WV Mine Wars Museum

December 15, 2022

Courage, Events, Video, Programs

Courage in the Hollers: Mapping the Miners' Struggle for a Union

WV Mine Wars Museum

December 15, 2022

Courage, Events, Video, Programs

Courage in the Hollers: Mapping the Miners' Struggle for a Union

Unveiled on Labor Day 2022 as part of Monument Lab’s national Re:Generation cohort, Courage in the Hollers is a new, multi-faceted public memory project led by the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, co-created with communities in both Marmet and Clothier, WV…

WV Mine Wars Museum

November 7, 2022

Events, Video, Support

People Powered. People Funded. People's History.

WV Mine Wars Museum

November 7, 2022

Events, Video, Support

People Powered. People Funded. People's History.

We've been bringing labor history to community members, educators, students, and visitors from around the world for nearly 8 years! It was donations from our supporters that started this project in 2015, and it's your donations that not only keep us alive, but…

WV Mine Wars Museum

August 6, 2022

Video, Courage

Monument Lab’s Re:Generation Roundtable ft. Shaun Slifer

WV Mine Wars Museum

August 6, 2022

Video, Courage

Monument Lab’s Re:Generation Roundtable ft. Shaun Slifer

Mercedes Dorame, Tomiko Meeks, Andrea Roberts, and our museum’s own Shaun Slifer discuss their public memory work…

WV Mine Wars Museum

October 12, 2021

Blair 100, Video, Features

The Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial Video Recap

WV Mine Wars Museum

October 12, 2021

Blair 100, Video, Features

The Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial Video Recap

We—museums, descendants of the RedNeck Army, labor activists, musicians, teachers, history buffs, and more—gathered in early September to host and attend a slate of events across Central Appalachia, and online. We’re excited to bring it to YOU with a short film that recaps just a few of the #Blair100 Centennial events.

WV Mine Wars Museum

September 7, 2020

Events, Announcements, Video

Video: We've re-opened in a NEW building in Historic Matewan!

WV Mine Wars Museum

September 7, 2020

Events, Announcements, Video

Video: We've re-opened in a NEW building in Historic Matewan!

On Labor Day Weekend, 2020, we reopened to the masked public with our expanded and new exhibits. With this video, we're giving supporters a sneak peek of what our team of volunteers have been working tirelessly on since late 2019.

WV Mine Wars Museum

May 30, 2020

Video

Video: Matewan Unscripted, in commemoration of the Battle of Matewan Centennial

WV Mine Wars Museum

May 30, 2020

Video

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum intended to have its grand reopening on May 16, 2020, in correlation with the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Matewan.