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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.
Museums
| Name | Town/City | County | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaland Mansion | Philippi | Barbour | Mountaineer Country | Historic house | 1870 period mansion |
| Adam Stephen House | Martinsburg | Berkeley | Eastern Panhandle | Historic house | Also known as General Adam Stephen House, located next to Triple Brick Museum |
| African-American Heritage Family Museum | Ansted | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | African American | |
| Alexander Campbell Mansion | Bethany | Brooke | Northern Panhandle | Historic house | Operated by Bethany College, early 19th-century period home of college founder Alexander Campbell |
| Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum | Webster | Taylor | Mountaineer Country | Historic house | Home of Anna Jarvis, founder of the Mother's Day holiday |
| Ansted Culture and Heritage Museum | Ansted | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Local history | information |
| Antioch Baptist Church Museum | Ansted | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Local history | information |
| Art Museum of West Virginia University | Morgantown | Monongalia | Mountaineer Country | Art | website, part of West Virginia University |
| The Arts Centre | Martinsburg | Berkeley | Eastern Panhandle | Art | website, includes exhibit gallery |
| Avampato Discovery Museum | Charleston | Kanawha | Metro Valley | Science | Part of the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia, science exhibits, art gallery and a planetarium |
| Babcock State Park | Clifftop | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Mill | Includes Glades Creek Grist Mill |
| B & O Museum of Wheeling | Wheeling | Ohio | Northern Panhandle | Multiple | website, part of West Virginia Northern Community College, exhibits include B & O Railroad memorabilia, Hazel-Atlas Glass Company pieces; also known as West Virginia Northern Community College Alumni Association Museum |
| Barbour County Historical Museum | Philippi | Barbour | Mountaineer Country | Local history | Exhibits include the mummified bodies of two female asylum inmates that were artificially preserved in 1888 |
| Beauchamp-Newman Museum | Elizabeth | Wirt | Mid-Ohio Valley | Local history | Owned and operated by the Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter Daughters of American Pioneers |
| Beckley Exhibition Mine | Beckley | Raleigh | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Mining | Coal mine town, mine and museum, also Youth Museum of Southern WV |
| Belle Boyd House | Martinsburg | Berkeley | Eastern Panhandle | Local history | website, operated by the Berkeley County Historical Society, family home of Civil War spy Belle Boyd |
| Beverly Heritage Center | Beverly | Randolph | Potomac Highlands | Local history | website, combines four historic buildings to tell the story of the Battle of Rich Mountain, the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike, and daily life in a 19th-century rural county seat |
| Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum | Shinnston | Harrison | Mountaineer Country | Local history | website, exhibits include period room displays and antique telephones |
| Birke Art Gallery | Huntington | Cabell | Metro Valley | Art | website, part of Marshall University |
| Blenko Glass Visitor Center and Museum | Milton | Cabell | Metro Valley | Decorative arts | Visitor center includes museum |
| Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park | Parkersburg | Wood | Mid-Ohio Valley | Local history | Includes Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History and rebuilt early 19th-century Blennerhassett Mansion on the island |
| Brooke County Historical Museum | Wellsburg | Brooke | Northern Panhandle | Local history | Industry, early education and pioneer life |
| Bulltown Historic Area | Bulltown | Braxton | Mountain Lakes | Military | Includes the 1863 battlefield of the Battle of Bulltown, a visitor center with exhibits about the town and the battle, and several 19th century log homes and other structures |
| Caboose Museum | Mullens | Wyoming | Southern | Local history | |
| Campbell-Flannagan-Murrell House Museum | Hinton | Summers | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Historic house | website |
| Canyon Rim Visitor's Center | Fayetteville | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Local history | website, one of three visitor centers for New River Gorge National River, area cultural and natural history |
| Capon Bridge Museum | Capon Bridge | Hampshire | Potomac Highlands | Local history | website, information |
| Carnegie Hall, Inc. | Lewisburg | Greenbrier | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Art | Regional cultural center with three fine art exhibit galleries |
| Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park | Summersville | Nicholas | Mountain Lakes | Historic house | 1850s Patterson House Museum includes artifacts from the Battle of Carnifex Ferry |
| Cass Scenic Railroad State Park | Cass | Pocahontas | Potomac Highlands | Railroad | Includes heritage railroad, museum, train shops, recreated 1940s logging camp, model railroads |
| Cedar Creek State Park | Glenville | Gilmer | Mountain Lakes | School | Includes the Pine Run One Room School |
| Central West Virginia Genealogy and History Library and Museum | Weston | Lewis | Mountain Lakes | History | |
| Ceredo Museum | Ceredo | Wayne | Metro Valley | Local history | Facebook site, information, operated by the Ceredo Historical Society |
| Chief Logan State Park | Logan | Logan | Metro Valley | Multiple | Includes Museum in the Park with changing art and history exhibits |
| Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley | Wheeling | Ohio | Northern Panhandle | Children's | website |
| C & O Depot Museum | St. Albans | Kanawha | Metro Valley | Railroad | |
| Coal Heritage Museum | Madison | Boone | Metro Valley | Mining | website, operated by the Bituminous Coal Heritage Foundation, heritage of area coal fields industry |
| Coal Heritage Trail Interpretive Center | Bramwell | Mercer | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Mining | information, West Virginia’s coal history |
| Contentment Historical Complex | Ansted | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Historic house | Mid-19th-century period home of Civil War Col. George Imboden, schoolhouse, museum of historic household and cultural artifacts |
