- Wilma Steele, retired Mingo County public school teacher and founding museum board member

 

At this political moment, this museum is essential as a critical voice for workers and their history.
— Barbara Ellen Smith, board member and author, Digging Our Own Graves

NEW! The Fred Barkey Collection

We’re honored (and excited!) to introduce a new collection featuring the personal archives of the late Dr. Frederick Barkey, a celebrated labor historian, public storyteller, and people’s scholar…

 

Bring the History Right to Your Students!

We’ve developed a series of “Teaching Trunks” containing artifacts, documents, handouts, and activities that will empower educators to teach a series of immersive lessons focused on the people, events, and themes in the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars.

 

#55Strong

Connect the struggles of today to the struggles of 100 years ago with our new exhibit in the Solidarity Gallery, The Children of Mother Jones: West Virginia Educator’s Strikes as Care Work

 
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Step Inside the Stories…

Find out everything you need to know about how to travel to the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, and where to stay, eat, and visit while you’re here.

 

People’s History: Online!

Until you can plan your trip to Matewan, spend some time with the online exhibitions we’re curating from the entire catalog of the museum’s collection!

 

Support Our Work:
Shop for Books and Merch Online!

Grabbing merchandise from our online shop is an excellent way to support the work we do! We’ve got a new, expanded Mine Wars Bookshop, new t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts,
and more!