VA, Preserving 300 Years of History

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Salem Museum in Salem, Virginia

Preserving 300+ years of history, art, and sports in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

Andrew Lewis Weekend

Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8 from 10am to 4pm

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Join us to celebrate 250 years since Andrew Lewis expelled Lord Dunmore from Williamsburg.

The Fincastle Company Living Historians will be on site all weekend. Meet Andrew Lewis and learn about his life.

See the new VA250 exhibit "Salem's Forgotten Hero: Andrew Lewis and the Revolutionary War"

June 7:

11am- "Pioneer and Patriot: The Life of Andrew Lewis" lecture with Museum Director Garrett Channell

2pm- Lecture by Dr. Nicole Dressler, associate teaching professor of history at the University of William and Mary, on the events surrounding and significance of Lord Dunmore’s expulsion from Virginia

June 8:

1pm- "Pioneer and Patriot: The Life of Andrew Lewis" lecture with Museum Director Garrett Channell

3pm- Commemoration of the expulsion of Dunmore from Williamsburg

Thanks to our Museum Sponsors: Salem Motor Lofts, Town and Country Renovations

Event Sponsored by Virginia is for Lovers (virginia.org) and VA250 (Va250.org)

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Whispered Echoes: Tales Across Time

Salem Museum Speaker Series, June 12 at 7pm

Let Me Tell Ya!, the acclaimed storytelling collective, proudly returns to the Salem Museum with "Whispered Echoes: Tales Across Time." This speaker series event is free to the public.

Join storytellers Clinton Atwater, Teresa Calhoun, and Mark Fryburg as they regale attendees with original stories that stress human connection in the increasingly digitized world. Armed with humor, wisdom, adventure, and awe, their stories will honor the oral storytelling tradition that entertained countless generations of ancestors. Reviving the ancient powers of voice, gesture, and imagination will be the spotlight focus of the evening.

Hands-On History

Join us each week for Hands-on History Saturdays! On Saturdays from 10-4, visitors will get the chance to pull on curators’ gloves and hold a piece of history in their hands. Come see, up close, artifacts that are not often on display. A new theme every month! May= Revolutionary War

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Salem's Hidden Hero: Andrew Lewis and the Revolutionary War

Featured in our Main Gallery from June 7 to September 13

Chronicling Lewis’ life and his lynchpin status in the course of the American Revolution. Visitors can try on garments, handle tools, and interact with materials resembling those of Revolutionary-era Virginia.

Celebrating 30 Years of Carilion Clinic Field

On display in our Lobby through September

The Salem Museum celebrates the 30^thAnniversary of Carilion Clinic Field with the Salem Red Sox!

Visit us this summer to see artifacts from the 1995 inaugural season, and the past 30 years of Salem baseball history.

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HOURS OF OPERATION

Open Tuesdays — Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm.

Closed on July 4; Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas; New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and the day after New Years.

If the City of Salem Schools are closed for inclement weather, the Museum does not open.

LOCATION & DIRECTIONS

Located next to Longwood Park in Downtown Salem
801 East Main Street
Salem, Virginia 24153

From I-81, take exit 140 and head toward Salem on Thompson Memorial Blvd. At Main Street (US 460), turn left. Go .3 mile; the Salem Museum is located at the top of the hill on the left. Our entrance is across from the Berglund Ford service entrance. Look for the “OAKEY FIELD” sign. There is plenty of free, on-site parking.

ADMISSION IS FREE.
DONATIONS ARE
APPRECIATED!

Admission is FREE for all self-guided visitors.

Guided tours are $10 per adult age 15+, and $5 for children. For school groups and educational groups, students are $3 and chaperones are free. Group visits are available when booked at least two weeks in advance.