Monument Inventory

This interactive map allows you to explore more than 3,500 monuments across 43 counties and 14 independent cities that make up the Appalachian region of Virginia.

Embracing Monument Lab’s broad definition of a monument as “a statement of power and presence in public,” our Monument Inventory uses public websites to collect and categorize monuments like statues, historical markers, interpretive signs, memorials, museums, murals, festivals, public art installations, and repurposed buildings. This inventory includes traditional and nontraditional monuments easily found online using the same standard search criteria across Appalachian Virginia’s locations.

Several broad blue brush strokes.

Monument Lab defines a monument as:

“a statement of power and presence in public.”

The entries are categorized based on monument type, demographic represented, and theme. This allows the public to better see what kinds of places, people, and ideas are represented on Appalachian Virginia’s cultural landscape.

Monuments Interactive Map