During regular museum hours (Tuesday - Saturday 9am to 5pm), visitors are invited to create paper snowflakes for the holidays. Make one snowflake to take home and one to hang in the museum’s windows.
Explores the rise of great Native American nations from dynastic monarchies to participatory democracies. Democracy as we know it in the United States was built on the democratic system of New York’s Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederation. In addition, science and oral traditions show how corn, cedar, shell, and the jaguar each inspired new nations and planted... View Article
Be a part of the live audience as Mountain Stage records a fresh episode for NPR Music! The SteelDrivers, Pokey LaFarge, Stephanie Lambring, Seth Glier, and Yasmin Williams on Mountain Stage Tickets can be purchased online at https://mountainstage.org/upcoming-live-shows/ or by calling 877.987.4900
The deep roots of Native America are revealed through modern archaeological scholarship and ancient oral traditions. Amazing cities, sophisticated cultures and unique ways of life continue to reverberate to this day.
The 22nd Biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition will be taking place Sunday, November 14th. Doors open at 1:30 and the awards ceremony is set to take place at 2pm in the State Theater. The purpose of this exhibition is to provide astimulus for all artists, to encourage artisticproductivity and to support outstanding potential.The Department of... View Article
Be a part of the live audience as Mountain Stage records a fresh episode for NPR Music! North Mississippi Allstars, Cedric Burnside, Corey Harris, Kate Vargas, and Jonah Tolchin on Mountain Stage Tickets can be purchased online at https://mountainstage.org/upcoming-live-shows/ or by calling 877.987.4900
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Applications are now being accepted for FY 2022 Historic Preservation Survey and Planning grants through the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH). Approximately $90,000 will be awarded from funding appropriated by the United States Congress for preservation efforts through the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund.
An overview of the prehistoric Native American cultures who left their mark on the eastern United States, narrated by Cherokee actor and Oklahoma native Wes Studi (Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans). The film begins with Ice Age hunter-gatherers and moves on to people who adopted more agrarian lifestyles. The documentary focuses on earthworks... View Article
During regular museum hours, (Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm), make a holiday decoration based on a West Virginia petroglyph.
CONFLUENCE is a non-themed open call group show at Bloomfield Richwood, a fine art gallery at 17 East Main Street in downtown Richwood. The show will feature a varied selection of styles and mediums, with paintings, collages, sculpture, and photographic works by artists from all over West Virginia and Virginia.
Be a part of the live audience as Mountain Stage records a fresh episode for NPR Music! Joshua Radin, Stephen Kellogg, Nefesh Mountain and more Celebrate the 38th Anniversary of Mountain Stage Tickets can be purchased online at https://mountainstage.org/upcoming-live-shows/ or by calling 877.987.4900
With the beginning of a new year, the museum is cleaning out its closet of craft supplies for “Clean Out the Closet Day” on Saturday, Jan. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors can make crafts such as petroglyph rocks, jumping jack turtles, and other items made at the Discovery Table or as part of... View Article
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