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More history, heritage, and culture than you can shake a stick at!

Southwest Virginia is home to an abundance of culture, heritage, and history. Stretching across 8,600 square miles, Southwest Virginia is also home to over 55 museums. The Southwest Virginia Museums Experience seeks to connect visitors with our museums to learn more about this remarkable region.

This experience will take visitors on a journey throughout Southwest Virginia in both space and time. Get started on your trip by selecting a museum from the map or searching for a museum in the directory.

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Wythe County Historical Society
Wytheville
VA
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The Haller-Gibboney Rock House Museum
Wytheville
VA
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Thomas J Boyd Museum
Wytheville
VA
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Wythe County Historical & Genealogical Research Center
Wytheville
VA
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Great Lakes to Florida Highway Museum
Wytheville
VA
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Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum
Wytheville
VA
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Harry W Meador Jr Coal Museum
Big Stone Gap
VA
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Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park
Big Stone Gap
VA
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Friday April 1, 2022 will begin the opening for The Long Rifle in Virginia Exhibit. This exhibit will be showcased across the state of Virginia at 6 historic locations. Wilderness Road State Park, Ewing Natural Tunnel State Park, Duffield William King Museum of Art, Abingdon O. Winston Link History & History Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester Each exhibit will showcase different programming featuring events, stories,...

March 31, 2022

Upon entering the Ralph Stanley Museum the first stop is the Crooked Road section.  Here guests find their first introduction to “the Dickenson County sound.” This is the unique sound found in the county’s hollers and hills. It is derived from its Scotch Irish settlers. This sound was developed over decades of front porch pick’n and song’s handed down from generation to generation. One person up the mountain might have had a fiddle. A person...

January 19, 2022