Museums of West Virginia

Philippi

Restored 1870 mansion, barn, carriage house, and gardens located in Philippi, West Virginia. Open to the public for guided historical tours, private and public events, and weddings.

Elkins

Features exhibits that celebrate the central Appalachian forest, its history, culture, natural history, forest management, and products.

Statewide

With over 1,300 sites across six states including West Virginia, there is always something new to see and do along the Trail!

Charleston

The Craik-Patton House tells the story of two families that lived in the Kanawha Valley in the early to mid-Nineteenth century.

Lewisburg

The North House Museum is home to historic period rooms, exhibits, a library, genealogy and family history resources, and an archive.

Shepherdstown

The Historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded to preserve and display artifacts, furniture, and historic documents that relate to local and regional history.

Charles Town

Permanent and temporary exhibits related to Jefferson County and regional history.

Morgantown

Non-profit art gallery and culture center that offers workshops and features artwork from various local artists.

Wheeling

Visit the Oglebay Mansion Museum (the estate of Cleveland industrialist Earl W. Oglebay) and the Oglebay Institute Glass Museum, which houses a collection of more than 3,500 examples of Wheeling-made glass and china and the Sweeney Punch Bowl.

Parkersburg

Art gallery bringing Fine Arts to the Mid-Ohio Valley, in addition to art classes for all ages.

Elkins

Housed in the Blackman-Bosworth Store, this museum presents the history of Randolph County and includes a subscription school and a log cabin.

Charleston

The Culture Center is home to the West Virginia State Museum which offers a variety of programs and exhibits that preserve and share the culture and history of the Mountain State and its people.

Weston

Starting in the mid-1800s, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a hospital that now offers a range of historic and haunted tours.

Morgantown

University library system that features rotating exhibits and art displays in the Downtown Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, and virtually.

Charleston

In addition to grants, their direct programs include traveling exhibits, History Alive!, regional lectures, and e-WV, the online West Virginia Encyclopedia.

New Martinsville

Visit the Wetzel County Museum to learn more about the interesting history of Wetzel County dating all the way back to Native American Adena culture.

Ansted

Established in 1991, the African American Heritage Family Tree Museum has been actively involved with the collection, exhibition and preservation of West Virginia’s African American culture and history.

Arthurdale

Visit historic Arthurdale, the nation's first New Deal homestead community, which includes an original homestead house, a working forge, an Esso Station, and stories about the original homesteaders.

Clarksburg

A place for visitors to learn about the history of Clarksburg, WV.

West Union

Doddridge County Museum is a small county museum which houses artifacts and documents ranging from pre Civil War and forward.

Clarksburg

Exhibits, artifacts, properties, and sites related to the history and culture of Harrison County, West Virginia.

Huntington

The only nationally accredited visual art museum of its size in the Tri-State region, the HMA serves the public as a museum and cultural center.

Huntington

Visit this historic house museum to explore one of the oldest structures in Cabell County, or attend seasonal events like the Guyandotte Civil War Days.

Union

Explore Monroe County's history in this museum and two adjacent log cabins.

Fairmont

Coal mining museum and organization focused on educating the public on regional coal mining heritage.

Point Pleasant

The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center focuses on river life and commercial enterprise on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.

Davis

The Snow Sports Museum of West Virginia was created by a group of long time snow sports enthusiasts to preserve the history of events, places, the people and the artifacts of snow sports in the state.

Matewan

The WV Mine Wars Museum in historic Matewanpreserves and interprets artifacts and historical records of the local communities affected by the West Virginia Mine Wars, exploring historical events from multiple perspectives through the lives of ordinary people.

Parsons

Discover and explore the history, antiquities, art, and literature of Tucker County, WV!

Weirton

The Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center provides educational programming, and opportunities for the
local citizens and visitors to be acquainted with the cultural and historic heritage of the greater Weirton area.

Wheeling

The birthplace for the state of West Virginia that is now a museum dedicated to the history of statehood and the Civil War.

Bethany

Eighteenth century historic house that was home to minister Alexander Campbell.

Shinnston

Visit the Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum for local and regional history exhibits.

Glen Dale

Featuring an 1850s farmhouse, Cockayne Farmstead is a time capsule of rural American life and an active site of conservation and discovery.

Thomas

Friends of Blackwater works to protect and promote natural beauty, diverse creatures, unique heritage, and the outdoor recreation economy in the Mid-Atlantic Allegheny Highlands -- home to the magnificent, 10,000-acre Blackwater Canyon – West Virginia’s “Scenic Crown Jewel.”

Helvetia

Helvetia, WV is a small Swiss village in a high mountain valley. Popular events include: Fasnacht, Ramp Supper, Helvetia Fair, and monthly square dances. Learn more about this unique town and its culture at the Helvetia Museum.

Charles Town

JCBHPS preserves Black history in the area and researches further facts about Jefferson County Black history.

Kingwood

McGrew House, referred to as "The Pines" by the McGrew family was built in 1841 by James C. McGrew for his bride, Persis Hagans McGrew.
The McGrew House is significant for its architecture and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.

Huntington

Offers a personal, hands-on education in the birth and growth of electronic communication and entertainment, including the WV Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Bruceton Mills

Old Hemlock preserves the history and life of George Bird Evans and Kay Evans. Visit for a chance to learn about their lives, tour an 1815 log house, and learn more about their line of English Setters.

Fairmont

Prickett’s Fort State Park is a living history exhibition dedicated to preserving, documenting and exhibiting the past that features an 18th century recreation of the original Prickett’s Fort, which provided a place of refuge for frontier settlers from possible Native American attacks.

Morgantown

Two art galleries that present touring exhibitions as well as exhibitions drawn from West Virginia University's collection.

Morgantown

Exhibits exploring the social, cultural, and technological history of West Virginia’s mineral resources and related industries.

Cowen

The West Virginia Railroad Maintenance-of-Way Museum is dedicated to the preservation of history and artifacts related to the maintenance-of-way (track maintenance and repair) department of American Railroading.

Point Pleasant

Heritage museum featuring log cabins, an early farmhouse, livestock, an operational 19th century blacksmith shop, community buildings, and more.

Elkins

The West Virginia Railroad Museum is a new museum dedicated to displaying, interpreting, collecting, and restoring aspects of West Virginia's railroading history.