Big Sandy Heritage Center
  Location in Kentucky  Big Sandy Heritage Center (the United States) | |
| Location | 172 Division St, Pikeville, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°28′45″N 82°31′11″W / 37.47915°N 82.51976°W |
| Type | Local museum |
| Director | Everett Johnson |
| Curator | Everett Johnson |
| Website | www.bigsandyheritage.com |
The Big Sandy Heritage Center is a museum located in Pikeville, Kentucky that portrays the history and culture of Eastern Kentucky. The museum was housed in the old Chesapeake and Ohio Depot until 2015, when it moved to the 4th floor of the 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]
References
- ^ a b "Big Sandy Heritage Center to host grand opeining". Floydcountytimes.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Big Sandy Heritage Center Exhibits". Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Big Sandy Heritage Center Retrieved on 2009-01-05
- ^ "Hatfield and McCoy traveling exhibit visiting Pikeville". Floydcountytimes.com. September 8, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
