Public Programs

Between 1933 and 1966, “The Negro Motorist Green Book” offered African American travelers a guide to safe spaces across the US, including more than a dozen in Greensboro.  Join us to explore historical locations and currently operating Green Book sites in the Gate City on this guided, family friendly 3 mile ride Tour departs 10:30 […]

Sat. 6/22 12 pm-1 pm Celebrate the season of civic engagement between Juneteenth and July Fourth at the museum. Discover North Carolina history through fun activities for pre-K and elementary age children and families! Stay for our Lifted Voices: Civic Season program to meet costumed interpreters in the museum galleries sharing stories from the NC Democracy: Eleven […]

Thurs. 6/27 6 pm-7 pm Join us for a conversation with historian Charles C. Bolton. His new book, Home Front Battles, explores the role of race in World War II mobilization in the Deep South, where the needs of wartime industries and bases inflamed tensions around labor, land, and military service. Charles C. Bolton is […]

Sat. 7/6 11 am-4 pm Did you know that the Gate City was home to the largest urban military base in the country during World War II? Enjoy an afternoon of family fun exploring life in Greensboro in the 1940s with reenactors, music, games, activities, vintage vehicles, ration book bake-off contest, and more. Free! Don’t miss… […]

We're ready to jump and jive again with a brand new edition of Swing Dance at the Service Club, featuring hot tunes from the Dexter Moses Quartet featuring Lillian Faith, cool beverages for sale from GIA, costume contest, and a whole lot more. Tickets $30 ($25 for GHM Members) / Or join the Officers Club […]

Sat. 7/27 10 am-2 pm GHM Education & Engagement will be on hand with a fun activity. Learn more at https://library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/114074/3029

Thurs. 8/15 10 am-1 pm Free, hands-on fun for the whole family. * Try your hand at activity stations from the 2024 History Mysteries Summer Program. * Dive into local colonial history with a tour of the 18th century Francis McNairy House. * Explore Historic First Presbyterian Cemetery to learn more about prominent people from […]

Sat. 8/17 12 pm- 1 pm Discover Greensboro’s History through fun activities for Preschool and elementary age children and families in the LeBauer Park Children's Garden! Little Lions Saturday in LeBauer Park is a partner program with Greensboro Downtown Parks.

Sat. 8/28 6 pm-7:30 pm Join us for a special evening with Martha S. Jones, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. The book explores how Black […]

Learn about the work of Greensboro religious leader and civil rights activist Bishop Frank McDaniel Williams (1940-1998). Founder of Greensboro’s OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center) and local organizer for Dr. King’s 1968 Poor People’s March on Washington, Williams was pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church and New Jerusalem Cathedral and a tireless fighter for justice in […]