The West Virginia State Museum at The Culture Center

This exhibit portrays some of the most significant industries in West Virginia history, as identified by the museum's historian advisory group: timber, steel/metalworking, oil, gas, chemical, glass, and pottery. The labels detail processes and skills involved in each, while examining some of the most prominent companies, including Meadow River Lumber, Weirton Steel, Wheeling Corrugating, Kelley Axe, Union Carbide, Libbey-Owens-Ford flat glass factory, Owens-Illinois bottling plants, A.P. Donaghho pottery, and Homer Laughlin pottery. This room features an AV presentation. (AV - Running Time 7:57)

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Quick Links THE SHOWPATH BREAKDOWN DISCOVERY ROOM 1 AN ANCIENT LAND DISCOVERY ROOM 2 PREHISTORIC PEOPLE DISCOVERY ROOM 3 CONFLICT AND SETTLEMENT DISCOVERY ROOM 4 FRONTIER LIFE DISCOVERY ROOM 5 JOHN BROWN'S RAID DISCOVERY ROOM 6 THE WAR WITHIN A STATE DISCOVERY ROOM 7 THE CASE FOR STATEHOOD DISCOVERY ROOM 8 THE BIG CITY DISCOVERY ROOM 9 THE FAMILY FARM DISCOVERY ROOM 10 THE COMPANY STORE DISCOVERY ROOM 11 CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN DISCOVERY ROOM 12 TRAINS AND RAILROADS DISCOVERY ROOM 13 BOATS AND RIVERS DISCOVERY ROOM 14 INDUSTRIALIZATION DISCOVERY ROOM 15 THE MINING LIFE DISCOVERY ROOM 16 THE STATE CAPITOL DISCOVERY ROOM 17 IT'S NOT ALL WORK DISCOVERY ROOM 18 THE GREAT DEPRESSION DISCOVERY ROOM 19 THE MINE WARS DISCOVERY ROOM 20 WEST VIRGINIANS AT WAR DISCOVERY ROOM 21 LATE 20th CENTURY DISCOVERY ROOM 22 CELEBRATING WEST VIRGINIA DISCOVERY ROOM 23 FROM HERE TO THERE DISCOVERY ROOM 24 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE DISCOVERY ROOM 25 A LEGACY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP DISCOVERY ROOM 26 TRADITIONS OF MUSIC