Experience the rich arts, culture and history of the Mountain State as you journey through an immersrive timeline of West Virginia history. Explore our educational resources and start planning your visit today!
The West Virginia State Museum is located at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston. The collection of the museum dates back to 1890 with the founding of the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society. Today, the collection has grown to over 60,000 artifacts representative of West Virginia's people, land, and industries throughout the state's history with over 6,000 artifacts on display throughout the immersive timeline of West Virginia history within the museum's 26 Discovery Rooms, 2 Connections Rooms, and show path.
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.
