Points of Interest
Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional
Art Center - 300 South Pepper Street Christiansburg.
The museum has artifacts from the New River Valley area and
features art exhibits by local artists. 540/382-5644 or http://montgomerymuseum.org/
Historic Smithfield Plantation
- 1000 Smithfield Plantation Road, Blacksburg. Built in 1775
it has been the birth place 2 Virginia governors and the home
of another. There is a manor house, museum store, and a colonial
style kitchen garden located on the grounds of the plantation.
Art collections from 18th and 19th centuries are on display,
as well as local artifacts. Costumed interpreters serve as
tour guides through the home. The plantation is only open
April-December, Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 pm. 540/231-3947 or http://www.apva.org/apva/smithfield_plantation.php
Squires Student Art Gallery - Located
on the VT campus, a wide variety of art can be viewed here.
The exhibits are rotating and feature art by a multitude of
individuals, local, international and Virginia Tech student
artists. 540/231-6906
Solitude - The oldest structure
on the Virginia Tech campus and well as the first permanent
English speaking colony in the Allegheny Mountains, it is
the site of the Draper Meadow Settlement and massacre, where
Mary Draper Ingles' capture and long road to freedom began.
Solitude was also the home of two Virginia governors. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/solitude/
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - US 460 Blacksburg. Known at Virginia Tech, the University was founded in 1872 as the country's first land-grant institution. It is Virginia's largest university and ranked among the top 50 research universities in the country. Approximately 25,000 students attend the university each year. There are over 200 nationally ranked undergraduate programs within this outstanding university. The universities museums, art galleries, and dining halls are open to the public. 540/231-6000 or http://www.vt.edu/
Virginia Tech Museum of Geological Sciences - 2062 Derring Hall, VT Campus. The museum is home of the largest display of minerals in the state of Virginia, as well as a working seismograph, gemstones, fossils, full-scale model of an Allosaurus, and a gift shop. 540/231-3001 or http://www.geol.vt.edu/outreach/museum.html
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