O.
Winston Link Museum
A museum devoted to the work of the late O. Winston Link, who
became one of the 20th century's most acclaimed photographers
for his dramatically lit black and white photographs of trains
and railroad towns, is open in a newly renovated historic railroad
passenger station here in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Link photographed the steam locomotives of the Norfolk & Western Railway as they passed through the towns of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland from 1955 until 1960, when steam operations were terminated. Besides creating technically perfect images through the use of a complex synchronized flash system, Link's work captured the end of an American way of life.
The 15,000-square-foot museum
will house the largest collection of the photographer's work including
190 signed prints, 85 estate prints and all 2,400 of Link's negatives.
The collection also is expected to include recently recovered
stolen prints, some of which have never before been seen by the
public.
In addition to the photographer's work, the O. Winston Link Museum will exhibit Link's photographic equipment, prints not on formal display and N&W Railway artifacts. A virtual rail experience will allow visitors to "take a trip" to the towns he photographed.
The Link Museum is not an art museum, nor a rail transportation museum, nor a social history museum, but it incorporates elements from all of these to give visitors insight into the period of time in which Winston worked and into the unique genius of O. Winston Link and his photographs.
We hope to hear from you soon:
Contact: Kent Chrisman
Business address
101 Shenandoah Ave
Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone: 540-982-LINK
Directions: The O. Winston Link Museum is at 101 Shenandoah Avenue in downtown Roanoke, Virginia.
• From I-81 N or S: Exit
143 to I-581 South. Take Exit 5 (Williamson Rd.), turn right
on Shenandoah Ave.
• From US 220 N: 220 N becomes I-581 N. Take Exit 4E (Orange Ave). First right at traffic light on Williamson Rd. After third traffic light, turn right on Shenandoah Ave.
• From US 460: 460 becomes Orange Ave. Turn South at traffic light on Williamson Rd. After third traffic light, turn right on Shenandoah Ave.
• From Blue Ridge Parkway: At milepost 121.4, Parkway junctions with US 220 N, which becomes I-581 N. Take Exit 4E (Orange Ave.). First right at traffic light on Williamson Rd. After third traffic light, turn right on Shenandoah Ave.
• From Roanoke Regional Airport: I-581 S, to Exit 5 (Williamson Rd.), turn right on Shenandoah Ave.
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Visit our website at: www.linkmuseum.org
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