| Cook-Hayman Pharmacy Museum | Morgantown | Monongalia | Mountaineer Country | Medical | website, part of West Virginia University Medical Center, historic pharmacy display open by appointment |
| Country Store and Museum | Glenville | Gilmer | Mountain Lakes | History | General store with antiques and historic shop items |
| Craik-Patton House | Charleston | Kanawha | Metro Valley | Historic house | Mid-19th-century period home operated by the Colonial Dames of America in the state of West Virginia |
| Daughters of the American Revolution Toll House Museum | Barboursville | Cabell | Metro Valley | Local history | website |
| Davis History House | Romney | Hampshire | Potomac Highlands | Historic house | information, operated by the Hampshire County Public Library, 19th-century log house |
| Daywood Gallery | Philippi | Barbour | Mountaineer Country | Art | website, part of Alderson-Broaddus College |
| Doddridge County Museum | West Union | Doddridge | Mountaineer Country | Local history | Facebook site |
| Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park | Hillsboro | Pocahontas | Potomac Highlands | Military | Includes museum with history and artifacts from the American Civil War battle fought at the site |
| Eckhart House | Wheeling | Ohio | Northern Panhandle | Historic house | website, Victorian period house and tea room |
| Fenton Art Glass Museum | Williamstown | Wood | Mid-Ohio Valley | Art | website |
| Fort Ashby | Fort Ashby | Mineral | Potomac Highlands | Military | Mid-18th-century stockade fort erected by order of Col. George Washington during the French and Indian War |
| Fort Edwards | Capon Bridge | Hampshire | Potomac Highlands | History | website, visitor center museum exhibits about the 18th-century frontier fort and the French and Indian War |
| Fort New Salem | Salem | Harrison | Mountaineer Country | Open air | 19th-century log structures |
| Fort Randolph | Point Pleasant | Mason | Metro Valley | Military | Reconstructed American Revolutionary War era fort |
| Fostoria Glass Museum | Moundsville | Marshall | Northern Panhandle | Decorative arts | website, pieces produced by the Fostoria Glass Company |
| Gauley Bridge Historical Museum | Gauley Bridge | Fayette | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Local history | information, scroll to listing |
| Gorby's Vintage Instrument Museum | South Charleston | Kanawha | Metro Valley | Music | information, open by appointment, includes rare and exotic string, woodwind, brass and other instruments |
| Graham House | Lowell | Summers | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Historic house | 18th-century house, includes Saunders One Room School House Museum |
| Greatest Generation Exhibit | Rowlesburg | Preston | Mountaineer Country | Military | website, World War II memorabilia and home life |
| Green Bank Science Center | Green Bank | Pocahontas | Potomac Highlands | Science | website, interactive science exhibits and tours of the Green Bank Telescope |
| The Greenbrier - The Bunker | White Sulphur Springs | Greenbrier | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Military | 1950s secret emergency relocation center |
| The Greenbrier - Presidents' Cottage Museum | White Sulphur Springs | Greenbrier | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | History | History of the Greenbrier and its presidential visitors |
| Greenbrier Military School Memorial Museum | Lewisburg | Greenbrier | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Military | information, history of the defunct Greenbrier Military School |
| Grave Creek Mound | Moundsville | Marshall | Northern Panhandle | Archaeology | Includes the Delf Norona Museum with artifacts from the prehistoric mound |
| Hamilton Round Barn | Mannington | Marion | Mountaineer Country | Farm | |
| Hancock County Museum | New Cumberland | Hancock | Northern Panhandle | Historic house | Victorian period house and display of local history |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Harpers Ferry | Jefferson | Eastern Panhandle | Multiple | Includes many museums and historic sites |
| General Thomas M. Harris School Museum | Harrisville | Ritchie | Mid Ohio Valley | Local history | Operated by the Ritchie County Historical Society |
| Henry Cooper Log Cabin Museum | Parkersburg | Wood | Mid-Ohio Valley | History | Pioneer relics |
| Heritage Farm Museum and Village | Huntington | Wayne | Metro Valley | Open-air | Includes Museum of Progress with home displays from 1850, 1900, to 1925, transportation museum and country store museum |
| Hinton Railroad Museum | Hinton | Summers | New River/Greenbier River Valleys | Railroad | Facebook site |
| Historic Shepherdstown Museum | Shepherdstown | Jefferson | Eastern Panhandle | Local history | |
| History House Museum | Terra Alta | Preston | Mountaineer Country | Local history | Operated by the Preston County Historical Society |
| Huntington Museum of Art | Huntington | Cabell | Metro Valley | Art | |
| Huntington Railroad Museum | Huntington | Cabell | Metro Valley | Railroad | website, operated by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society |
| International Mother's Day Shrine | Grafton | Taylor | Mountaineer Country | History | |
| Jackson's Mill | Weston | Lewis | Mountain Lakes | Open air | Includes Jackson Family Mill Museum, Blaker Grist Mill, McWhorter Cabin, Mountain State Heritage Center and Mary Conrad Cabin |
| Jefferson County Museum | Charles Town | Jefferson | Eastern Panhandle | Local history | website |
| Jenkins Plantation Museum | Lesage | Cabell | Metro Valley | Historic house | Home of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins |
| John Brown Wax Museum | Harpers Ferry | Jefferson | Eastern Panhandle | Wax | website |
| Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum | Wheeling | Ohio | Northern Panhandle | Toy | website, includes toys, model trains, and a scale model of downtown Wheeling |
| Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin | Mathias | Hardy | Potomac Highlands | Local history | Property administered by the State of West Virginia in Lost River State Park |
| Lemuel Chenoweth House & Museum | Beverly | Randolph | Mountaineer Country | Historic house | Mid-19th-century period house |
| Lost River Artisans Cooperative and Museum | Lost River | Hardy | Eastern Panhandle | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_museums_in_West_Virginia