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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Museums
Defunct museums
- Buddy's Country Store & Museum, Bluewell, historic coal camp company store, closed in 2014 and contents auctioned
- Grafton B & O Railroad Heritage Center, Grafton
- Marx Toy Museum, Moundsville, closed in 2016
Regions defined
The West Virginia Association of Museums has defined the following tourism regions of West Virginia:
Eastern Panhandle
Counties: Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan
Potomac Highlands
Counties: Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker
North-Central West Virginia
Counties: Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor
Northern Panhandle
Region includes Wheeling and Moundsville. Counties: Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, Wetzel
Mountain Lakes
Counties: Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Upshur, Webster
Metro Valley
Region centered on Charleston and Huntington. Counties: Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne
Mid-Ohio Valley
Counties: Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood
New River/Greenbrier River Valleys
Includes most counties in Southern West Virginia. Counties: Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wyoming
References
External links
- West Virginia Association of Museums
- Historical Museum of WV
See also
- Botanical gardens in West Virginia (category)
- Observatories in West Virginia (category)
- Nature Centers in West Virginia
- List of museums in the United States
