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Exhibits

Exhibits in the Museum are designed to interpret the warm mineral springs and their impact on the history and culture of the area. They are housed on the second floor of the Roman Bath House and are created by volunteers who research the topic, prepare materials and collect artifacts. There are freestanding individual pieces and temporary exhibits as well as the following permanent ones.

 

Exhibits in chronological order: (Click on images to view enlargements )

Geology of the Berkeley Springs:

Includes relief map and quartz crystals

Native Americans -- 8500 years of Local History:

Tools, arrowheads, and locator map

James Rumsey, Steamboat Inventor:

Includes patents, letters and locator map

Click on image to view Rumsey Exhibit Manual

Town of Bath:

Moray print, 1776 plat, and artifacts

Host to History: Hotels, Inns and Ordinaries 1775-1905

Includes locator map, photographs and artifacts

Delights of Berkeley:

More than a dozen sketches by Porte Crayon

Bathing at Bath:

Historic swimsuits, photos and a sit-up steam cabinet

H.H. Hunter:

Superintendent Bath Square, Architect/Builder, Inventor, Prospector. Includes furniture and inventions

Tomato Festival: 1938-41

News clippings, artifacts

Bottling the Berkeley Springs:

Artifacts including bottle cappers and signs

Purity of the Spring Water:

Chemical analysis charts, cups and hand pump

Trustees of the Berkeley Springs:

Artifacts from Washington Elm

Pure Silica for Glass:

Silica products and photographs

 

Museum of the Berkeley Springs • PO Box 99 • Berkeley Springs WV 25411