Museums in West Virginia

Museums & Heritage

This collection highlights West Virginia’s diverse heritage, featuring engineering milestones like the 3,030-foot New River Gorge steel arch bridge and the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River. Architectural sites include the massive Gothic-style Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and the 19th-century Lower Centre Market House. Cultural exploration continues at the Huntington Museum of Art, known for its premier collections, and through regional landmarks like the Herns Mill Covered Bridge and the Bloomington Viaduct spanning the Potomac River.

Museums & Heritage — Map

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New River Gorge Bridge

The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the…

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Wheeling Suspension Bridge

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.

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Huntington Museum of Art

The Huntington Museum of Art is a nationally accredited art museum located in the Park Hills neighborhood above Ritter Park in Huntington,…

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Herns Mill Covered Bridge

Herns Mill Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West…

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Lower Centre Market House

The Center Wheeling Market is a historic public market located along Market Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Wheeling, Ohio County,…

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Bloomington Viaduct

The Bloomington Viaduct spans the Northern Branch of the Potomac River connecting Bloomington, Maryland to Mineral County, West Virginia.

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