The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has accepted $250,000 from Mylan Pharmaceuticals primarily for an addition to the State Museum featuring the company.
The Division’s decision sets a bad precedent. The subjects covered in the State Museum were selected by historians who gave them serious consideration. While the decision of those historians not to focus on Mylan apparently “dismayed” Mylan’s President and Governor Joe Manchin’s daughter Heather Bresch, it is perfectly understandable. Mylan’s history extends only several decades, and it is not representative of a larger West Virginia industry.
If the State Museum is to be accepted as a credible West Virginia history storyteller, it cannot sell its story-telling space.





