The Watts Museum’s collection includes approximately 50,000 objects, photographs, and archival documents. Our artifacts represent a range of industries across West Virginia–from a rescue apparatus used at the Sago mine disaster in Upshur County, to early-nineteenth-century glassware manufactured in the northern panhandle, and oil samples drilled from wells in the Little Kanawha River Valley.
Our permanent collection continues to grow through donations and bequests. Due to storage limitations, the museum selectively accepts historical objects and documents that support its mission and collecting policy.