Our Museum Shop is one of Salem’s best kept
secrets! Quality merchandise--informative books--local
collectibles--handcrafted treasures--we have them all, and your purchase
supports our great cause! Most of the items below can be ordered by phone
and shipped for a reasonable charge.
The Salem Museum Shop is open 10 to 4 Tuesday
through Friday, and Saturday noon to 5.
A Town by the Name of Salem: The Past in Pictures
by John D. Long and Mary Crockett Hill
When Salem was founded two centuries ago in a lush Virginia valley cut through by the Great Wagon Road, few suspected the thriving city she would become. While this growth was shared by communities throughout the region, Salem’s story is very much her own. It is her people and memories that fill the pages of this book—her sons and daughters whose eyes meet yours in these photographs. A Town by the Name of Salem pays tribute to 200 years of life and legend in a vibrant southern town.
A bicentennial publication of the Salem
Museum and Historical Society and the City of Salem.
Salem: A Virginia Chronicle
by Norwood C. Middleton
One of the best written local histories ever done in Virginia, Middleton’s epic story traces Salem’s development from the Native American settlement of the 17th century through the disastrous flood of 1985. 472 pages. Includes maps, photographs, and an extensive bibliography. Published by the Salem Historical Society, 1986.
In 1855 German artist Edward Beyer passed
through Salem and was commissioned to create a view of the town. From the
vantage point of today's East Hill Cemetery, he captured the earliest image
of Salem known, showing among other things Roanoke College and the
Williams-Brown House. Full Color Print (28" X 20")
by Patricia Givens Johnson
A comprehensive history--the only one in
print-- of Gen. Andrew Lewis, pioneer and patriot, who served in the French
& Indian war and the American Revolution and owned the land that would
become Salem after his death. Spiral bound. 260 pages.
Lake Spring Gazebo Ornament:
A landmark along Main Street in Salem for generations, the old gazebo in
Lake Spring Park originally stood on the courthouse lawn and has been the
site of countless first dates, stolen kisses, and even weddings.
Johnston's Frontier Adventure
Local pioneer Charles Johnston
wrote his memoir of Indian
Captivity in 1827, likely the
first book ever written in the
Roanoke Valley. It tells a
harrowing tale of survival when
Johnston was captured by hostile
Shawnee in 1790.
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