Exhibits in the Museum are designed to portray 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. Freestanding individual pieces and temporary exhibits are displayed along with the following permanent ones listed in chronological order:
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 mage to view Rumsey Exhibit Manual
Formation of the Town
Lord Fairfax, original lot owners and law forming Bath
Click on image to view Town Exhibit Manual
Host to History: Hotels, Inns, and Ordinaries 1775-1905
Includes locator map, photographs and artifacts
Delights of Berkeley Springs
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, and Prospector. Includes furniture and inventions
Tomato Festival 1938-41
News clippings and 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’s Elm
Pure Silica for Glass
Silica products and photographs
Fires of Berkeley Springs
Map, fire images, and artifacts
Click on image to view Fires Exhibit Manual
Museum of the Berkeley Springs • PO Box 99 • Berkeley Springs WV 25411
Exhibits in the Museum are designed to portray 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. Freestanding individual pieces and temporary exhibits are displayed along with the following permanent ones listed in chronological order:
