Wm. Fleming’s Life Among Education Programs Offered

Museum educators have prepared new classroom programming that can be downloaded for your use for free. Explore Virginia’s multifaceted history

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Historic Pump Station Closed for Season

The historic Crystal Spring Pump Station located at the intersection of Jefferson Street and McClanahan Avenue  in Roanoke is open

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Stream Link Photography Video on Blue Ridge PBS ECHO

The Historical Society documentary “Dreams in Steam, The Extraordinary Vision of W. Winston Link” premiered on Blue Ridge Public Television’s

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Follow Renewal of NW Station on YouTube; Rental Space Available

Click on link to see the presentation! On Sept. 21, the Historical Society of Western Virginia sponsored a talk and

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Aug. 24 Talk: Historian discusses African American rail workers

Sheree Scarborough, author of African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke: Oral Histories of the Norfolk & Western, will speak Aug.

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Link photo subject visits exhibit

A New Look at Link: His Life and Legacy exhibit, which opens June 29 at the O. Winston Link Museum

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Catalog a journey through Botetourt history

A new catalog, “Botetourt County: 250+1 Years of Delight,” has gone on sale online and in the Gift Shop of

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Dressing for the 1800’s ball

Gretchen Guidess, Textile Conservator with Colonial Williamsburg, spent a day at the History Museum of Western Virginia dressing a manikin

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Botetourt Decorative Arts Exhibit Catalog Coming

“Botetourt County: 250 +1 Years of Delight,” an exhibit tracing the history of Botetourt through its decorative arts, featured more

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Redesigned Loewy Gallery Free to Visitors

The Historical Society of Western Virginia oversees the Raymond Loewy Gallery, the only permanent U. S. gallery dedicated to the

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