History and Museums
Latest News
The process is underway to designate southern and eastern Kentucky as the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area. The Secretary of the Interior is undertaking The Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Feasibility Study to determine whether the region meets the requirements to become Kentucky’s first National Heritage Area.
Resources
@astctour Twitter List on History and Museums
Our YouTube Playlist on History and Museums
recreation.gov: use the map to zoom into our region
Check out the National Parks page for more history
Region
Lonesome Pine Trails (History)
WV
Exhibition Coal Mine (Beckley)
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum (Matewan) CRDRT
Matewan Depot Replica Museum (CRDRT)
KY
Pine Mountain Settlement School Archives (Harlan County)
Harlan County (Historical Cultural)
Godbey Appalachian Cultural & Fine Arts Center
Kentucky Coal Museum (Harlan County) CRDRT
Letcher County CRDRT
Hatfields and McCoys Feud Self-Guided Tour (Pike County) CRDRT
Presbyterian Church Log Cathedral (Perry County)
Battle of Leatherwood Civil War (Perry County). 3 day event in Oct.
Legends and Lore
Portal 31 Coal Mine and Tour (Harlan)
Barthell Coal Mining Camp Tours (Sterns)
Big South Fork Scenic Railway (Sterns. Takes you to the Barthell Coal Mining Camp)
NC
Western North Carolina Historical Association
TN
First Tennessee Development District
VA
Southwest Virginia Museum State Park. Big Stone Gap.
The Pilot School and Community Center
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum. Big Stone Gap.
Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center. Duffield.
Appalachian African-American Cultural Center (Pennington Gap) CRDRT
The Lee County Story CRDRT
Ralph Stanley Museum (Dickenson County) CRDRT
Doctor Phipps Family Museum. Medical Doctor. (Dickenson County) CRDRT
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