Art, History, Nature Centers, Science

The Center in the Square supports the arts and sciences by providing free housing, utilities, maintenance, marketing, and custodial services for seven cultural organizations.

History

Mountain View in Roanoke, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

History

Roanoke Center in Roanoke, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

History, Military, Science, Specialized

Designated the Official Transportation Museum for the Commonwealth in 1984, the museum's mission is to preserve and interpret the heritage of the Commonwealth by collecting, restoring and exhibiting significant artifacts relating to the transportation industry.

History

Museum exhibits and research library comprise the largest collection of material in the Roanoke Valley devoted solely to tracing human history. Exhibits offer a glimpse of how life was lived in southwestern Virginia, creating a vivid cultural and educational experience. Rotating exhibits allows the Museum to focus on a variety of people, industries and events that have influenced the development of the region.

History

Art, General, History

The new Taubman Museum of Art, an 81,000 square-foot Museum in downtown Roanoke, has been constructed. The new facility, designed by architect Randall Stout, is transforming western Virginia with an architectural achievement like no other. The facility houses state-of-the-art exhibition galleries, a stellar permanent collection, and an education center that provides innovative and exemplary education initiatives that will enhance and improve K-12 and higher education programs in the region.

The Taubman Museum of Art is the boldest public-private economic development project ever undertaken in the western region of the Commonwealth.

History

Stroll through three centuries of history in the park which also offers biking, hiking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, as well as dining at the Brugh Tavern, and special events May through October.