Museum is closed New Year’s Day

Discover Greensboro’s History through fun activities for Preschool and elementary age children and families! This month we are looking back at historic clothing and beginning our American 250th programming with a tricorn hat craft and historic hat history hunt.

Join us for a film screening of the PBS documentary, The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools, and a conversation with the film’s director, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Douglas Avery Blackmon. Blackmon will discuss his experiences as part of Leland, Mississippi’s first integrated public school class in 1970. The film is a deeply personal depiction of one Southern […]

Celebrate the Year of the Horse with East and Southeast Asian community groups from Greensboro and beyond. Demonstrations, performances, hands-on activities, and more from community organizations. Plus Bao Yeah! and Sister Liu’s Kitchen Food Trucks Hands-on activities and information tables in the GHM lobby all afternoon. Performance schedule: 11:15 am in Mary Norris Preyer Hall inside the museum […]

By 1776, the New Garden area was well known as an early Quaker settlement. Over continuing generations, the community was a hub for worship, education, and abolitionism. Additional families, including African American families seeking a safe place to live and work, established themselves post-Civil War. Learn what the historical records and family stories tell us […]

Drop by the museum to explore the stories of African American history makers. Black Patriots at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse 11 am in the Mary Norris Preyer Hall Join us for a short presentation by historian Dr. Scott Culclasure and descendant Solomon Titus as they explore the stories of Black Patriots from the Battle […]

Explore the legacies of the women who shaped the museum with GHM’s former assistant director, Gayle Hicks Fripp. Free program. No reservation needed. Guests for this free event are invited to bring a lunch or order delivery to the museum from Jimmy Johns at www.jimmyjohns.com/menu

March is Women’s History Month! Bring your Little Lions to the museum for snacks, crafts and fun with some of Greensboro's Revolutionary Ladies. Take part in fun activity with costume interpreters for pre-K to 3rd graders and their families. Then explore the museum galleries to hear stories of Greensboro women from costumed interpreters with Lifted […]

Hear about Greensboro women’s successes and struggles from costumed interpreters in the museum galleries. Lifted Voices is a series of living history events that bring to life people and stories from Greensboro’s past. This is a free, family-friendly program. Drop by and walk around the museum to experience history in first person. Families with pre-K […]