Museum
Virginia Museum of Transportation
47 locals recommend
Location
303 Norfolk Ave SW
Roanoke, VA
Downtown Roanoke
Tips from locals
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia,
Roanoke began as a railroad town, now all grown up. There is much history in the Transportation Museum and the O. Winston Link Museum. See history with trains and automobiles at the Transportation Museum. O. Winston Link (1914-2001) was one of America's most exceptional photographic artists; he memorialized the steam era. O. Winston Link created the story of trains passing in the night and photos behind the scenes of railroads in their heyday. His intriguing life story and dramatic art scandal was made in a documentary: "The Photographer, His Wife and Her Lover".
Roanoke began as a railroad town, now all grown up. There is much history in the Transportation Museum and the O. Winston Link Museum. See history with trains and automobiles at the Transportation Museum. O. Winston Link (1914-2001) was one of America's most exceptional photographic artists;…