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The Culture Center



The West Virginia State Museum is dedicated to inspiring, educating and enriching the lives of the public by instilling a deeper understanding and sense of pride through the collection, preservation and exhibition of diverse cultural and historic traditions, focusing on every aspect of West Virginia history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology from all geographic regions - representing the people, land and industries. West Virginia’s story is shared by traveling through a series of scenic environments that represent a variety of places significant to our historical timeline. Visitors will hear stories of West Virginia history related to the following topics:

The Show Path

Please see attached for museum map, English version and Spanish version, to follow each Discovery Room.

Discovery Room 1
1: An Ancient Land
 Discovery Room 2
2: Prehistoric People
 Discovery Room 3
3: Conflict and Settlement
 Discovery Room 4
4: Frontier Life
Discovery Room 5
5: John Brown's Raid
 Discovery Room 6
6: The War within a State
 Discovery Room 7
7: The Case for Statehood
 Discovery Room 8
8: The Big City
Discovery Room 9
9: The Family Farm
 Discovery Room 10
10: The Company Store
 Discovery Room 11
11: Changing Roles of Women
 Discovery Room 12
12: Trains and Railroads
Discovery Room 13
13: Boats and Rivers
 Discovery Room 14
14: Industrialization
 Discovery Room 15
15: The Mining Life
 Discovery Room 16
16: The State Capitol
Discovery Room 17
17: It's Not all Work
 Discovery Room 18
18: The Great Depression
 Discovery Room 19
19: The Mine Wars
 Discovery Room 20
20: West Virginians at War
Discovery Room 21
21: Late 20th Century
 Discovery Room 22
22: Celebrating West Virginia
 Discovery Room 23
23: From Here to There
 Discovery Room 24
24: Painting and Sculpture
Discovery Room 25
25: A Legacy of Craftsmanship
 Discovery Room 26
26: Traditions of Music