Roanoke's Center in the Square is the region's cultural center that houses and supports many museums and performance companies.

New Art Museum
The Art Museum of Western Virginia has begun construction of a huge new facility with a cutting-edge design by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who worked under Frank Gehry.  The new museum will be called the Taubman Museum of Art when it opens.

Galleries and Museums:

• Art Museum of Western Virginia
• Studios on the Square Gallery
• The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge
• Science Museum of Western Virginia and Hopkins Planetarium
• History Museum & Historical Society of Western Virginia
• O. Winston Link Museum
• Virginia Museum of Transportation
• Harrison Museum of African-American Culture
• Salem Museum & Historical Society
• Booker T. Washington National Monument

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