Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum — Attraction in Pikeville

Great place on civil war artifacts, and history of Pikeville Kentucky, including the Hatfield and Mcoy feud. My family history goes back hundreds of years. My 3rd Great Grandfather, Greenville Burke fought in the confederate army, 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Co G . He is buried at Burke cemetery off long fork rd. My 3rd Great Grandfather Nathaniel T. Hopkins was US senator for Pikeville Kentucky. He is buried in Potter cemetery along with my grandfather and...

For this area this is a don't miss, their gift shop is really full of interesting items, some homemade items that are very well priced and the information provided upon touring the museum is more historical accuracy of the events of the times and are very educational. Their is an entry fee and hours are very limited so plan...

Museum was too helter skelter for me. I would have liked to see it be a little more professionally done-some display tags were handwritten, some were printed then hand cut, there were some tags with misspelled words. The gentleman who ran our tour was knowledgeable, so...