Point Pleasant River Museum Archives - The Waterways Journal

Point Pleasant River Museum Finds New Location

November 8, 2019

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 optimistic timeline… Read More

River Museum Looking For New Location A fire in the attic of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center was fought by firefighters from eight communities in West Virginia and Ohio. (photo courtesy of Mark Kincaid)

A fire in the attic of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center was fought by firefighters from eight communities in West Virginia and Ohio. (photo courtesy of Mark Kincaid)

River Museum Looking For New Location

August 1, 2019

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, 2018. Most of the… Read More

Point Pleasant Museum Damaged By Fire A fire in the attic of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center was fought by firefighters from eight communities in West Virginia and Ohio. (photo courtesy of Mark Kincaid)

Point Pleasant Museum Damaged By Fire

July 6, 2018

The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., sustained heavy damage in an attic fire on Sunday, July 1. The recovery process has started, aided by… Read More

Silver Bridge Collapse Anniversary Commemorated Jack Fowler, right, executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center, talks about the Silver Bridge collapse with Tom Smith, West Virginia secretary of transportation, at a reception at the museum before the 50th anniversary memorial ceremony for the bridge collapse on December 15. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Jack Fowler, right, executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center, talks about the Silver Bridge collapse with Tom Smith, West Virginia secretary of transportation, at a reception at the museum before the 50th anniversary memorial ceremony for the bridge collapse on December 15. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Silver Bridge Collapse Anniversary Commemorated

December 25, 2017

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 p.m. on… Read More

Point Pleasant Museum Honors Charles Jones

October 16, 2017

In his 100th year, Charles T. Jones keeps accumulating honors for his long record of service to the inland marine industry. On September 2, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award… Read More