Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park

Museum in the Park currently is hosting an exhibit of local and statewide pieces including quilts and coverlets, sculptures, and paintings. These pieces, both from the West Virginia State Museum Collection and from local artists, depict the rich cultural heritage of West Virginia.

The 4,400-acre park features a new $8.5 million conference and convention center, as well as a campground, outdoor amphitheatre and wildlife center. The Division will manage the museum under an agreement with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, which operates the park.

The Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park features an exhibit, Remembering Buffalo Creek, a solemn recollection of the Feb. 26, 1972 tragedy. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

In addition, the exhibit features two films about the disaster, both made by filmmaker and producer Mimi Pickering for Appalshop, Inc. The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (1975, 40 minutes) chronicles the flood which killed 125 people, injured 1,100 and left 4,000 homeless when a coal-waste dam collapsed at the head of a hollow in Logan County. Buffalo Creek Revisited (1984, 31 minutes) was filmed 10 years after the flood and looks at “the second disaster on Buffalo Creek,” in which the survivors’ efforts to rebuild the communities shattered by the flood are thwarted.

Other exhibits and activities include:

Frontier Days | Flyer

Aunt Jennie Music Festival | 2010 Schedule | Information

Monongah

The story of the worst recorded coal mining disaster in American history that killed at least 362 miners in 1907.

Black Diamonds

The story of the coal mining industry in West Virginia.

Historic Photos of Southern West Virginia

Honoring America's Coal Miners: The Thorney Lieberman Collection

Practicing Medicine

West Virginia 1960: the Primary that Made a President

Dehue...A Special Place

Buffalo Creek Disaster

We are Marshall

Normal Hours

Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m.till 6 p.m.
Closed on Monday and Tuesday

Thanksgiving to Christmas Holiday Hours

Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. till 8 p.m.
Closed on Monday and Tuesday

Our Location

We are located at Chief Logan State Park
located 4 miles north of Logan on State Route 10.

Email Contact

Museum in the Park

376 Little Buffalo Creek Road * Logan, WV 25601
304-792-7229