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Category: Museums

Appalachian Heritage Quilts exhibit opens at Museum of the Middle Appalachians

Appalachian Heritage Quilts on display at Museum of the Middle Appalachians. Whether a warmer for cold nights or naps – quilts are a record.

Dr. Katie Hoffman & Dr. Jean Haskell curated a newly opened arts exhibit at the Portsmouth Arts Center that celebrates Appalachian art today.

Georgia’s Bartow History Museum opens a new exhibition in the permanent gallery on the life and legacy of Honorable Joe Frank Harris.

Western Maryland Railway Business Car 204, built by Pullman in 1918, will return home to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, Cumberland.

Norfolk Southern has raised $1.5 million to support restoration efforts of the ‘611’ locomotive at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

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