POINT PLEASANT, W.Va.—The Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center celebrated the grand opening of its new building August 31, as part of the city’s annual Tribute… Read More
Point Pleasant River Museum
Point Pleasant, W.Va.—Three years after a fire destroyed its building and essentially eliminated its source of income, the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center has… Read More
Nearly three years after an electrical fire destroyed the Point Pleasant River Museum in Point Pleasant, W.Va., construction is underway on a new museum that includes a state-of-the-art… Read More
Jack Fowler, 85, the long-time executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., died August 10 at the Hospice House of Huntington,… Read More
The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center has found a site for a new home. Now the task is to design and build that new home. The… Read More
The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center is looking for a new home. The old museum building was damaged in a fire on July 1,… Read More
Jack Fowler shows water, ash and fire damage on the museum’s second floor, which housed the museum’s offices, library, towboat pilot simulators and various displays. (Photo by Jim Ross)… Read More
The communities of Point Pleasant, W.Va., and Gallipolis, Ohio, gathered the morning and evening of December 15 to mark the anniversary of the Silver Bridge disaster. At 4:58… Read More
Mary Ellen and Charles T. Jones with Jones’ Lifetime Achievement Award from the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center. In his 100th year, Charles T. Jones keeps… Read More
