Big Sandy Heritage Center
Local museum in Pikeville, Kentucky
37°28′45″N 82°31′11″W / 37.47915°N 82.51976°W / 37.47915; -82.51976The Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum is located in Pikeville, Kentucky. The museum was housed in the old Chesapeake and Ohio Depot until 2015, when it moved to the 4th floor of the Judicial Annex in downtown Pikeville.[1]
The museum portrays the people, places, and events that makes the area unique. Exhibits include the American Civil War, Hatfield-McCoy feud, Eastern Kentucky railways, the precolonial era, Pikeville Cut Through, domestic life, the Heritage Room, medicine, war, politics[2] and coal mining.[3] In 2015, the museum hosted the traveling exhibit, The Hatfields & McCoys: American Blood Feud, which was on loan from the West Virginia Humanities Council.[1][4]
Current Hours (September 2021): Sunday: Closed, Monday: 10 am - 4 pm, Tuesday - Wednesday: Call for appointment, Thursday - Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm
References
- ^ a b "Big Sandy Heritage Center to host grand opeining". Floydcountytimes.com. September 17, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Big Sandy Heritage Center Exhibits". Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Big Sandy Heritage Center Retrieved on 2009-01-05
- ^ "Hatfield and McCoy traveling exhibit visiting Pikeville". Floydcountytimes.com. September 8, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
External links
- Big Sandy Heritage Center Website
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