What are the opening hours?

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

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University

Home
United States
Roanoke, VA
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University

Keep up with what's happening at the Wilson Museum! http://www.hollins.edu/museum The Eleanor D. Entrance to the Eleanor D.
(1)

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.

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/

11/10/2025

That's a wrap 2025!

We are taking advantage of the upcoming holiday season to do some deferred maintenance in our galleries. If you didn't get to see 'Leigh Ann Beavers: We Had All This' you can still access it via our Bloomberg Connects Guide (link the comments).

See you next year with another season of exciting exhibitions and programs!

10/20/2025

Don't miss the last two performances by Penelope Freeh in 'White Zinnia: Performance & Installation by Penelope Freeh framed by the works of Ainslee M. Freeh'. This Thursday's performance is at 4:30pm with a reception catered by the Hollins Art Department in advance of their guest artist: Shari Mendelson speaking at 6pm. Freeh's closing performance will be at 3pm this Sunday, October 26th with a Q&A following. See you there!

10/10/2025

Today's our beloved Associate Director, Laura Jane Ramsburg's last day with us! Laura Jane will be the new director of Staniar Gallery at Washington & Lee University. Come out to Hollins to see Laura Jane today and wish her well. If you can't visit in person, please share your favorite memories of Laura Jane in the comments!

10/09/2025

✨THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 6PM: opening performance with Q&A and reception for "White Zinnia: Performance & Installation by Penelope Freeh framed by the Artworks of Ainslee M. Freeh."
Dance artist and Hollins faculty member Penelope Freeh writes, “The performance is an embodiment-offering of my mother’s visual artworks; my palette is ours. This project is becoming my way of showing up for her and is a place to lay down my burdens even as I deepen into this moment of navigating her care."
Can't make it tonight? We've got a full performance schedule!

10/03/2025

NEW DANCE WORK + ART INSTALLATION ✨
"White Zinnia: A New Dance Work by Penelope Freeh with Art Installation by Ainslee Freeh" opens Thursday, October 9, with a 6 p.m. performance followed by Q&A and a reception. The exhibition will be on view through Sunday, October 26, 2025.
Dance artist and Hollins faculty member Penelope Freeh implements heightened theatricality, intimate gesture, and visual design elements to reveal deeply personal content. "White Zinnia" explores her mother’s iconography and characteristics (including dyslexia, left-handedness, non-linearity, and Alzheimer’s) as inspired by and in the setting of her mother’s visual artworks. Freeh writes, “The performance is an embodiment-offering of my mother’s visual artworks; my palette is ours. This project is becoming my way of showing up for her and is a place to lay down my burdens even as I deepen into this moment of navigating her care."
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m. with Q&A and reception
Saturday, October 11, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14, 1:30 p.m. • for Hollins classes
Thursday, October 23, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 26, 3 p.m. with Q&A
📸: Ashley Deran, 2025 RAD Fest

09/24/2025

ARTIST TALK WITH LEIGH ANN BEAVERS 🍂
Thursday, September 25, 6 p.m. with reception to follow
For decades, artist Leigh Ann Beavers has straddled the worlds of natural history and visual art. She currently serves on the studio arts faculty of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA, teaching courses in drawing, printmaking, eco art, and comics. Her exhibition is on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum through Saturday, December 6, 2025.
The exhibition "Leigh Ann Beavers: We Had All This" and its related programs are sponsored in part by the City of Roanoke through the Roanoke Arts Commission.

08/29/2025

2025 LABOR DAY WEEKEND MUSEUM HOURS:
Saturday 12-4pm and Sunday 12-2pm (closed Monday)
and announcing our 🍂fall semester hours🍂
Tuesday-Friday 12-5pm, Thursday 12-8pm, Saturday 12-4pm
(closed Sunday and Monday)
Campus looks quiet now, but students arrive this weekend and classes start on September 3!

08/23/2025

The museum will be closed due to a POWER SHUTDOWN on the Hollins campus today (Saturday, August 23, 2025). Come back when we have the lights on and you can see the artwork!
Summer hours: Tuesday - Friday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday 12-4 p.m.

08/21/2025

🌱NEW EXHIBITION OPEN TODAY🌱 We're delighted to present "Leigh Ann Beavers: We Had All This," on view through December 7. Watch for announcements about an artist talk and hands-on workshop in late September!
For decades, artist Leigh Ann Beavers has straddled the worlds of natural history and visual art. She depends on close observation and the repetition of looking and drawing to better understand her environs. Having lived in western Virginia much of her life, Beavers notices and keenly feels the diminishing and disappearance of the unseen and undervalued life on the edges of yards, fields, and roadsides. Her most recent body of work continues her artistic exploration of ecological concerns and the valley’s changing landscape.
"Leigh Ann Beavers: We Had All This" and its related programs are sponsored in part by the City of Roanoke through the Roanoke Arts Commission.
📸: Leigh Ann Beavers, "We Had All This" (detail), 2024-25. 224 graphite drawings. Courtesy of the artist.

07/29/2025

We're having a block party with Cece Bell! Come hang out on Saturday, August 9, 1-3 p.m.
"Cece Bell: Animal Albums from A to Z" is on view July 17- September 21, 2025 at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. This exhibition and its related programs are sponsored in part by the City of Roanoke through the Roanoke Arts Commission.

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

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Establishment

Send a message to Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University:

Shortcuts

Address
Telephone
Opening Hours
Alerts
Contact The Establishment
Claim ownership or report listing

Want your establishment to be the top-listed Arts & Entertainment in Roanoke?