• Activism within the Courts: Judge Elreta Melton Alexander

    Thursday, May 12, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Dr. Virginia L. Summey discusses her new book, The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander, with Dr. Omar Ali from UNCG. Greensboro's Judge Elreta Melton Alexander was a groundbreaking legal figure in North Carolina: the first an African American woman to graduate from Columbia Law School, to practice law in North Carolina and to be elected […]

    International Museum Day: Tuchyn, Ukraine 1942 and the Roots of Resistance

    Tuesday, May 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    During 2021 and 2022, UNCG History/Museum Studies students led by Dr. Anne Parsons worked on an exhibition to share the story of the 1942 Jewish uprising against the Nazis in Tuchyn, Ukraine. Hear about their journey of discovering and sharing this history in this online program for International Museum Day (18 May) and Jewish American […]

    Museum Closed

    Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Greensboro Public Library Staff Development Day

    Museum Closed

    Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Greensboro Public Library Staff Development Day

    Museum Closed

    Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Greensboro Public Library Staff Development Day

    Museum Closed

    Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Greensboro Public Library Staff Development Day

    Deeper into Democracy: Voting Rights, Political Rights

    Thursday, May 26, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Voter registration, Atlanta, 1946 The fight for equal participation in democracy in North Carolina has often mirrored efforts nationwide. Join us as historian Charles C. Bolton addresses the struggle for political rights in the United States, in particular in the South.            

    History Lunch Break: Asian American Pacific Island Stories of Now

    Friday, May 27, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

    Museum staff and partners produced the documentary This Is My Home Now, exploring the stories of Montagnard youth in Greensboro in 2015 Discover how digital storytelling is sharing diverse experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders here in North Carolina and in other parts of the United States. How can it upend stereotypes and misrepresentations, […]

    Museum Offices Closed

    Monday, May 30, 2022

    Museum offices closed for City of Greensboro Memorial Day holiday