List of museums in West Virginia

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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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Town/City County Type Summary
Avampato Discovery Museum Charleston Art web, part of Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia Martinsburg Science / Art web
General Adam Stephen House and Triple Brick Museum Martinsburg Historic house
Historic Shepherdstown Museum Shepherdstown History web
Huntington Museum of Art Huntington Art
Jefferson County Museum Charles Town History web
John Brown Wax Museum Harpers Ferry History web
Museum of Radio and Technology Huntington Science
West Virginia Railroad Museum Elkins Railway Museum being planned
Point Pleasant River Museum Point Pleasant Mason Waterways & Culture web Displays & History of: great floods, boat construction, sternwheel steamers, river disasters, river industry, contribution to World War II, a full scale pilot house simulator, 2400 GAL native fish aquarium and a research library.
WV State Farm Museum Point Pleasant Mason Farm Artifacts web Buildings of historical value, log cabins and tools, early farmhouse and furnishing, machinery, an operational 19th century blacksmith shop, turn-of-the-century doctor's and newspaper offices.

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