Big Sandy Heritage Center

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Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum
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Location in Kentucky
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Big Sandy Heritage Center (the United States)
Location172 Division St, Pikeville, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°28′45″N82°31′11″W / 37.47915°N 82.51976°W / 37.47915; -82.51976
Type Regional museum
Executive directorBrandon R. Kirk
Websitewww.bigsandyheritage.com

The 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 old 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: Sunday: Closed, Monday: 10 am - 4 pm, Tuesday - Wednesday: Call for appointment, Thursday - Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm.

References

  1. 1 2 "Big Sandy Heritage Center to host grand opeining". Floydcountytimes.com. September 17, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Big Sandy Heritage Center Exhibits" . Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Big Sandy Heritage Center Retrieved on 2009-01-05
  4. ↑ "Hatfield and McCoy traveling exhibit visiting Pikeville". Floydcountytimes.com. September 8, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
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