Natural Curiosity: University of SC and the Evolution of Scientific Inquiry in the Natural World

An exciting new installation of USC's natural history collections, 3rd Floor

Through the hundreds of specimens available in the library, the Museum visitor can travel the world through minerals. Gold from South Carolina, amethyst from Brazil, malachite from Namibia, fluorite from England, and skutterudite from Morocco are just a few of the minerals on display.

In 1965, through the generosity of the estate of Bernard Mannes Baruch, the University of South Carolina received an extensive collection of 18th and early 19th century British silver. This collection, numbered in excess of 450 pieces, had been assembled in the early 20th century by Baruch's wife, Annie Griffen Baruch.