Links to Mining Museums and Miners' Memorials for West Virginia
Other Places of Interest
Collections/Exhibits
- Bluestone Wildlife Museum
Exhibit
Rt. 87, Box 10
Hinton, WV 25951
Contact: Lora Lyons
Phone: (304) 466-1454
- Canyon Rim Visitor Center
Exhibit
National Park Service
US 19, Lansing Road
Lansing, WV 25862-0202
Phone: (304) 574-2115
- Eastern Regional Coal Archives
Archival and object collections
Craft Memorial Library
600 Commerce Street
Contact: Stuart McGhee, Archivist
Phone: (304) 325-3943
- National Mine Health and Safety Academy
Collections and exhibits
1301 Airport Road
Beckley, WV 25813-9426
Phone: (304) 256-3100
- Puritan House - West Virginia University
Exhibit
WVU Presidents' Library
Mini-exhibit on coal
Main Campus Morgantown, WV
Contact: Dr. Gay Bindocci
email: CBindocc@WVU.EDU
Phone: (304) 293-4211, ext. 803
Fax: (304) 293-6751
- West Virginia and Regional History Collections
Archival Collections
224 Colson Hall
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 25605
Contact: John Cuthbert
Phone: (304) 293-3536
email: Jcuthber@ wvi.edu
Museums
- Geology Museum
Marshall University
3rd Ave. and Hal Greer Blvd.
Huntington, W.V. 25755
Phone: (304) 696-6720
- Madison - Gateway to the Coal Fields
Route 119
Madison, WV 25305-0300
Contact: Mr. David Rowe
Phone: (304) 369-3599
- Northfork's Community Museum
Open only by appointment
ATTN: Nick Mason, Mayor
Box 789
Northfork, WV 24868
Phone: (304) 862-2324
- Scotts Run Museum - Osage, WV
Contact: Robert Fuller - Phone: (304)599-1931
- West Virginia State Museum - The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-0300
Contact: James, Mitchell, Curator
Phone: (304) 558-0220
Sites and Monuments
- Bramwell
"Millionaire's Town " coal barons built Victorian and Tudor Mansions. This town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places now. This late 19th-early 20th century town offers walking tours and home tours.
Phone: (304) 248-7114
- Beury Monument
To the man who establishedfirst coal mines in New River Gorge
Quinnimont, WV
- Coal House
One of the three known structures in the world made of coal.
The Coal House currently houses a gift shop.
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Phone: (304) 536-3288
- Coal House
Constructed from 65 tons of locally mined coal in 1933.
This building houses the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Williamson, WV
Phone: (304) 235-5240
- Elkhorn
Intact mining village with tipple, company houses and churches
- Welch
County seat of McDowell County and scene off amous shoot-out in UAMA Mine
Wars
- Itmann's Company Store
Listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Matewan, WV
Walking tour - scene offatal conflict between between mine workers and coal operators
- Memorial - Nellis Mine Explosion
A memorial marks the site where 22 miners died.
Nellis, WV
Contact: Charlotte Halstead
Phone: (304) 836-5597
Monument
Dedicated to miners of Fayette County
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce
Oyler Avenue
Oak Hill, WV 25901
- Monument - Eccles Mine Disaster
Raleigh County Court House
Beckley, WV
- Statue - Dedicated to all miners - Living and Dead
Madison Court House (U. S. Route 119)
Madison, WV
Contact: Mr. Andy Dolan
Phone: (304) 369-4325
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