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type-WRITE Featuring Typewriters from the Soboroff Collection

Saturday, May 19, 2018 - Sunday, August 19, 2018

Visit the museum's new Connection Point for an investigation into the sounds, sensations and inspiration of typewrting. Take part in hands-on activities on vintage typewriters. Plus, see typewriters owned by […]

Dolley’s 250th Birthday Bash

Sunday, May 20, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

First Lady Dolley Madison was born near Guilford College on May 20, 1768. Join us as we celebrate her 250th birthday. Rarely seen objects from the museum's Dolley Madison Collection […]

Museum Guild Meeting: The Fool and His Errand

Monday, May 21, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

At our May luncheon meeting, Scott Culclasure of the American Hebrew Academy will introduce us to lawyer and civil rights activist Albion W. Tourgee. Reservations required. Call Don Saunders at […]

Painter Malvin Gray Johnson and the Harlem Renaissance

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Greensboro-born painter Malvin Gray Johnson fought in WWI and became a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement before his tragic death at age 38. Kenneth Rodgers, Director of the […]

POSTPONED Friday After 5: Food and Films

Friday, June 15, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Rescheduling this event for fall 2018. Check back soon for more details. Asian flavors and short films about food are on the menu to celebrate the exhibition Second Generation Asian […]

Good Works Wednesday at Natty Greene’s

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 pm

Natty Greene’s Pub & Brewing Co. will donate 10% of total sales all day Wednesday, June 27, to the Museum as part of its Good Works Wednesdays. What a tasty […]

Homefront Mobilization in Europe during WWI

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Lest We Forget: WWI through the Eyes of Nine highlights wartime mobilization in Greensboro, but what was the experience like in Europe, so much closer to the battlefields? Wake Forest […]

#onebyoneGSO Community Portrait

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 - Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Tom Styrkowicz – 53Tom – creates a mosaic of the whole community one photo at a time. Help us build the #onebyoneGSO community portrait with more than 500 faces. Come by […]

Museum Open for Fun Fourth

Wednesday, July 4, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

It's special hours at the museum for the Downtown Greensboro Fun Fourth Festival. Activities inside and outside include the #onebyoneGSO Community Portrait. Participants get a free portrait of themselves by […]