Post by Tickle in VA Forums on Aug 30, 2024 16:26:48 GMT
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park:
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is a Virginia museum, run as a state park, dedicated to preserving the history of the southwestern part of the Southwest area. It is located in Big Stone Gap, in a house built in the 1880s for former Virginia Attorney General, Rufus A. Ayers. The "Big Stone Gap" refers to the valley created on the Appalachia Straight, located between the town and Appalachia. The town served as an important center for coal and iron development in the 1880s and 1890s and residents hoped its coal and iron ore deposits would make it "the Pittsburgh of the South. The Museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. The park is available to book private events and outdoor weddings. Interested parties. The museum's event room, the Victorian Parlor, is available for rental for private events.
www.dcr.virginia.gov
