Last updated: 3/27/2009
110 Salem Avenue SE
Roanoke, VA 24011
Tuesday - Wednesday, Friday - Saturday
10 AM - 5 PM
Still photography for personal use is permitted in permanent collection galleries only unless designated as “No Photography.” The museum does not allow the use of flash photography or tripods. Movie and video cameras are prohibited. Images of the museum’s collection may not be reproduced, distributed, or sold without written permission from the Museum.
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Kimberly S. Templeton
phone: 540-204-4133
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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. It will fuel economic development, attract new businesses and employees to western Virginia, create jobs, revitalize downtown Roanoke, and add significantly to the quality of life in Roanoke and the region. As a major tourist destination, the Taubman Museum of Art will attract record numbers of visitors to Roanoke and western Virginia. The new facility will enable the Museum to properly showcase its rapidly growing, nationally important permanent collection, and to grow its education and outreach programs to meet continually increasing demand for quality art education programming and family experiences. The new Museum will become the signature attraction for Roanoke and western Virginia in the twenty-first century.
In 1951, the Roanoke Fine Arts Center was incorporated as an independent organization. Anne Funkhouser Francis contributed her family estate, Cherry Hill, located in South Roanoke, to the Fine Arts Center in 1965. The Center received its full accreditation by the American Association of Museums in 1977 and, in acknowledgement of its high standards and successes, was reaccredited in 1986 and 1999. In 1980, the name was changed to the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts. In 1983, the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts moved from Cherry Hill to Center in the Square. The new location transformed the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts into a vibrant community institution and redirected its mission. Recognizing the need to geographically expand the Roanoke Museum of Fine Art’s services and outreach programs, the Board of Trustees renamed the institution the Art Museum of Western Virginia in 1992. In 1993, the Art Museum inaugurated a children’s interactive gallery and art center, Art Venture. Today, the Art Museum continues to change and grow as the needs of the community are identified.
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