• Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the bombardment of Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    National Monument South Carolina

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  • Fort Sumter Elevators Out Of Service

    The elevators at Fort Sumter are out of service until further notice. Disabled visitors departing from Liberty Square will have access to restrooms on board the ferry boat while at Fort Sumter. For more information, please call (843) 883-3123.

Bookstore

Bookstore at Fort Sumter Visitor Center
 

The park's bookstores are operated by Eastern National, a cooperating association of the National Park Service. Eastern National offers books and other educational items relating to the interpretive themes of Fort Sumter National Monument. There are stores located at the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square, at Fort Sumter, and at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center on Sullivan's Island. A percentage of the proceeds from all sales are donated to the interpretive program of Fort Sumter National Monument.

To contact the park bookstore, call 843-577-0242 x 12 or send e-mail.

You can also browse and purchase a limited selection of material online.

Did You Know?

The General Beauregard is a ferry boat operated by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc.

Visitors without their own boat cannot reach Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie. A concession-operated ferry service takes visitors to Fort Sumter from downtown Charleston and Mount Pleasant. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC More...