The West Virginia State Museum at The Culture Center

This room demonstrates the dramatic political and cultural changes West Virginia experienced between the 1950s and 1970s. One exhibit is dedicated to the numerous disasters that occurred during this period, namely the Silver Bridge collapse, Farmington mine disaster, Marshall University football team plane crash, Buffalo Creek flood, Willow Island scaffold collapse, and deadly floods. Other sections address the Miner for Democracy - a revolt by rank-and-file miners within the United Mine Workers of America - the 1960 presidential election, and antipoverty programs of the 1960s. The room features two AV presentations. (AV - Running times 4:11 & 5:12)

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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