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State Museum Nearing Completion
Jennifer Smith
Charleston

Audio Included Jennifer Smith: WV Museum Part-1

Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
A replica of a coal mine company store, typical of turn of the 20th Century West Virginia
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
A coal car in the earliest mining days in West Virginia, depicting coal being pulled from the mines by mule
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
Original cabinetry from the home of Nathan Goff in Harrison County, holds West Virginia made glassware
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
The original keystone from the "Old Number 18" mine in Matewan
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
Recreation of a New River Gorge Bridge overlook
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
Commissioner of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith at an original West Virginia telephone switchboard
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
The Vance Cabin, a 130-year old southern West Virginia structure, moved and displayed in the new state museum
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
A walkway through the years of West Virginia history
Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia
A replica soda fountain, typical of West Virginia five decades ago, based on the old Scott Pharmacy in downtown Charleston
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After years of work and millions of dollars, the new state museum is almost ready for it's grand opening.

MetroNews Reporter Jennifer Smith takes a look this week in a special series after touring the new museum in the basement of the West Virginia Cultural Center in Charleston.

 


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