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  2. West Virginia State Museum - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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    ^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...

  4. List of museums in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia State Farm Museum: Point Pleasant: Mason: Metro Valley: Farm: website, buildings of historical value, log cabins and tools, early farmhouse and furnishing, machinery, an operational 19th-century blacksmith shop, turn-of-the-20th-century doctor's and newspaper offices West Virginia State Museum: Charleston: Kanawha: Metro Valley ...

  5. List of natural history museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum, Fallbrook; Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County, Chowchilla; ... West Virginia State Museum, Charleston; Wisconsin

  6. Jones Diamond - Wikipedia

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    The diamond was discovered by William P. “Punch” Jones and his father, Grover C. Jones, Sr. while pitching horseshoes in April 1928. Believed to be simply a piece of shiny quartz common to the area, the stone was kept in a wooden cigar box inside a tool shed for fourteen years throughout the Great Depression.

  7. Hidden History: Union County Historical Society rediscovers ...

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    Aug. 19—LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society rediscovered a gem hidden in plain sight after purchasing the former Packwood House Museum. The brick courtyard and garden, nestled ...

  8. List of science centers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of science centers in the United States. American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well.

  9. Gem, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Gem is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Gem is located on West Virginia Route 5, the CSX Railroad, and Saltlick Creek, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Burnsville. [2] Early variant names were Coger Bluff and Coger Station. [3] The present name is derived from the name of G. E. McCoy, a pioneer citizen. [4]