Of all the things you’d least expect to find in South Carolina, a kazoo factory and museum might top the list! But we have it! Hidden right in sleepy Beaufort is The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory, Museum, and Gift Shop and it’s weirdly wonderful. Take a look:
One of the very last kazoo factories in the U.S. is located right in Beaufort in an unassuming building that also houses a museum and a gift shop.
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And a visit here is sure to broaden your awareness of the membranophone known as the kazoo, which creates sound by manipulating or vibrating a stretched membrane when a user hums into it.
Google Maps/The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory, Museum, and Gift Shop A tour of the kazoo factory will not only teach you about the instrument itself, but also will give you a chance…
To make one of your very own. What could be more fun than taking a tour and making your own musical instrument?
TripAdvisor/Czell Kids and adults alike love touring the Kazoobie Kazoo Factory and Museum.
Kazoobie Kazoo Factory is America’s largest kazoo manufacturer, making an average of about 5,000 kazoos each day. That’s about 1.7 million kazoos each year!
TripAdvisor/red69hoss See the work in progress, ask questions, and then roll up your sleeves to make one of your own while on the tour.
Of course, you can always skip the tour and just peruse the museum and gift shop.
Google Maps/The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory, Museum, and Gift Shop There are plenty of freshly made kazoos for sale. Pick one up and then hum into it all the way home in the car!
Want a little more sound from your kazoo? Pick up a Kazoobie-made Kazobo, which features a 10-inch horn that projects the sound a bit more than the regular kazoo. Or…
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Pick up a Kazoobie-made Wazoo and blast your sound through the roof!
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Tours are offered Monday through Friday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at cost of $9 for adults 12 and up and $7 for kids ages 4-11.
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Learn more and purchase tour tickets on the official website for The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory in Beaufort!
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A tour of the kazoo factory will not only teach you about the instrument itself, but also will give you a chance…
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Kids and adults alike love touring the Kazoobie Kazoo Factory and Museum.
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See the work in progress, ask questions, and then roll up your sleeves to make one of your own while on the tour.
There are plenty of freshly made kazoos for sale. Pick one up and then hum into it all the way home in the car!
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But wait! There’s oodles of things to do while you’re in Beaufort. Shop for unique gift items at Lulu’s, take in a drive-in movie at the Hwy. 21 Drive-In, and visit the 1500s capital of Florida.
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Address: 12 John Galt Rd, Beaufort, SC 29906, USA
