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Lecturers for April 23 define area history

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Despite coming from different backgrounds, different generations, and neither being originally from Roanoke, two inquiring minds formed a genuine friendship

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Mark Calendar for Give Roanoke April 24

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GIVE Roanoke is a fun, easy, and flexible way to donate and learn more about organizations making a difference in

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Wm. Fleming’s Life Among Education Programs Offered

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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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Stream Link Photography Video on Blue Ridge PBS ECHO

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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

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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

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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

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

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Historic Pump Station Closed for Season

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Long before the arrival of the first westward explorers in what is now Roanoke, the waters of Crystal Spring contributed

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Historic boutique hotel built as bank

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Liberty Trust Hotel, which opened in downtown Roanoke in March, has been hailed by Forbes Magazine and UK Times News

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Link captured image during snowstorm

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A snowstorm in March 1956 delayed O. Winston Link’s eighth trip to Roanoke. In Hagerstown, Maryland, on the way to

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