Upcoming Events at The Salem Museum & Historical
Society
· February 20, 7:00 at the Museum: Special Black History Month
program!
Perneller Chubb Wilson
will recount the impact of
Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC
on the local Civil Rights movement.
· March 17, 9:00 to 2:00 at the Museum:
Playing in the Dirt!
You gardeners will have opportunity to observe and
practice several gardening techniques, such as making plant cuttings,
building compost piles, irrigation systems for the home garden, mulching,
easy insect control techniques, and more. For more info, contact Sheri Dorn,
Virginia Cooperative Extension, Roanoke Office.
· March 19, 7:00 at the Museum:
Cabell Brand
on the
Ortho-Vent Shoe Corp.
and his own storied career of making an difference in
our community! Don’t miss this fascinating and significant evening!
· April 16, 7:00 at the Museum:
Camp North!
Join Isabelle Hylton to learn of a “Vanished Salem” landmark of local
African-American history!
· April 28,
9 AM to 3 PM at the Museum:
Herb Faire!
Details forthcoming!
· May 19, at the Museum: “Blues on the Green!” A special concert, dinner, and fundraiser for SHS!
Details TBA.
· June 18, 7:00 at the Museum: Tentative SHS program remembering
D-Day.
· July 16, 7:00 at the Museum:
SHS Program.
Topic TBA.
· August 20, 7:00 at the Museum: “Songcatchers: Three Local Women and
the Folk Ballads They Preserved” with John
Long.
· September 8:
Olde Salem Days!
· September 17, 6:00 at the Museum:
SHS Program/Picnic. Topic TBA.
· September 29, at the Museum: Our First Ever
SHS Appalachian Heritage Day.
Details forthcoming!
· October 15, 7:00 at the Museum:
SHS program.
Topic TBA.
· October 20
and
23: The 15th Annual
Salem Museum Ghost Walk!
· November 12:
Opening of our second annual
Salem Museum Wreath Exhibition and
Silent Auction!
· November 19, 7:00 at the Museum:
SHS Program.
Topic TBA.
· December 9: Salem Museum
Holiday Homes Tour
and closing of our Wreath Exhibition.
Annual Events:
October Ghost Walk and December Holiday Homes
Tour.
Monthly Events: Salem Museum speaker series is typically the third Monday evenings of
each month, though the schedule may change from time to time. We
meet at the museum at 7 pm to hear from informative speakers who cover a range of topics relevant to
local history.