Virtual Program: Affrilachian Freedom Dreaming: Honoring Dr. Ancella Bickley
March 14, 2025 3:33 pmIn honor of Women’s History Month, on March 28, West Virginia University Libraries’ Art in the Libraries will host the first Feminist... View Article
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Sherrard Middle School Team Two Wins West Virginia State History Bowl
May 24, 2024 8:02 amCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Sherrard Middle School Team Two from Wheeling, Marshall County, won the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture... View Article
Twenty-Four Teams of West Virginia Eighth Graders to Compete in 15th Annual West Virginia History Bowl Finals at the Culture Center on Tuesday, April 30
April 29, 2024 12:57 pmCHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) will hold its 15th annual State History... View Article
Grave Creek: Film: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
February 2, 2024 12:02 pmProduced in 2005 by the WGBH Educational Foundation, part of the PBS American Experience Series. Told through the narratives of... View Article
Grave Creek: Book Signing: Memories of Fostoria Glass
November 28, 2023 10:39 amMeet authors Gary L. Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller who will give a short introduction to their newest book which... View Article
Grave Creek: Film: We Shall Remain – America Through Native Eyes, Episode 1 – After the Mayflower
November 9, 2023 7:50 pmThis program looks at Thanksgiving through Native American eyes. In March of 1621, Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag tribe in... View Article
Grave Creek: Second Saturday Film: D-Day’s Sunken Secrets
November 9, 2023 7:47 pmOn June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded the Normandy beaches to liberate Europe from the Nazis. More than 5,000 ships... View Article
Grave Creek: Native American Heritage Day
October 25, 2023 10:10 amGrave Creek: WV Archaeology Month Lecture
October 25, 2023 10:03 amSherrard Middle School Team One Wins West Virginia State History Bowl
August 22, 2023 10:56 amCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Sherrard Middle School Team One from Wheeling, Marshall County, won the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture... View Article
Grave Creek: Evening Lecture Series: Historic Wheeling
August 1, 2023 9:56 amBy Richard Knoblich, West Virginia Storyteller and AuthorCatch a glimpse of Wheeling history with award winning storyteller Richard Knoblich. Adapted... View Article
Grave Creek: FOSSIL DAY
August 1, 2023 9:51 am3 pm: Lecture, The Elm Grove Monster, Edaphosaurus and other Prehistoric Creatures from the Ohio Valley by E. Ray Garton of Prehistoric... View Article
Grave Creek: Second Saturday Film: D-Day’s Sunken Secrets
August 1, 2023 9:47 amOn June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded the Normandy beaches to liberate Europe from the Nazis. More than 5,000 ships... View Article
Grave Creek: A HISTORY OF BLACK MUSIC IN AMERICA
August 1, 2023 9:40 amHosted by Ron Scott Jr. with performances led by Ezra John This unique program, presented in partnership with YWCA Wheeling,... View Article
Grave Creek: Second Saturday Program: World War II Traveling Trunk
August 1, 2023 9:33 amJoin Kara Gordon from the Historic Cockayne Farmstead in an interactive and object-based discovery of World War II era artifacts.... View Article
Fossil Day @ Grave Creek
February 27, 2023 10:29 amDo you have a mystery fossil? Bring it to our expert for identification by Dr. Elizabeth Rhenberg from the WV... View Article
Lecture: The Bettye Project @ Grave Creek
February 27, 2023 10:24 amBy Lisa Dugas, MA, RPA, Senior Lead for Cultural Resources at Big Pine Consultants In honor of National Women’s History... View Article
Film: The King of Crimes @ Grave Creek
February 27, 2023 10:16 am“King of Crimes” refers to the crime of treason for which Aaron Burr was tried in John Marshall’s court just... View Article
2023 Vandalia Gathering
February 21, 2023 2:08 pmSince 1977 the Vandalia Gathering has been taking place on the Capitol Grounds. Every Memorial Day Weekend people come from... View Article
Film: The Lost Ones: The Long Journey Home
November 9, 2022 10:45 amA documentary film by Susan Rose and Manuel Saralegui This is the story of two Lipan Apache children who were... View Article