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Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park will be open to the public on Labor Day 

Division of Culture and History to close Culture Center, West Virginia Independence Hall and Grave Creek Mound for Labor Day 

State Historic Preservation Office to present historic landmark commission training session on Sept. 19 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History continues statewide arts listening tours in Huntington and Charleston 

Historic Preservation survey and planning grants available 

Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park to celebrate Labor Day weekend with free concerts Sept. 5 – 6  

Archives and History Library to present free memory scrapbook workshop Sept. 1  

Archives and History receives grant for highway historical marker program 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History to schedule statewide arts listening tours  

State Historic Preservation Office to award scholarships to Historic Preservation Conference and Cemetery Workshops 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History unveils emerging Artists of West Virginia exhibit at Culture Center  

Annual quilt and wall hanging exhibition on display at the Culture Center 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History to launch new logo identifier and name for its Charleston location 

Blair Mountain information 

Youth Art Month Exhibition winners announced 

West Virginia Independence Hall Museum to host Abraham Lincoln lecture on Feb. 15 

West Virginia Division of Culture and History posts photographs of West Virginia State Museum construction and fabrication on its website 

William Davis honored with Governor's Arts Award for lifetime achievement 

Appalachian Regional Commission to make $200,000 grant to West Virginia State Museum at the Cultural Center 

State Historic Preservation Office to present historic landmark commission training session on May 17 

Fenton Art Glass exhibition to open at the Cultural Center on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. - press photos available 

Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation makes $40,000 grant to West Virginia State Museum at the Cultural Center 

Draft of State Arts Plan for 2008-10 available for comment 

Division makes more than a million genealogy records available online to researchers 

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