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Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville, VA
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Museum of the Middle Appalachians

A Saltville museum covering regional history from the Ice Age through the Space Age, with a focus on salt.

123 Palmer Ave. Saltville, VA 24370 · Saltville, VA

About Museum of the Middle Appalachians

Run by the nonprofit Saltville Foundation, this Virginia museum presents about 30,000 years of regional history. Its seventeen exhibits cover natural and cultural salt-related heritage, from Ice Age mammoths to moon missions. Visitors can also watch a five-part video program that offers a virtual tour of the Civil War at the Salt Works, and the museum store runs a campaign that tracks where visitors come from.

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  • #ice age
  • #civil war
  • #salt industry
  • #fossils

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