Point Pleasant River Museum & Learning Center
28 Main Street, Point Pleasant WV 304 674-0144
Monday thru Thursday: 10:00 to 5:00
Welcome
The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center focuses on river life and commercial
enterprise on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The museum has many displays
and video demonstrations. Special guests will highlight topics
such as great floods, boat construction, sternwheel steamers, river
disasters and the local river industry's contribution to World War II.
The museum also offers a pilot house simulator, aquarium and a research library.
The Musuem introduced a second towboat pilot house simulator on
April 21. 2015
(see Waterways Journal article)
River Museum New Location - 320
Main St Simulator Video
2,400 Gal. Aquarium - Ohio and Kanawha
River fish
Google Street View
Calendar
Visit us on Facebook
River Cruise July 26, 2021
2 ½ HOUR (BUFFET) DINNER
CRUISE
more info
(pdf)
MEMORIAL PAVERS ON SALE NOW
Help Build & Sustain The Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook
Learning Center
$150.00 Each
or
5 or more @ $110.00 Each
Paver info
and order form (pdf)
Museum Director, Jack
Fowler (1934-2020) Obituary (pdf)
Are you looking for a gift for a child who loves boats? Stop by the
Point Pleasant River Museum & Learning Center gift shop. We are now
carrying a handcrafted tow boat with one barge. This toy/gift is made
specifically for the river museum by a local person.
Point Pleasant Athletic Hall of Fame Application pdf
NWS Ohio River at Point Pleasant
Historical Flood Crests at Point Pleasant, WV (pdf)