In the heart of Appalachia, the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum promotes and protects a legacy of working people standing up together to fight for their rights. In 2022, we launched new and ambitious projects to take our programming beyond our four walls and:
build commemorative markers along miners’ 50-mile march route to Blair Mountain,
activate union martyr Sid Hatfield’s apartment in Matewan as a public history site, and
expand our online and in-person archive, bringing never before seen Mine Wars history to the public.
As we create historical sites and education programs of national interest, we are also working more deeply with coalfield communities, surfacing new labor histories, building public monuments together, and extending our educational programs to larger audiences. Please join us in our mission!
Your donation supports the Museum’s mission to educate, preserve, and share the stories of mineworkers and their families’ struggle for workers’ dignity and rights throughout the U.S.
We’ve suggested levels of giving below, but any contribution makes it possible for the Museum to continue our groundbreaking work uplifting people’s working class history.
Suggested Levels of Giving:
$75 - Show your solidarity At this level, you will receive a complimentary museum membership–a gift that gives year round with free admission to the Mine Wars Museum, a complimentary copy of our print journal In These Hills, early access to member-discounts to our online shop, and more! (Those who gave in the first round at $60 will receive their posters and memberships!)
$500 - Sustain the Initiative At this level, you’ll receive all the perks listed above plus 2 union-printed RedNeck Bandanas, listed on the Museum’s website.
$2,500 - Sponsor a Place-Marker At this level, you’ll receive all the perks listed above plus listing on a selected place-marker along the trail at one of the future sites along the Miners’ March in southern WV.
$10,000 - National Organizations At this level, you’ll receive all the perks listed above plus public acknowledgment at all Museum events, press releases with picture, listed on the Museum’s website, reserved advertising in the Museum’s bi-annual print journal In These Hills, and promotional materials for 2022.
Donate by Mail or Phone
WV Mine Wars Museum
PO Box 764
Matewan, WV 25678
To make a donation by phone, please call us at 304-691-0014.
