West Virginia State Museum
West Virginia State Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Armstrong Mountain stands 702 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Virginia Cultural Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Midland Trail runs past it. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Creative historical museum located in the basement of the West Virginia Cultural Center.
The story
The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. It was founded in 1890 and is considered a major museum in the state by The Statesman's Yearbook.
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Dates from 1890.
Wikidata Q116890526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History
How to reach it
- On the Midland Trail, National
- 28.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Governor's Park: 0.1 mi
- Capitol Complex Monument Park: 0.1 mi
- Living AIDS Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Kanawha Riflemens Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- East End Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Malden Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Holmes Knob: 6.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.4 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Hammick Hill: 9.9 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 0.1 mi
- War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 0.1 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 0.0 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 1.6 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 13.6 mi
- Mary Ingles Trail: 18.6 mi
- Governor's Garden: 0.1 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Wedding Garden: 4.4 mi
- Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 13.4 mi
- Skyline Drive: 2.5 mi
- Indian Rock: 12.8 mi
- Grotto: 3.9 mi
- July: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Virginia State Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Mountain | SE 134° | 702 m | 23.6 mi |
| Johnson Knob | SSE 148° | 675 m | 22.0 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 204° | 599 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 94° | 555 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 180° | 530 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 104° | 491 m | 13.3 mi |
| Independence Mountain | E 94° | 487 m | 23.5 mi |
| Beulah Knob | E 80° | 463 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston - Yeager AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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