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Keep up with what's happening at the Wilson Museum! http://www.hollins.edu/museum The Eleanor D. Entrance to the Eleanor D.

Wilson Museum at Hollins University is a premier arts destination in the Roanoke Valley featuring the work of internationally renowned artists, emerging figures, and regional names. The museum presents work from the permanent collection and mounts exhibitions that explore currents in contemporary art. Through these activities, the museum provides a forum for art and the creative process to enhance

the life of the university and the community beyond. Wilson Museum is always free and open to the public.

07/22/2026

Please join the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum and the Hollins University Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature and Illustration to learn about Wiesner’s career and artistic process as we celebrate the closing of his solo exhibition in the museum.

Writing with Pictures: The Narrative Art of David
Wiesner is on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson
Museum from June 25 - July 25, 2026.

07/08/2026

Get ready for the opening of our newest exhibition, No Excellent Beauty: Disability Aesthetics! On view from July 9th to November 25th, this exhibition features the work of two digital photographers (Kristen Olinger and MVHPhotos) who express their invisible disabilities through unique self-portraits.

Here’s a sneak peek of our resources corner, which includes relevant literature and videos, braille translations of our title text, wall labels, and gallery guide (courtesy of Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired), and free postcards and bookmarks of the artwork!

This is your last chance to come in and see our MFA Dance Lab exhibition, Time to Go: Haint-Blu, and our 2026 Women Working with Clay show! Time to Go: Haint-Blu closes on Thursday and Women Working with Clay closes on Saturday. Come check them out before it’s too late!

This is your last chance to come in and see our MFA Dance Lab exhibition, Time to Go: Haint-Blu, and our 2026 Women Working with Clay show! Time to Go: Haint-Blu closes on Thursday and Women Working with Clay closes on Saturday. Come check them out before it’s too late!

07/02/2026

Are you looking for a fun activity for your summer? Come to the museum to pick up a Summer Art Bingo sheet! ☀️

Travel around the Roanoke Valley and your own backyard to get a BINGO. Return a completed activity sheet to the museum by August 30th to collect your prize!

P.S. The museum will be closed on Friday and Saturday in observance of Independence Day. We will be back open on Tuesday, July 7th at 10AM 🎆

06/25/2026

Writing with Pictures: The Narrative Art of David Wiesner is now on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum! 🐈‍⬛

Come to the museum before July 25th to see the work and process of three-time Caldecott Medal Winner David Wiesner.

Be sure to mark your calendars for his closing lecture and reception on July 24th at 6 PM in Babcock Auditorium (Dana Science Building)!

06/17/2026

Tomorrow is the opening night of Quentin Sledge’s multimedia film installation, Time to Go: Haint-Blu, at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University. Ibeji, Sledge’s opening dance performance, will take place on Thursday, June 18th at 7:30 PM in the museum’s Main Gallery.

Sledge’s installation examines the museum as a site of self-reflection, memory, and colonial contradiction. Through his exploration of Blackness and the colonial fictions of race, gender, sexuality, and selfhood, Sledge invites viewers into an evolving process of reflection, embodiment, and collective remembrance.

Time to Go: Haint-Blu will be on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum from June 18 - July 9, 2026.

06/05/2026

There’s only two more days to see our fantastic exhibition, Particles and Waves, by excellent New York-based artist 🖼️

Come to the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum between 10 and 4 today or 12 and 4 tomorrow to get one last look at this beautiful artwork!

03/30/2026

One of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum's current exhibitions, Edward Steffanni's "God-Shaped Hole," has been featured in the March-April edition of "Museum" magazine.

"Museum" is published by the American Alliance of Museums, the premier professional organization for museums in the U.S. with over 3,000 member institutions and over 35,000 professional members, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Director Jess Ambler said.

Steffanni, who served last year as visiting assistant professor of printmaking at Hollins, explores the connections between the q***r body, spirituality, and nature through ceramics, printmaking, and performance. "God-Shaped Hole" draws parallels between the obscuring of sexual orientation and hunting in nature.

Check out more current and upcoming exhibitions. 🔗: https://www.hollins.edu/the-eleanor-d-wilson-museum/current-and-upcoming-exhibitions/

Address

8009 Fishburn Drive
Roanoke, VA
24020

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 8pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+15403626532

Website

http://www.hollins.edu/museum

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