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August 2023
Main Gallery Exhibit: 16Blocks Magazine Retrospective

August 3, 2023 - November 4, 2023

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

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Alexander Black House
204 Draper Rd. SW
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm

St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall
203 Gilbert Street
Open by Appointment

Phone: 540-443-1600
Email: info@blacksburghistory.org

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Did you know that we host the annual @downtownblac

Did you know that we host the annual @downtownblacksburg Holiday Trees? In addition to the beautifully decorated trees, we feature a cooresponding holiday exhibit and workshops!

To help us continue hosting free community workshops and exhibits like this one, please consider donating to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. Visit the link in our bio to give today! @cfnrv

Interested in knowing how far your dollar goes? Re

Interested in knowing how far your dollar goes? Reception supplies are just one of the many operational expenses of a nonprofit art and history museum. Help us fund these expenses so that we can offer receptions to our community artists and museum members! If you would like to contribute, please donate to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. Visit the link in our bio to give today! @cfnrv

Here is a little sneak peek of our exhibit design

Here is a little sneak peek of our exhibit design at the St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall. This board is a part of a section of the exhibit that will pay homage to the residents of New Town, starting with Gilbert Vaughn. Gilbert Vaughn was the first Black landowner post emancipation and this Juneteenth we are honoring his legacy. Vaughn's ownership was the beginning of the community that supported one another during the atrocities of Jim Crow. Here at BMCF, we are working to make sure that the community is aware of the effects of segregation in Blacksburg and that this history is not forgotten. If you would like to contribute to the funds needed to publicize this exhibit, please donate to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. Visit the link in our bio to give today! @cfnrv

PLEASE NOTE: “Friends of St Luke, Odd Fellows & Household of Ruth, Blacksburg VA” is not associated with The Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation. Only funds donated to the Blacksburg Museum will help redesign and renovation efforts at the St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall.

Mark your calendars for the return of The Art of G

Mark your calendars for the return of The Art of Goodbye, this intriguing exhibit will take place October 1st-November 13th this year!

To help us continue to host exciting and informative exhibits like The Art of Goodbye, please consider donating to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. Visit the link in our bio to give today! @cfnrv

We will be closed for Juneteenth tomorrow and toda

We will be closed for Juneteenth tomorrow and today I again offer this from "Huckleberry Finn," Chapter 31 which contains perhaps the most perfect line in early American literature. The epitome of a morality tale, not to mention the blueprint for all buddy films and stories that followed. The best unrelenting, witty and biting satire of a hypocritical and cruel “civilization”. And it was written 142 years ago and 18 years AFTER slavery was abolished. Even and especially now, these are still powerful words spoken from a child narrator. Respect, love, and conscience above all. -Diana Francis, Museum Director

Our Education Room was one of the first to be fini

Our Education Room was one of the first to be finished on the second floor at the Alexander Black House, but we consider this an ever evolving exhibit and welcome any donations that pertain to education in Blacksburg as well as Montgomery County.

If you'd like to support exhibits like this one, please consider donatingto our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. Visit the link in our bio to give today! @cfnrv

Back in March we had the pleasure of providing our

Back in March we had the pleasure of providing our 16 Squares Walking Tour to @gotomontva

Along this tour we explore the original 16 blocks of town and learn how it was formed, grew, and continues to thrive today! Stops include some of the original log cabins that were built in the early 19th century and discussion about the families that occupied them.

Thank you to Evan Hull at @gotomontva for providing this video.

To help us continue to offer tours like this one, please consider donating to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with @cfnrv

When folks walk through the doors at the Alexander

When folks walk through the doors at the Alexander Black House they often ask, "Can we go upstairs?" and we're happy to exclaim, "YES! Please do!". A lot of changes have taken place upstairs over the past year and we proudly offer several history exhibits on the second floor, so whether you haven't visited BMCF before or if it's been a while since your last visit, please come take a look at what we have to offer!

Exhibits like Blacksburg History Way are made possible by generous donations. Please consider donating to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley today at the link in our bio. @cfnrv

Has anyone visited the Alexander Black House recen

Has anyone visited the Alexander Black House recently? You may have noticed our gift shop rebrand Vaughn & Black Co. Thanks to your generosity, we have been able to rebrand our gift shop to honor some key figures in Blacksburg's history, Gilbert Vaughn & Alexander Black. Gilbert Vaughn was the first Black landowner in a neighborhood known as New Town and Alexander Black was one of the founders of the National Bank of Blacksburg. These two figures were pillars of their communities and made Blacksburg what it is today. If you would like to support our mission of uplifting their stories, please donate to our #GiveLocalNRV2026 campaign with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley today at the link in our bio. @cfnrv

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