From classical composer George Crumb to the renowned Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens and country star Brad Paisley – and with musicians like Winston Walls, the Lilly Brothers, Little Jimmie Dickens and Hasil Adkins in between – West Virginians have made significant and lasting contributions to the rich and varied music of America. The mission of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame is to document and preserve those contributions and, at the same time, remind and educate the people of West Virginia and beyond its borders of these important artists.

Take a tour of the Hall of Fame’s new installation at Tamarack: