The Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College is one of Elkins' strongest cultural anchors. Its summer workshops and festivals focus on old-time music, bluegrass, blues, Cajun traditions, dance, and Appalachian crafts, with visitors coming to learn rather than just watch.
If your timing lines up, this is the best reason to linger in town. The atmosphere is informal and participatory, and it connects Elkins to the wider mountain culture around it in a way a standard museum cannot.