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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.
William A. MacCorkle grave, Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV, April 2009. MacCorkle's mansion, Sunrise, became home to a children's museum in the early 1960s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [4] In Charleston, a major arterial road, MacCorkle Avenue, was named for him and carries U.S. Route 60 through
Only children's museum in U.S. that focuses on fine art; founded in 1980 Bay Area Discovery Museum: Sausalito: California: Located on National Park land; founded in 1987 Beaumont Children's Museum: Beaumont: Texas: Founded in 2008. Temporarily located at Beaumont Civic Center: Betty Brinn Children's Museum: Milwaukee: Wisconsin
The Clay Center in Charleston, West Virginia, is a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m 2) facility dedicated to promoting performing arts, visual arts, and the sciences. History [ edit ]
To make the Children’s Museum relocation possible, Coldwater Main Street renovated nearly 7,000 square feet of interior space in the historic Taylor’s building at 58 West Chicago St.
The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. [2] [3] It was founded in 1890 and is considered a major museum in the state by The Statesman's Yearbook. [4] [5]
Craik-Patton House is a historic home and public museum located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was built by James Craik and his wife, Juliet Shrewsbury, in 1834 in the Greek Revival style. It was originally located on Virginia Street in Charleston, but moved to its present site in 1973 to save it from the threat of demolition.
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