Morgantown Museum to Hold Grand Opening
Morgantown Dominion Post
13 December 2011
The Morgantown History Museum has moved to a larger venue and will
hold a grand opening from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.
Formerly located behind the Monongalia Arts Center, the museum has
moved around the corner to 175 Kirk St., and the free opening will
give visitors an opportunity to view the many artifacts and
documents that highlight the history of Morgantown and Monongalia
County.
Included are Morgantown’s founder Zaquill Morgan’s headstone, a
print shop from the days of “hot type,” Morgantown police blotters
from as early as 1925, and the Coke and popcorn machines from the
Metropolitan Theatre.
Live music by Soup Camel will run from 2-4 p.m. with work songs
from the 1920s-’30s.
The opening coincides with The Way We Worked, a Smithsonian photo
exhibition focusing on the history of work in America from 1857 to
1987, which will continue through Jan. 28.
The history museum will augment the exhibit with artifacts and
photographs from the history of local workers, including oral
histories from workers at the Sterling Faucet Plant.
The museum is also holding a youth photo contest of today’s
workers and will be taking oral histories of work from Mon County
residents during the exhibition. A lecture series that highlights
local workers and work is planned. More information is available
at: http://morgantown
historymuseum.org/.
Other programs scheduled at the museum include:
- Dec. 18-24, and 27-31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Holiday
Refreshments and Vintage Holiday Postcards
- Dec. 20, 7 p.m., Morgantown Glass: A History of an
Elegant Product, James and Marjorie Wiley
- Jan. 4, 7 p.m., Life on Towboats during the 1970s &
’80s, Tim Terman
- Jan. 7, 2 p.m., Children: Work and Games through the
Ages, Pamela McClung Casto and Pamela Ball
- Jan. 14, 7 p.m., A Flight to the Moon: How the Astronauts
Saw the Trip (plus new, close-up pictures of their landing
sites), James Snyder
- Jan. 21, 2 p.m., Bookworm Bookmark Printing for Kids,
Harold Shaver
- Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m., A History of Coal Mining in Scott’s
Run, Louis Birurakis
- Dec. 17-Jan. 28, Workrelated book display, Aull House
(beside the Morgantown Library)
- Dec. 17-Jan. 28, Kids photo contest