National Steeplechase Museum logo - Camden, South Carolina Meadowbrook Timber painting by J.W. Golinkin - The American Sporting Scene -  National Steeplechase Museum - Camden, South Carolina

Photo credit: "Meadowbrook" by J.W. Golinkin - The American Sporting Scene

About Us

THE MISSION

The mission of the Museum is to foster public interest in the sport of American Steeplechasing and reaching the broadest audience through public events, publications and exhibitions. The Museum is a repository for documents, photographs, trophies, memorabilia, interactive exhibits and film all of which entertain and inform. It is the only institution in the United States dedicated solely to the national story of steeplechasing and to the horses, people and places that have influenced its history.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Austin A. Brown
  • The Honorable Robert F. Chapman
  • John L. Cushman
  • William duPont, III
  • Henry R.C. Elser
  • William S. Farish III
  • The Honorable Laurie Slade Funderburk
  • Edward M. Royall
  • Mrs. George Sensor
  • Robert J. Sheheen
  • Jonathan Sheppard
  • Anne duPont Shirley
  • Beverly R. Steinman
  • George Strawbridge, Jr.
  • Dale K. Thiel
  • Maxwell L. Wood

ADVISORY COUNCIL

  • Austin Brown
  • Nixon Ellis
  • William Farish
  • William Lickle
  • Jonathan Sheppard
  • Graham Snelling
  • William Steinkraus
  • John Von Stade
  • Peter Winants
  • Sylvia Wood

STAFF

  • Hope H. Cooper,
    • Executive Director
    • Box 2424
    • Camden, SC 29020
    • hopecooper@InfoAve.Net
    • Phone(803) 432-6513 EX 14
    • Fax (803) 432-4062