more! Any of our bus tours may be booked for groups of 10 or more with advance registration.
Walking Tours
There are many options for exploring our local history by visiting historic sites throughout Richland County. We offer monthly, guided Walking Tours that typically run 75 minutes. We also offer any of our walking tours to groups of 10 or more with advance registration.
Upcoming Walking Tours
See All Events23 Feb
Sunday, February 23rd: 1 — 2:30 p.m.
1800 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Join Historic Columbia for a stroll through the Arsenal Hill neighborhood. Established in 1842, Arsenal Hill became a desirable residential area for white elites during the antebellum era and then for middle- and working-class Black residents during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Participants will learn how these residences, combined with spiritual, educational, and governmental institutions, resulted in an eclectic mix of architecture and dynamic community histories.