Museums

The Roanoke Valley area offers enlightenment, fun and entertainment for families, couples and groups. Enjoy an array of area attractions nearby the hotel.

	Center in the Square Located downtown, this exciting complex features a variety of cultural organizations: The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge Roanoke Valley History Museum Science Museum of Southwestern Virginia Hopkins Planetarium Go to website
	Taubman Museum of Art The new 81,000 square foot Taubman Museum of Art proves an arresting landmark for visitors arriving to the area. As Roanoke's most contemporary structure, it provides an analog for the city's evolution from industrial and manufacturing town to technology-driven city. The building's forms and materials evoke both the drama of the surrounding mountainous landscape of the Shenandoah Valley and the lyrically gritty industrial-era building culture of the great early 20th century railroad boom, when Roanoke came to prominence as a switchpoint city of the new South. Go to website
	O. Winston Link Museum Housed in a 1905 passenger station for the Norfolk & Western Railway, The museum celebrates the photography of O. Winston Link. Go to website
	Virginia Museum of Transportation Preserving and interpreting the transportation heritage of the Commonwealth by collecting, restoring and exhibiting significant artifacts in order to serve and educate the citizens of Virginia, The Museum of Transportation is one of Virginia's most interesting museums! Go to website
	The Salem Museum The Salem Museum maintains an important collection of local artifacts-including Native American pieces recovered from an early Indian settlement, relics of the Civil War, and mementos of daily life from the span of Salem's history. Go to website
	Harrison Museum of African American Culture An educational and cultural institution committed to promoting, showcasing, and celebrating the art and history of African Americans for Roanoke Valley citizens and visitors. Go to website
	Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Poplar Forest is Thomas Jefferson's personal retreat. One of only two homes Thomas Jefferson designed and built for his own use, it has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior. Go to website