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Big Sandy Heritage Center, Pikeville, KY

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Big Sandy Heritage Center

A regional history museum in Pikeville, Kentucky, with fossil, Native American, pioneer, and Hatfield-McCoy era collections.

172 Division Street, Pikeville, Kentucky 41501, United States · Pikeville, KY

About Big Sandy Heritage Center

The museum sits on the fourth floor of the Hall of Justice Building in downtown Pikeville. Its exhibits trace the region from prehistoric fossils through early settlement, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, and later decades. Visitors can see Native artifacts from the Big Sandy area and collections tied to the Hatfield and McCoy families. Some newer exhibit sections are still being built, and the museum also keeps an archive of books, papers, and photographs.

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  • #fossils
  • #Native American artifacts
  • #Hatfield-McCoy feud
  • #archive

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