Point Pleasant River Museum


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PO Box 412 (28 Main Street) Point Pleasant, WV 25550 304 674-0144 museum@pprivermuseum.com

05/12/13 Museum Hours

NEW!! Transas Navi-Trainer 5000 Interactive Simulator

(click image for larger view)More photos (pdf) Simulator Commercial from AJ Satterfield on Vimeo.

Car Show July 13, 2013 More info
River Cruise July 29,2013 More info
Point Pleasant River Museum Dragon Boat Festival Sept. 28, 2013 More info

The Point Pleasant River Museum will be coordinating the 2013 River Sweep. It will be held on June 15 and will begin in the AM (time to be determined). All organizations, groups and individuals that can volunteer a few hours of your time to clean the local river banks will be appreciated. Needed bags & supplies will be furnished. Volunteers will meet at the Point Pleasant Riverfront Park. If you have questions or want to volunteer, please call the river museum at 304-674-0144, open every day except Monday. We hope to have a great turn out for this event.

Pictures of Silver Bridge Victims Needed (click for more info)
The Point Pleasant River Museum has some money available to pay for a free field trip for kids to visit the Point Pleasant River Museum. If you are a public school teacher, parent/coordinator of a home school group, Christian School teacher or some other leader of a group of children and you are interested in bringing your class/group to the museum for a free field trip, give Ruth a call at 304-674-0144. If you have questions or if you would like to participate, please give us a call and get scheduled, it is on first come basis. We had several schools participate last year and they had a wonderful time driving the boat simulator, watching the fish in the 2,400 gallon aquarium, playing the calliope, blowing the whistles, watching the videos on the Silver Bridge, looking at the pieces of the bridge and more. Jeannie and Gene Zopp, representatives from RiverWorks Discovery came in and did a river presentation that told those attending how many semi-trucks it takes to fill one barge, the kids saw a fun hands-on litter demonstration and found out how children and adults can help keep our rivers clean, and more! The free field trips are sponsored by Amherst-Madison and Huntington District of Waterways Association, these sponsors are very much appreciated.

River Museum Newsletter

2013 Calendar of Events

New Gift Shop Items Thomas Stahl Painting available

The newly released MASON COUNTY Book is available at the Point Pleasant River Museum . This is another of the Images of America Series. The pictures are from several areas in Mason County. The other books from the Series that the museum carries is the POINT PLEASANT Book by Jason Bolte and the 1937 FLOOD Book by James Casto. You can call the museum at 304-674-0144 or stop by the museum to purchase one of these books. click here for picture of book cover

The Point Pleasant River Museum focuses on river life and commercial enterprise on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. Displays, video demonstrations and special guests will highlight topics such as great floods, boat construction, sternwheel steamers, river disasters and the local river industry's contribution to World War II. The museum also offers a working pilot house and a research library.