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One Building, Many Stories

Located in the library & genealogy room, second floor of the Alexander Black House, One Building, Many Stories is a permanent tribute to historic New Town.

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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TRAVELING SHOW OPENING WEDNESDAY! "Young Artists:

TRAVELING SHOW OPENING WEDNESDAY!

"Young Artists: Dreamscapes" had a wonderful run in December at Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech under the direction of Savannah Penven and will continue this month at the museum. We are incredibly excited about this first collaboration of 2026 with the Center and Craig County High School art teacher, Sierra Rock Frazier. Please show your support for these talented students!

@savannah_kp @mrs.artfrazier

As the rain fell outside, we cozied up at the firs

As the rain fell outside, we cozied up at the first Market Jam at the Museum with familiar faces and lovely music ❤️🎻

Welcome back to the BMCF Artifact of the Week! We

Welcome back to the BMCF Artifact of the Week! We are so happy to be back to our regularly scheduled programming and we can’t wait for you all to see all of our artifacts that we will be highlighting throughout the year. Let us know your thoughts about this 1939 Lyric program in the comments! @thelyrictheatre

Join us tomorrow for Market Jam at The Museum from

Join us tomorrow for Market Jam at The Museum from 2-4pm! Whether you’d like to bring an instrument and play along or just listen and enjoy, we’d love to have you!

Join us on Saturday, January 31st @ 1 PM for an e

Join us on Saturday, January 31st @ 1 PM for an event Sponsored by Historic Smithfield, Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, and Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation.

Music of the Civil War features historian and musician Geoff White. Attendees will hear songs written and played during the Civil War as well as the stories that shaped those songs. This event is free and open to the public!

@historicsmithfield @civilwar_vt

We will be closed tomorrow and Thursday in observa

We will be closed tomorrow and Thursday in observance of New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day! We hope you have a Happy New Year!

We closed out our activities for 2025 with a holid

We closed out our activities for 2025 with a holiday reception and dedication ceremony for Blacksburg History Way, a permanent timeline which spans the entire second floor of the Alexander Black House and our newly renovated library & genealogy room which now houses One Building, Many Stories, a tribute to New Town and The St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall.

As always, we are thankful for our supportive community and look forward to serving you with more events and exhibits in the new year!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from everyone here at Blacksburg Mu

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from everyone here at Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation! Please note our Holiday Hours and plan your visits accordingly.

It’s another crafting day today!! We are taking a

It’s another crafting day today!! We are taking a page out of @blacksburg_books book and creating paper flowers like true Victorians. Come down today and make these, recycled card boxes, pin prick cards, or cranberry popcorn garland (also pictured)!

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