Smyth County Museum

The Smyth County Historical Society & Museum was organized in 1961 by a small group of local citizens who wanted to preserve our county’s history before valuable artifacts and information were lost.The organization became designated as a 501-C-3 non-profit group, and actions were taken immediately to find a building that would be suitable as a museum. They located a small structure that had been one of the first schools in Marion, convinced the Bank of Marion to donate it to the society when the building went up for auction, and raised enough money to have it moved from downtown Marion to a site near the present-day Marion Senior High School.