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Opening Night Reception

Kindly Mirrors, On The Rails, Rooted in Roanoke: Bryce Cobbs Exhibits. Meet the Artists and Gallery Talk.

Museum
Sat
September 19, 2026 6:00 PM

Kindly Mirrors Gallery Talk at 4pm

Free for HSWV members, $5 for non-members paid at the door

RSVP requested

Join the Roanoke History & O. Winston Link Museums for a reception celebrating three community exhibitions: Kindly Mirrors from the Old Church Gallery in Floyd County, On the Rails Community Railroad Photography, and Rooted in Roanoke with Bryce Cobbs and Noel C. Taylor Academy.

Come early - at 4pm - for a gallery talk with Ricky Cox, Alice Slusher, and Catherine Pauley from the Old Church Gallery, Floyd, to hear about the Kindly Mirrors exhibit. Then stay for the reception celebrating all our summer exhibitions! Meet the artists, hang with friends, and learn something new.

Call 540.982.5465 or click https://forms.gle/yuTtYyvcrdugn15d7  to RSVP.

The "On the Rails" exhibition is generously sponsored by Norfolk Southern.

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