Dr. Grace Toney Edwards, Professor Emeritus of Radford University, will give a presentation on the Scottish and Irish Heritage of Southwest Virginia. She will trace their journey to the region and show comparisons between traditional Appalachian culture and the culture of Scottish and Irish peoples.

Thursday, May 24
Radford Public Library
7:00 to 8:00 pm
No Admission Charge

Friday, May 11

6:00 to 7:30 pm

Join us on the grounds of Glencoe Museum for a musical event featuring traditional music performed by Stevan Jackson on the Celtic harp, guitar and dulcimer. In case of rain the event will be held inside.

No admission charge.

Glencoe Museum will be closed Sunday, April 8, in observance of Easter.

The museum will resume normal operating  hours on Tuesday, April 10, at 10:00 am.

Join us for a Victorian-style reception called a Kettledrum. We will have costumed interpreters, delicious treats & live music performed by

Soprano Claire Broyles
with accompanist David Hopkins

Thursday, March 29
6:00 to 8:00 pm

Join Virginia Tech Professor Wilma A. Dunaway PhD, who will give a talk entitled “Challenging Popular Mythology: Impacts of Enslavement and Emancipation on Black Appalachian Families.”

Wilma A. Dunaway is a Professor in Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs where she teaches and directs graduate students who specialize in globalization studies. Her work is both acclaimed and controversial because she employs the world-systems perspective to challenge long-held popular myths and dominant academic paradigms that stigmatize or ignore minority groups, indigenous peoples, women, and poor societies.

Thursday, March 22

7:00 to 8:00 pm

Radford Public Library

Tuesday, March 6
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Glencoe Museum

Charles Lytton is a native of the New River Valley and grew up listening to the tales told by older members of the community. Lytton draws from those stories and from his own life experiences to weave colorful tales that he delivers both in the oral storytelling tradition and in the written word. The Cool Side of the Pillow is Lytton’s second book to be published.

The men of the 24th Virginia and 83rd Pennsylvania will encamp on the grounds of Glencoe February 3 through 5.

Join us on Saturday, February 4, from 10 am to 4 pm to see what life was like in a Civil War camp.

While you’re here check out our new exhibit on the role Radford played during the Civil War!

In observance of the holidays, the museum will be closed December 23, 24, 25 and 26. We will reopen at 10:00 am on December 27.

The museum will be closed December 31, January 1 and 2. We will resume normal operating hours at 10:00 am on January 3.

Happy Holidays!

Join us at Glencoe for an evening of celebration as we hearken back to Christmas of long ago with live music, delicious treats & interpreters in period attire.

Thursday, December 15

4:00 to 7:00 pm

Bay, River, and Valley: The Impact of Virginia’s Geography and Topography on Civil War Campaigns and Battles

Virginia’s geographic location as the northernmost Confederate state assured that northern armies would have to invade and fight their way through her in order to assault the middle and lower South. Three large topographic features of Virginia dominated military strategic thinking and operations–the Chesapeake Bay, the Rapphannock River and the Shenandoah Valley. Dr. Bob Whisonant, military geologist and Radford University Professor Emeritus, will examine the struggles between North and South for control of these three key terrain features. Sponsored by the Radford Heritage Foundation and Glencoe Museum.

November 10, 2011
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Radford Public Library
No admission charge