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The mission of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History is to identify, preserve, protect, promote and present the ideas, arts and artifacts of West Virginia’s heritage, building pride in our past accomplishments and confidence in our future.


Welcome from Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith.

Commissioner Randall Reid-SmithMay is a great month to be outdoors in West Virginia!  We celebrate that at the West Virginia Division of Culture and History with a few special events.

The West Virginia Garden Festival, highlighting heirloom and heritage gardening, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Culture Center

The fourth annual Sowing of the Seeds takes place on Sunday, May 19 (rain date – May 26) at Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex.  Families are encouraged to join this event, when local gardeners help plant a garden featuring the kinds of plants that some of the state’s earliest residents would have planted.

We round out the month with our annual Vandalia Gathering  May 24 and 25.  Come join us as we celebrate the musical traditions of West Virginia and help start the state’s Sesquicentennial Celebration!

Enjoy May in the Mountain State!  The flowers, gardens, state parks, music festivals and historic sites all play important roles in our heritage, our culture and our arts.

Come visit us and enjoy a chance to learn more about the history of our great state!

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Current and Upcoming Events At the Culture Center

Balcony Gallery Theater Gallery Great Hall Commissioners Gallery
April 16 – July 1, 2012
2011 West Virginia Juried Exhibition
January 3 – June 13, 2012
Chemical Center of the World
May 25 – September 4, 2012
West Virginia Juried Quilt Exhibition
February 20 – August 26, 2012
Inspired: Portraits of Historic West Virginia Figures
July 11 – September 3, 2012
Two Artists on the Balcony 
July 27, 2012 – January 13, 2013
The Oil and Gas Industry:
West Virginia’s Gift to the World
April 2013
A. James Manchin Memorial Marble Tournament
September 10, 2012– February 10, 2013
Inspired Series Juried Award Winners
September 17 – November 11, 2012
Calligraphy Guild of Charleston and Huntington (6pm)
January 31, 2013
West Virginia 150
June 20, 2013
West Virginia Sesquicentennial Celebration
February 25 – March 31, 2013
Congressional Art Competition
November 21 – January 21, 2013
A Model Holiday
    April 15, 2013
West Virginia Sesquicentennial Art Exhibition
January 31, 2013
West Virginia 150
 
       
       
       
     
     
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First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin to Unveil Sesquicentennial Quilt on Monday, June 17, 2013 

Archives Library to Present Sesquicentennial Lecture “When Western Virginia Remained Loyal: West Virginia Statehood and the Union” on June 21  

Archives and History Exhibit Highlights W.Va. Documents, Photographs, Maps from 1749-2013 

Annual Quilt and Wall Hanging Exhibition on Display at the Culture Center 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History Seeks Entries for the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2013  

Vandalia Gathering 2013 Contest Winners Announced  

Shady Spring Middle School in Raleigh County Wins West Virginia State History Bowl 

Morgantown Student Represented West Virginia in National Poetry Competition Activities in Clarksburg, Morgantown also will promote poetry in schools  

West Virginia Dance Festival Draws Students from Across the State 

Culinary Cultures Program Resumes at Culture Center 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History Introduces New State Museum App  

Entries Solicited for Quilts and Wall Hangings 2013 Juried Exhibition at the Culture Center  

West Virginia State Museum to Unveil Sesquicentennial Exhibit on Jan. 31, 2013 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History Invites Quilters to Make Handmade Squares for a West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Quilt  

2012 West Virginia Marching Band Invitational Forms 

2 West Virginia Division of Culture and History Contests Open To High School Writers, Photographers 

Suncrest Middle School wins 2012 West Virginia State History Bowl Tournament 

Historic Preservation survey and planning grants available 

Blair Mountain information 

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