 Theater and opera housesClay
Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston
The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in the city of
Charleston is a mixture of theater and museum. The
complex, which opened in 2003, houses the Avierato
Discovery Museum and the Maier Foundation Performance
Hall with 1,883 seats on 22,000 mē. The Maier Foundation
Performance Hall is the venue for the West Virginia
Symphony Orchestra. The Avampato Discovery Museum also
includes the former Sunset Museum.
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1 Clay Square
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
www.theclaycenter.org |
Monongalia Arts Center in Morgantown
The Monongalia Arts Center in the city of Morgantown was
opened in 1978 to promote the arts. The Monongalia Arts
Center is located on the campus of West Virginia
University. There are two galleries and a theater within
the complex. The building, which was built in the
neoclassical style, was built in 1913 and is itself
worth a visit. In earlier times it was Morgantown Post
Office. The theater at the Monongalia Arts Center, the
Mabel DeVries Tanner Theater, opened in 1981 and is now
a venue for classical theater productions and musical
events.
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107 High Street
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
www.monartscenter.com |
Metropolitan Theater in Morgantown
The Metropolitan Theater in the city of Morgantown is a
historic theater that was built between 1922 and 1924 in
a neoclassical style. Despite its long history, the
theater is still in operation today and has been on the
list of historic places since 1984.
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369 High Street
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
www.morgantownmet.com |
Museums and exhibitions
Huntington Museum of Art in
Huntington
The Huntington Museum of Art in the city of Huntington
is an art museum. The Huntington Museum of Art is the
largest art museum between Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and
Richmond. On an exhibition area of 210,000 mē, the
museum shows its impressive collection, which includes
the subject areas of American and European paintings,
sculptures, prints and drawings as well as American folk
art, Chinese and Japanese exhibits, British silverware
from the 18th and 19th centuries, Haitian art, Weapons
and exhibits from the Middle East.
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2033 McCoy Road
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
www.hmoa.org |
Monuments and memorials
Madonna of the trail
The Madonna of the Trail memorial is actually a series
of monuments, to be precise, 12 monuments. These are
located along the former National Old Trails Road,
better known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The
monuments thus extend from Maryland to California. The
sculptures were designed by August Leimbach and erected
between 1928 and 1929. The sculptures show a woman in
the "costume" of the pioneers. She is holding a baby in
her left arm while another child is standing on her
right side. The right arm is clutching the barrel of a
rifle. The statues are 3 m high, weigh 5 tons and were
made of granite. The sculptures commemorate the deeds
and sacrifices women made during the western expansion
of the United States. The statue in West Virginia is in
the city of Wheeling. The statues are located in the
states:
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- California
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- West Virginia
First Confederate Memorial in Romney
The First Confederate Memorial in the city of Romney is
considered the first memorial to the fallen of the Army
of the Confederate States of America. The monument was
inaugurated in 1867, despite the fact that a law
prohibited official commemoration of the Confederate
States of America. The monument was erected at night to
create facts that could not later be undone.
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