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GAGLE & PRIDE: Activism and History

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In the late 1980s, the Guilford Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Equality (GAGLE) formed to protest discrimination and promote equality. Recent UNCG Museum Studies Program graduate Matthew McCarthy talks about the organization and its legacy, while David Gwynn and Stacey Krim discuss preserving the organization’s story as part of the PRIDE! of the Community digital […]

Unity 5K with Little Brother Brewing Co.

Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join Little Brother Brewing Company, Greensboro History Museum and other partners in LeBauer Park for a Unity 5k, to promote honest, unfiltered conversations to heighten awareness of systemic racism and injustice to communities of color. For more information, visit https://www.littlebrotherbrew.com/unity-5k  

Teaching the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, Part 1

Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Building Understanding Through Historical Perspective GHM Education Professional Development Series This two-part, online professional development workshop offers educators sensitive, informative, and professional methods to teach a difficult subject, the 1979 Greensboro Massacre. Part one provides a foundation for understanding the events that led up to and culminated in the violence on November 3, 1979, while […]

The Life & Works of O. Henry, with Ben Yagoda and Jim Dodson

Thursday, September 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The new Library of America anthology O. Henry: 101 Stories seeks to capture the genius and the extraordinary range of a gifted humorist and Greensboro native. Best-selling author and editor of the collection Ben Yagoda is joined by another best-selling author, and O. Henry Magazine founder, Jim Dodson for a conversation about William Sidney Porter’s […]

Discover Piedmont Archaeology: Fashioning & Firing Identity

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. The first program in the series looks at Experimentation in Moravian Ceramics, 1793-1831. Join Geoffrey Hughes, Archaeology lecturer at UNCG, as he discusses […]

Discover Piedmont Archaeology: Colliding Worlds

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. Join Dr. Linda Stine, a professor of archaeology at UNCG, for this informative presentation about Guilford County archaeology and what we can learn […]

History Lunch Break: Arts & Access Giving Voices to the Blind

Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Greensboro’s Industries of the Blind (IOB) has been providing work opportunities for people who are visually impaired since the Great Depression. Since 2020, a UNCG community art project has been calling attention to the voices of IOB workers with multi-sensorial installations on the IOB building on Gate City Boulevard. Richard Oliver, IOB’s Director of Community […]

Discover Piedmont Archaeology: Archaeology of the Catawba Indian Nation

Thursday, October 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. Historical archaeologist Mary Beth Fitts from the Office of State Archaeology, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, discusses sites associated with the […]

History Lunch Break: Preserving Veterans’ Stories

Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

For nearly a century, the Greensboro History Museum has been collecting objects associated with local veterans. Curator of Collections Jon Zachman and Curator of Education Rodney Dawson will highlight some of these collections and individuals, and discuss the continuing importance of veterans’ stories to our city’s history. Free program. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7e9xBuUNSOi6w4F_pm2UGQ History Lunch Break […]

Picking up Pieces: Music and Stories

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The award-winning Pieces of Now is in its last days at Greensboro History Museum. Join us for a conversation about the exhibition and its local arts connections with creative leaders Darlene McClinton and Rasheem Pugh. Plus a sneak peek at new video about Greensboro hip-hop and democracy – and a special live performance by singer Brandon […]