Visit our new mural!
Thanks to Downtown Roanoke Inc. and artist Alicia Hollingsworth-Young, a new building mural celebrates our two museums, History Museum of
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Historical Society Blog
Paper Fan promos part of July 4, 1916, Celebration
The O. Winston Link Museum and History Museum is closed, but we wish all of our followers a safe and
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‘Vagabonds’ Edison, Ford camped in Virginia
In the summer of 1918, four celebrities, a slew of staff, and a caravan of cars stopped in Roanoke for
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Edward Dudley, from Roanoke, was ambassador to Liberia
Historian and author Nelson Harris offers several talks of little known bits of Roanoke history. They include: The achievement of
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D-Day Memorial Educator tells story of first Roanoker killed in WWII
John Long, educator with the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, tells the story of Benjamin Brown, the first Roanoker to
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Virtual visits include look at Gift Shop special window
Museum manager Lynsey Allie has begun a series of virtual visits to different parts of the O. Winston Link and
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Lewis-Preston-Fleming Lives Converged in Our Area
By ASHLEY WEBB, Curator, HSWV Andrew Lewis, William Preston, and William Fleming helped shape the course of history for Southwestern
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Thank you for Day of Giving Donations!
Thank you to those that gave on the recent Day of Giving. We appreciate the generosity of our community more
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Handwashing History Fitting Topic
By Global Handwashing Partnership Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of
Read moreMuseum Closing Status
As is the case with most institutions and museums across Virginia and the nation, the History Museum of Western Virginia
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