Southwest Virginia Museum

Southwest Virginia Museum (HM1PJ9)

Location: Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 Wise County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 51.806', W 82° 46.783'

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This museum is located in a mansion built by
lawyer and industrialist Rufus Ayers, Virginia
attorney general in the 1880s.
Newman and her brother, C. Bascom Slemp, former U.S. Congressman and private secretary
to President Calvin Coolidge,
assembled the
initial collection of artifacts
on display.
Slemp bequeathed the
collection to the
Commonwealth of Virginia in 1946 and the
Southwest Virginia Museum opened to the
public in 1948. The museum chronicles the development of Southwest Virginia and presents
a picture of life in the past.
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HM NumberHM1PJ9
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Marker NumberI-2
Year Placed2000
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, November 23rd, 2015 at 9:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 341357 N 4081201
Decimal Degrees36.86343333, -82.77971667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 51.806', W 82° 46.783'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 51' 48.36" N, 82° 46' 46.98" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-151 US-58 ALT, Big Stone Gap VA 24219, US
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