Taubman Museum of Art
The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 to its current home, a contemporary architecture building designed by Randall Stout.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Roanoke, Virginia
- Address: 110 Salem Avenue Southeast, Roanoke, VA 24011
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Market Square and Roanoke station.
Market Square
Square
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Market Square is situated 470 feet southwest of Taubman Museum of Art.
Roanoke station
Railway station
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Roanoke station is a train station in Roanoke, Virginia, the current southern terminus of Amtrak's Northeast Regional line. Built in 2017, it follows several other Roanoke passenger stations that operated from the 1850s to 1979. Roanoke station is situated 910 feet west of Taubman Museum of Art.
Gainsboro Branch Library
Library
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The Gainsboro Branch Library is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a one-story, seven-bay brick building built with an L-plan and gabled roof, and designed in the Tudor Revival style. Gainsboro Branch Library is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Taubman Museum of Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasena and Mountain View.
Wasena
Quarter
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Wasena is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in south, central Roanoke bisected by U.S. Route 221, immediately to the south of the Roanoke River.
Mountain View
Quarter
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Mountain View is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke north of the Roanoke River. It borders the neighborhoods of Norwich on the west, West End on the east, Hurt Park on the north and Raleigh Court and Wasena on the south.
West End
Suburb
West End is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke south of the Norfolk Southern railyard. It borders the neighborhoods of Hurt Park and Mountain View on the west, Downtown on the east, Gilmer on the north across the Norfolk Southern railyard and Old Southwest on the south. West End is situated 1½ miles west of Taubman Museum of Art.
Taubman Museum of Art
- Categories: art museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
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-79.93832° or 79° 56′ 18″ westLevels
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In Other Languages
“Taubman Museum of Art” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Taubman”
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