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West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2009 winners announced 

West Virginia Commission on the Arts to hold public meeting Nov. 10 in Morgantown 

Museum in the Park to sponsor Frontier Days Weekend in November 

14th History Day event to be held at State Capitol on February 18, 2010 

Arts Day at the State Capitol to be held on January 25, 2010 

Governor Manchin names West Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission; Scholars and historians included on panel  

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex to change hours of operation on Oct. 15 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History to launch new logo identifier and name for its Charleston location 

Blair Mountain information 

Youth Art Month Exhibition winners announced 

West Virginia Independence Hall Museum to host Abraham Lincoln lecture on Feb. 15 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History posts photographs of West Virginia State Museum construction and fabrication on its website 

William Davis honored with Governor's Arts Award for lifetime achievement 

Appalachian Regional Commission to make $200,000 grant to West Virginia State Museum at the Cultural Center 

State Historic Preservation Office to present historic landmark commission training session on May 17 

Fenton Art Glass exhibition to open at the Cultural Center on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. - press photos available 

Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation makes $40,000 grant to West Virginia State Museum at the Cultural Center 

Draft of State Arts Plan for 2008-10 available for comment 

Division makes more than a million genealogy records available online to researchers 

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