Thank you for your interest in visiting us here at Arthurdale Heritage! If you cannot find the answer to your question below, please contact us at ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org or call us at 304-864-3959.
If you would like to request additional accessibility accommodations, please contact us before your visit, so that we can help.
HOURS
May 1 - October 31
Monday - Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
November 1 - April 30
Monday - Friday
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
ADMISSION
Adults (18+): $12
Children (10-17): $6
Children Under 10: Free
We are located at
18 Q Rd.
Arthurdale, WV 26520
We have five gender-neutral bathrooms available year-round. One is in the Craft Shop where you will enter and pay for tours. Two others are in Center Hall. Two others are located in the museum.
The Craft Shop bathroom and one of the Center Hall bathrooms are wheelchair accessible.
We do not currently have any changing tables available.
We welcome guests in both wheelchairs and strollers. Our Center Hall complex and the museum are all on one floor, and are accessible. You may have difficulty with the latter part of the tour, however, which goes across uneven ground to the Esso Station. In touring our E-15 Museum House, you will be unable to visit the second floor as there is no elevator available.
If you are taking a tour and using a wheelchair or stroller, we will escort you across A Road and will have a person standing at the top of the road to warn oncoming traffic as it can be a busy intersection and we want to protect our guests.
In the main museum building (Administration) and the Forge, there is a chair to sit down in every room. We also have chairs available on the first floor of our E-15 Museum house, but there are currently none available on the second floor (accessible by stairs only) or outside the Esso Station where we point out a few places in the town. Seating is available in our “Factories in the Fields” exhibition.
If you would like to request additional accessibility accommodations, please contact us before your visit, so that we can help.
You are welcome to visit Arthurdale without taking a guided tour; however, if you would like to explore our museum buildings, you will need to pay for a guided tour.
If you would like to visit for free, we encourage you to stop by the Craft Shop for a Driving Tour Brochure, which will guide you through our community. You can also take a virtual driving tour with Clio here.
Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. (AHI) recognizes that for many visitors to AHI being able to photograph their experience and share it with friends via social media, websites, and other forms of communication positively enhances their time spent in the museum and at the historic site. AHI recognizes the need to protect artifacts on loan from other institutions. AHI recognizes the need to protect the artifacts in its care from photography that might cause degradation in the work.
Personal-use and recreational photography are permitted in the Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.’s permanent exhibition spaces subject to conditions below. Photography of special exhibitions or works on loan to the museum is sometimes prohibited by lenders. Photo policies for special exhibitions will be posted in the space.
Visitors May:
Take casual, in-the-moment photos for personal use only.
Use handheld cameras, cell phones, and tablets with the flash turned off.
Post images from their visits on personal social media sites so long as they are not used for profit.
Visitors May NOT:
Use tripods, monopods, supplemental lights, selfie sticks, or other external equipment.
Sell or publish the images.
Use the images to promote themselves, any outside product or service.
Visitors MUST:
Remain behind stanchions and maintain a safe, non-touching distance from all artifacts, cases, platforms, and pedestals.
Respect other visitors to the museum.
Professional photographers interested in utilizing Arthurdale Heritage for photography services should download our professional photography policy and contact us to schedule photography sessions. $30 permits are available for a single two-hour session. $100 permits are available for a one-year pass, though photographers must abide by all rules set forth in the policy. Please contact us with any questions.
In order to protect the items in our archives, this part of the museum is off-limits to guests.
However, if you have a particular question, would like to do research, or inquire about a loan, please contact our curator Elizabeth Satterfield at elizabeth@arthurdaleheritage.org for help.
We have substantial archives and have benefitted immensely from donations made by Arthurdale Homesteaders and their descendents. If you would like to make a donation, please also contact our curator Elizabeth Satterfield at elizabeth@arthurdaleheritage.org or call us at (304) 864-3959.
Pets are not allowed, but service animals are always welcome!
We have an EV unit on site (next to our vintage Esso Station) that is available to use for free! Charge your car while visiting the craft shop and museum!
Visitors in cars may park in the gravel lot directly in front of our main building, Center Hall at 18 Q Rd. Arthurdale, WV 26520. Overflow parking is available below our Forge off of A Road.
FOOD
In our Craft Shop, we sell some snacks, including gourmet flavored popcorn, lollipops, and hard tack candies. We also have bottled water and soft drinks available for $1 each.
There are three picnic tables beside our Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Garden, and you can also have a picnic on the E-15 lawn.
If you would like to visit a restaurant nearby, we recommend
Trellis Cafe (open Friday-Sunday 9-4)
41 S Robert Stone Way
Reedsville, WV 26547
Phone: 304-864-4333
PC’s Pizza
40 Rolling Hills Drive
Reedsville, WV 26547
Phone: 304-864-3636
Monroe’s
110 E Main Street
Kingwood, WV 26537
Phone: 304-329-3354
Rosemary’s Thyme
183 Club House Drive
Terra Alta, WV 26764
Phone: 304-329-6750
LODGING
If you would like to stay overnight nearby, we recommend:
Historic Arthurdale Homestead
358 E Road
Arthurdale, WV 26520
Book directly with Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. and save by calling 304-864-3959 or emailing ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org
Modern Homestead Guest House
41 South Robert Stone Way
Reedsville, WV 26547
Phone: 304-864-4333
The Appalachian Hotel
17600 Veterans Memorial Hwy
Kingwood, WV 26537
Phone: 304-329-7829
The Preston County Inn
112 West Main Street
Kingwood, WV 26537
Phone: 304-329-2220
Additional Accommodations:
List of other hotels within a 30 minute drive of Arthurdale
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Arthurdale Heritage needs your help! With your support, we can continue to provide valuable community and educational efforts. We sincerely appreciate any assistance you can provide.
