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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Natural History & Natural Science Museums
Mission: The mission of the big sandy heritage center is to collect, care for, exhibit and interpret items that will serve to illustrate regional history. The heritage center's collection will contain items that best depict this history in terms of natural resources, exploration, settlement, agricultural, manufacturing, trade, transportation, education, cultural and social developmental. As a secondary mission, the center will serve to complement the primary purpose as it relates to southwestern virginia and southern west virginia. The corporation was organized for educational purposes. In furtherance of this the corporation will operate and maintain a museum and history center to be known as the "mountain heritage center". The objectives are as follows:1. To be a unique educational resource that reflects and broadens interest in the heritage and history of our region. 2. To encourage understanding and appreciation of our heritage and history, and to encourage the preservation of the same. 3. To
Programs: The mission of the big sandy heritage center is to collect, care for, exhibit and interpret items that will serve to illustrate regional history. The heritage center's collection will contain items that best depict this history in terms of natural resources, exploration, settlement, agricultural, manufacturing, trade, transportation, education, cultural and social developmental. As a secondary mission, the center will serve to complement the primary purpose as it relates to southwestern virginia and southern west virginia.