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Car dealer with auto museum open on Fridays and Saturdays [7] Brunswick County Museum: Lawrenceville: Brunswick: Southern: Local history [8] Burwell-Morgan Mill: Millwood: Clarke: Shenandoah Valley: Mill: Operated by the Clarke County Historical Association, restored late 18th-century grist mill and 4-acre park Cambria Depot Museum ...
When it opened in 1952, the zoo was operated by the City of Roanoke. [2] In 1976, the city turned its operation over to the Roanoke Jaycees. The Jaycees operated the zoo until 1988 when its operation was handed over to the non-profit Blue Ridge Zoological Society (BRZS). [2] The BRZS still serves as the operator and fund raiser for the zoo. [3]
In 2013 the paper was sold to Berkshire Hathaway, which in turn sold its BH Media holdings – The Roanoke Times included – to Lee Enterprises in 2020. [244] Beth Macy, author of the bestselling book Dopesick which was adapted into a 2021 Hulu miniseries of the same name, was a reporter at The Roanoke Times for 25 years. [245]
2009 - The museum was closed as the entire building was gutted to make way for a more modern museum with all new exhibits and the addition of over 9,000 square feet. 2011 - The Children's Museum of Virginia reopened on May 26, 2011 at its present 72,000 square feet footprint. 2020 - The museum closed most of the year during the COVID pandemic. [2]
A North Carolina father is facing criminal charges after authorities allege he left his child isolated in a room with a space heater for more than 12 hours, leading to his death.
The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the 20th-century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition of steam railroading and rural culture. He is most noted for his 1950s photographs of steam locomotives at night, lit by numerous flashbulbs.
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty. Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales attends the Christmas Morning Service at St Mary Magdalene Church on December 25, 2024 in Sandringham, Norfolk.
In November 1985, a flood damaged the museum and much of its collection. [3] In April 1986, the museum was re-opened at the former Norfolk & Western Railway Freight Station in downtown Roanoke as the Virginia Museum of Transportation, recognized by the General Assembly of Virginia as the Commonwealth's official transportation museum. Under the ...