Press Releases

2023 (17)

• November 16 -- The award-winning art therapy program, “The Art of Happiness,” to return as a winter series presented by the Montgomery Museum and LewisGale Hospital Montgomery
• October 17 -- Montgomery Museum Brings Artist Elissa Steeves, Textile Artists of Virginia, and Montgomery County Coal Mining History and Art Show to the New River Valley
• September 26 -- Montgomery Museum to Present “DOC AT 100” benefit concert at Moss Arts Center, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Doc Watson
• August 30 -- Heritage Day 2023 Recap
• August 24 -- Montgomery Museum Hosting Local Artist Reception and Railroad Theme Art Show Awards
• August 4 -- Heritage Day 2023 to bring history, culture, and community to downtown Christiansburg (Heritage Day, MMAH)
• July 18 -- Railroad Theme Art Show
• June 24 -- Celebrate Beauty, and the Past and Future of NRV Rail
• March 23 -- Montgomery Museum of Art & History Receives Virginia Association of Museum’s 2023 Innovation Award for new Mental Health Series
• March 17 -- Virginia Association of Museums’ Innovation Award.
• March 7 -- Arts❤️NRV Market and Heritage Day Festival Event Sponsorship Opportunities
• March 3 -- MONTGOMERY MUSEUM RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE IBMA
• February 28 -- Christiansburg High School Art Show
• February 22 -- Feb 1 ArtxHistory
• February 22 -- Jan 3 Dave Petersen
• February 22 -- Jan 2 Tom Jenssen
• February 22 -- Dec 22 Emerging Leaders

2022 (11)

• August 3 -- NRV Black History Collection of books and pamphlets.
• June 7 -- Reimagined art and history museum
• June 2 -- Give Local NRV
• April 3 -- April 7 is last day for museum’s old location
• February 9 -- Press Release
• February 8 -- Arts♥NRV Market
• February 8 -- 50 Years in the Making!
• January 29 -- Membership Letter
• January 27 -- Montgomery Museum invites public’s help to finish capital campaign
• January 24 -- 100+ Women Who Care NRV donates $10,000+ to Montgomery Museum
• January 11 -- Jenna Pynn’s Art Quilts…now at the Museum

2021 (5)

• December 14 -- Look at This One! Photo Exhibit (Montgomery County History, Museum Collection)
• May 11 -- Coverlet Chat with Kathleen Wilson on May 27
• May 6 -- Museum participates in History Hunt SWVA
• February 17 -- Objects Tell the Story in New Exhibit (African American History, Montgomery County History, Women's History)
• January 11 -- Vote and Help Us Preserve Slave-made Coverlet (African American History, Montgomery County History)

2020 (5)

• September 29 -- Beautiful: the Changing Faces of Beauty & Cosmetics (Women's History)
• July 2 -- New History Exhibit Now Open
• June 11 -- Reopened! And We’re Looking Forward to Seeing You Soon! (Market on Main, New Hours, Reopening)
• April 20 -- Museum Minute (Montgomery County History, Women's History)
• March 16 -- Blacksburg High School Art Show 2020 – digital version

2019 (5)

• October 24 -- Quilt Appraisal Event
• July 31 -- Going to School: a Montgomery County history (Education, Montgomery County History)
• May 15 -- Books for All: a brief history of libraries in Montgomery County (Montgomery County History)
• March 4 -- The Wild West Came to Montgomery County (Montgomery County History, Radford)
• February 1 -- Montgomery County Women Embraced Change During the 1920s (Montgomery County History, Women's History)

2018 (21)

• November 19 -- The History of Food in Historic Cookbook (Montgomery County History, Women's History)
• October 23 -- New Art Show Opening Soon!
• October 21 -- Lions and Tigers and Bears – oh, my! (Christiansburg History, Montgomery County History, Museum Collection)
• October 18 -- Museum Offers Sisters in Black History
• September 21 -- A Little Book and a Lot of History (Christiansburg History, Women's History)
• August 30 -- A Quilt and Its Many Connections (Montgomery County History, Museum Collection, Women's History)
• August 22 -- A Pieced History (Montgomery County History, Women's History)
• June 27 -- Photographs Give a View into the Past (Christiansburg History, Montgomery County History)
• June 13 -- The Unforgotten Henry King (Montgomery County History)
• May 21 -- A Story of Emancipation in Christiansburg (African American History, Christiansburg History)
• May 4 -- Cruisin’ Christiansburg with Kids Pinewood Derby
• April 30 -- Thought Provoking New Exhibit by Alex Crookshanks
• April 23 -- An Untold Story of Troubled Times (African American History, Christiansburg History)
• April 12 -- Earliest Settlers of Montgomery County (Family History & Genealogy)
• March 28 -- Freedmen’s Bureau Census of 1865 and 1867
• March 21 -- Using the County Cohabitation Register
• March 15 -- Photograph in Montgomery Museum Collection Has Story To Tell
• March 8 -- Talk, Reception, & Book Signing with Facing Freedom Author, Dr. Daniel Thorp
• February 16 -- Dr. Dan Thorp Talk and Reception
• January 31 -- Robin Poteet Art Class
• January 10 -- Leslie Gregg – Keepers of the Tradition Art Show

2017 (2)

• September 14 -- Genealogy 101 Class – October 4, 11, 18, and 25
• August 1 -- Legacy from Penny McKee Ireland