West Virginia University Watts Museum Curator Petrak Testifies Before Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Danielle M. Petrak, curator of the Watts Museum at the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers":
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My name is Danielle Petrak, and I am the curator of the Watts Museum, an industrial history m . . .
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My name is Danielle Petrak, and I am the curator of the Watts Museum, an industrial history m . . .