List of museums in West Virginia
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This list of museums in West Virginia encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Town/City | County | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avampato Discovery Museum | Charleston | Art | web, part of Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia | |
| Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia | Martinsburg | Science / Art | web | |
| General Adam Stephen House and Triple Brick Museum | Martinsburg | Historic house | ||
| Historic Shepherdstown Museum | Shepherdstown | History | web | |
| Huntington Museum of Art | Huntington | Art | ||
| Jefferson County Museum | Charles Town | History | web | |
| John Brown Wax Museum | Harpers Ferry | History | web | |
| Museum of Radio and Technology | Huntington | Science | ||
| West Virginia Railroad Museum | Elkins | Railway | Museum being planned | |
| Point Pleasant River Museum | Point Pleasant | Mason | Waterways & Culture | web Displays & History of: great floods, boat construction, sternwheel steamers, river disasters, river industry, contribution to World War II, a full scale pilot house simulator, 2400 GAL native fish aquarium and a research library. |
| WV State Farm Museum | Point Pleasant | Mason | Farm Artifacts | web Buildings of historical value, log cabins and tools, early farmhouse and furnishing, machinery, an operational 19th century blacksmith shop, turn-of-the-century doctor's and newspaper offices. |
[edit] See also
- Arboreta in West Virginia (category)
- Botanical gardens in West Virginia (category)
- Historic landmarks in West Virginia
- Houses in West Virginia (category)
- Forts in West Virginia (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in West Virginia
- Observatories in West Virginia (category)
- Registered Historic Places in West Virginia
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