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 The
Pickens County Museum in Pickens houses art and
local history exhibits in a 1902 Victorian jail which resembles a castle.
The Hagood-Mauldin House is a classical Greek revival house featuring 17th and
18th century art and furnishings is also in Pickens, the county seat.
Clemson is the site for the
South Carolina Botanical Garden
with 295 acres
featuring over 2,200 varieties of ornamental plants. The Clemson
University's
Bob Campbell Geology Museum contains a mineral collection of over
5000 specimens, fossils, and more.
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The
Foothills Playhouse located in
Easley in a 240 seat presents six shows a year. The Brooks Center for the
Performing Arts merges professional with educational programming and allows
Clemson University students and areas residents to attend first class performing
art. The
Peace Center in Greenville (12 miles east of Easley) features
well-known national performers, and is the home for the
Greenville
Symphony. Furman University in Greenville invites upstate residents to enjoy a full
spectrum of music on its beautiful campus through the School of Music.
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 Easley
has a new, two story modern 63,000 sq. ft. library complete with a coffee
house ("A Cup Above"), computers for on line use, and room for future expansion.
The
Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library was named after native Kimberly Hampton,
the first female pilot killed in combat in Iraq.
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