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Looking for the perfect shopping experience? Spartanburg provides a plethora of unique shops; let this be the window to your browsing pleasure. If you have comments, please email us!
Galleries:
The Glass Feather
Tour this unforgettable mountaintop shopping destination offering glorious views, wildflower gardens, and fused glass creations for home and garden. Each piece is made by hand and signed by the artists. Since 1982! Fantastic bowls, nightlights, platters, garden works, clocks, masks, wall art. Open April-Dec Wed-Sat 10-5.  828.885.8457
Museums:
The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg
Welcome to the Arts in Spartanburg. This site will outline for you the cultural activities taking place in Spartanburg, SC. For specific information on organizations supported by The Arts Partnership you may select that organization and learn more about it. Located at The Arts Center, 385 South Spring Street,Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306  864-583-2776, Fax 864-948-5353.
BMW Zentrum
See the cars, the speed, the innovation – all for free in the only BMW museum in North America. The Zentrum is part meeting and events center, part café, part gallery, and part time machine. Located next to the only BMW manufacturing plant in the US, this museum of motion offers something for everyone.
Carolina Foothills Artisan Center
The Carolina Foothills Artisan Center is organized and shall operate exclusively as a nonprofit corporation to develop the educational, artistic, cultural and economic growth of the Upstate by providing means for North and South Carolina artists to demonstrate the creative process and to showcase the products of their talents to a wide variety of citizens and by providing a place for citizens to learn about and purchase the work of Carolina artisans.
Hampton Heights Historic District
Hampton Heights was founded in the 1880's and '90's. The first residents were upper middle-class professionals who built large Victorian homes, including a number in the style that became known as Queen Anne. In the early decades of the twentieth century, these Victorian houses gave way to an explosion of Arts and Crafts bungalows. Hampton Heights is now a wonderfull diverse inner-city neighborhood.
Magnolia Street Station
Built in 1904, the station is currently home to Amtrak and to the Spartanburg Convention and Vistors Bureau. A 1996 fire gutted the interior of the station; much of the credit for its survival goes to then-16 year old Trey Davis, a Spartanburg native who initiated a campaign to save station in the week after the fire.
For additional information on Spartanburg's historic depot and the successful restoration campaign, visit Reconnecting America.
Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College
The Milliken Gallery hosts visiting exhibits, as well as exhibits by the students and faculty of the Converse Department of Art and Design. The Gallery maintains approximately six shows per year. The Price House
Thomas Price built this house on 144 acres in Woodruff, SC around 1795. The farm grew to be over 2000 acres. Come see this beautiful, old-timey house in the Upstate.
The Regional Museum of History of Spartanburg County
The Regional Museum was established in 1961 with a grant from the Spartanburg County Foundation. In 1999, the Museum moved to the "old Belk" building on Main Street in Spartanburg.
The Sandor Teszler Library at Wofford College
In service since the fall of 1969 and named as one of the "Outstanding Buildings of the Year" by the South Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the library at Wofford College was dedicated in 1971 and named for Sandor Teszler, a well-known textile leader. The downstairs gallery houses art collections with a changing schedule of exhibitions through the course of each year.
Sparklenet.com
Sparklenet.com is a search engine for local arts, culture, and education.
The Spartanburg Arts Center & The Gallery
Includes exhibits by local, regional and international artists. All work on display in the Gallery section is available for purchase. Open 9am-5pm Monday thru Friday; 10am-5pm Saturday; 2pm-5pm Sunday. Located at 385 S. Spring Street 864-583-2776
The Spartanburg County Museum of Art.
The Spartanburg County Museum of Art is a regional museum supporting the arts by: supporting educational programming; sponsoring diverse exhibitions; acquiring, displaying and conserving a permanent collection; and providing appropriate places for achieving its mission. Located at The Arts Center, 385 South Spring Street,Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306 864-582-7616 , Fax 864-948-5353.
The Spartanburg Science Center
Offers programs in natural history and science to schools, scout troupes, summer camps, parks and recreations centers, and other interested groups. Has a portable Star lab planetarium available for programs. 864-583-2777
University of South Carolina - Upstate Art Gallery
The Humanities and Performing Arts Center at USC - Upstate is home to an Art Gallery that hosts exhibitions by area artists. Visit the Featured Events section of the university's webpage for information on current and upcoming exhibitions.
Walnut Grove Plantation
Walnut Grove Plantation is on land granted in 1763 by King George III to Charles Moore when the area was known as the backcountry. The documented collection of antique furnishings and accessories vividly portrays living conditions in Spartanburg County prior to 1805.
Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville, SC
The Greenville County Museum of Art offers its visitors a way to sample the very best in American art through traveling exhibitions and exhibitions drawn from its own collection. It also offers art classes, evening programs, and information for teachers and school classes.
Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
The Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University, recognized as the “largest collection of religious art in the Western Hemisphere,” features works by major artists such as Rubens, van Dyck, Reni, Tintoretto, Le Brun, Cranach, Ribera, and Murillo, aesthetically exhibited with period furniture, sculpture, tapestries, and porcelains.
16th SC Volunteers Museum of Confederate History
Greenville, SC
The 16th South Carolina Volunteers Museum of Confederate History boasts a large and growing collection of artifacts and memorabilia from the War Between the States. The collection includes firearms, photographs, flags, edged weapons, currency, clothing, letters, newspapers, and other items from military and home life.
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