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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.
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.
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — Jefferson County, in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, experienced tremendous upheaval from the Civil War in and around Charles Town. On Saturday at 11:30 ...
The oldest surviving Washington family house in Jefferson County also is the only one still owned by members of the extended Washington family. [7] Modern archeological excavations of a graveyard at Harewood noted that some remains were moved to the graveyard of Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town in 1882, and have identified the remains of Lucy Payne (wife of George Steptoe Washington) and ...
Location of Jefferson County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...
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]
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 ]
Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 6,534 at the 2020 census. The city is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of President George Washington. It is part of the northwestern fringes of the Washington metropolitan area.