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Clemson Area African American Museum

The Clemson Area African American Museum (CAAAM), in Clemson, South Carolina, is a leading cultural institution in the city and the only museum in Pickens County, South Carolina devoted to African American history.

The Clemson Area African American Museum (CAAAM), in Clemson, South Carolina, is a leading cultural institution in the city and the only museum in Pickens County, South Carolina devoted to African American history. The museum is in the former Calhoun Colored School, which served African American elementary school students in Clemson between 1949 and the 1970s. CAAAM focuses on how Africans and their descendants shaped upstate South Carolina and the rural South. The museum houses an archival collection of books, documents, artifacts, other cultural objects, and oral histories related to African American life in upstate South Carolina.