Exhibitions

Discover early 1900s Greensboro in this hands-on, family-friendly exhibition.

Discover Greensboro’s history though stories of residence past and present.

Explore choices & change at the polls from 1776 to 2010.

Explore some of the newest objects and archival items added to GHM’s collection.

Artifacts, archival photos, and a timeline chronicle of the museum’s current home.

Discover five quilts from the museum’s collection and their stories.

Experience the virtual version of the award-winning exhibition on the upheavals of 2020.

See rooms re-created from the 1867 home Belle Meade.

Explore the life and work of First Lady Dolley Madison.

Explore the John M. and Isabelle Murphy Confederate Firearms Collection

Discover the miniature world of Interior Designer Otto Zenke.

Award-winning exploration of history happening now during a period of pandemic and protest.

More than just waging a war of independence, American revolutionaries took a great leap of faith and established a new government based on the sovereignty of the people. It was truly a radical idea that entrusted the power of the nation not in a monarchy but in its citizens. Each generation since continues to question how to form “a more perfect union” around this radical idea.

May 18, 2018 – September 22, 2019 type-WRITE  invites visitors to put fingers to keys and have fun. View typewriters belonging to UNCG pioneer Joanne Smart Drane and to Greensboro […]

Discover how Greensboro experienced the Great War through the eyes of nine.

Discover the stories and traditions of Greensboro natives of Asian heritage.

A display of the John and Isabelle Murphy Confederate Firearms Collection and other Civil War artifacts.

Discover how Greensboro history inspired Janet Echelman to create the Where We Met sculpture in LeBauer Park.

Explore how Asian Pacific Americans have shaped and been shaped by the course of our nation’s history.

Explore the history of the Warnersville Community.

Discover the award-winning photography of Photojournalist Jerry Wolford.

Discover 20 objects exploring First Lady Dolley Madison’s connections to Greensboro.

Trace the Journey of New North Carolinians.

May 3, 2012 – January 21, 2013 At least 17 of our nation’s presidents have been to Greensboro, from George Washington to Barack Obama. As you walk through this exhibition, […]

April 3 – September 18, 2011 Greensboro is an ordinary place resounding with extraordinary voices. Hear from Jewish people who have called Greensboro home since childhood. Hear from newcomers who […]