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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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The last Old Time Jam inside the museum this Satur

The last Old Time Jam inside the museum this Saturday. Starting next month, they’ll be back at @blacksburgfarmersmkt!

Our Metallica concert parking is sold out, but you

Our Metallica concert parking is sold out, but you can still snag a parking pass for the football season! All available spaces are at https://blacksburgmuseum.org/football-parking/

With artwork by Charlie Brouwer, Matt Gentry, and

With artwork by Charlie Brouwer, Matt Gentry, and Gilbert Linkous K-5 art students, our space is now bathed in branches, and Charlie’s statement about the “persistence of trees” feels so very appropriate... @charliebrouwer @sharpiegentry

If you have missed any of Scott Crawford’s histo

If you have missed any of Scott Crawford’s history & art lectures, we have updated the first three on our YouTube channel (link in bio) so that you can catch up! His next talk, the final in this series, will take place on Thursday, May 15 at 5:30pm.

*all three sound a little different because we’ve been experimenting with presentation modes - please bear with us as we get it right!*

Our lecture series with B. Scott Crawford continue

Our lecture series with B. Scott Crawford continues tomorrow with an analysis of Lilly Martin Spencer’s Victorian era painting. There are myriad clues in the way it is painted and the objects therein that can tell us what Spencer is communicating. And there is no one better to give us this information in a spirited and fun fashion than Scott!

The artifact of the week is a flag that belonged t

The artifact of the week is a flag that belonged to Dr. John S. Apperson and perhaps was flown during the 1893 Chicago World Fair.

What a fantastic night to showcase Matt Gentry and

What a fantastic night to showcase Matt Gentry and his incredible expanse of plein air work. Matt is obviously well respected by many, and it was a joy to see the support. Thank you to our @aliza.q for taking photos and to @milleroffmain for supplying prints. We love you @sharpiegentry ❤️

Check out our Artifact of the Week, a 1964 playbil

Check out our Artifact of the Week, a 1964 playbill from the hit Broadway show “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. Thank you to Bria, our amazing intern, for presenting!

Thanks to @cfnrv for this generous prize!

Thanks to @cfnrv for this generous prize!

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