Greensboro History Museum

Museum Guild Program: Teachers on the Front Line of Desegregation
2019-03-18 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Lena Murrill-Chapman discusses experiences of African American educators in the early days of desegregated schools in Guilford County.

Social time begins at 10, with the program at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

Lifted Voices: Greensboro Women Making Herstory
2019-03-09 13:00 - 16:00
From 1 to 4 pm, costumed interpreters bring history to life by sharing Greensboro stories in first person.
Women portrayed in the museum galleries include Josephine Boyd, the first African American student at Greensboro Senior High School; Nancy Mangum, who wrote to the governor about food shortages during the Civil War; and Frances Jones Bonner, a Bennett College basketball player who helped organize a movie theater boycott in the city in 1937; among other important Greensboro women from across the decades.
The program is free of charge and great for all ages

International Women's Day Luncheon
2019-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
Women’s Colleges in Greensboro Past and Present
From the establishment of the Greensboro College for Women (today’s Greensboro College) in 1838 and the Edgeworth Female Seminary in 1840, women’s colleges have been important to the city’s educational landscape. Alumnae from Bennett College and Woman’s College of UNC (today’s UNCG) will be on hand for a conversation about the history and continuing importance of women’s colleges in our city.
Reservations required. There is no charge to attend the luncheon. Box lunches are available for purchase in advance if ordered by March 6. Call 336-373-2982 or email mary.allen@greensboro-nc.gov

Greensboro: The World Through a City - African American History
2019-02-21 18:00 - 19:00
Dr. Omar Ali (moderator)
Afrique Kilimanjaro, The Carolina Peacemaker
Tiera Moore, UNC Greensboro
Greensboro’s rich and ongoing history is inextricably connected with the histories of the nation and the world. This discussion series organized by UNCG’s Lloyd International Honors College explores these connections through three thematic topics: African American history, women’s history and immigrants to the city.

Museum Guild Meeting: Greensboro's Public Art
2019-02-18 10:00 - 12:00
Cheryl Stewart of Greensboro’s Public Art Endowment discusses the role of public art in our city. Stewart, who has consulted for numerous groups including Piedmont Triad International Airport and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, will address issues of placement, naming and sourcing of public art.
Join us at 10 for coffee and refreshments. Program begins 10:30. A business meeting follows at 11:30 a.m. Guests welcome.

Education and African American Achievement, with special guest speaker Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman
2019-02-15 19:00 - 21:00
Featured speaker the Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the North Carolina NAACP, will discuss the role of education in the civil rights struggles in Greensboro and across NC. The Greensboro History Museum will also celebrate a new Traveling Trunk devoted to Guilford County Teachers on the Front Line of School Desegregation with songs and testimony from the educators who lived that experience.
There are limited seats for this free program. Reserve tickets online at gsohistory-spearman.eventbrite.com or call 336-373-2982. If tickets for all the auditorium seats are claimed, you will have an option to join the waiting list.

Painting with Glass: A Gallery Talk with Collector Tom Wester
2019-02-10 14:30 - 16:00
Join Tom Wester, renowned collector of Tiffany glass, for a gallery talk through the exhibition “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Painting with Glass.” He will discuss the art and innovation of Louis Comfort Tiffany, the Art Nouveau style, and the enduring appeal of Tiffany stained glass.

Peacebuilding Post-WWI
2019-01-19 14:00 - 16:00
January 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Paris Peace Talks following WWI. Join area historians to discuss global and local expectations for peace in 1919. Learn where treaty discussions failed, where they succeeded and how they continue to influence the ways we think about war and peace today.
Panelists include Ben Coates and Derek Holmgren (WFU), Gwen Gosney Erickson (Guilford College) and Chris Davis (UNCG).
This program is made possible thanks to a grant from the Crescent Rotary Club of Greensboro

The Green Book in North Carolina
2019-01-09 18:00 - 19:00
The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual travel guide aimed at African American travelers published between 1936 and 1964. Over its 28 years of publication, this national guide included 327 listings for North Carolina, including 14 in Greensboro.
Learn about the effort to document these locations and the history of African American motor travel. A program of the NC African American Heritage Commission in partnership with the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and Greensboro History Museum.

Learn more about Green Book listings in Guilford County and how you can participate in the NC African American Heritage Commission’s ongoing research into African American travel between the 1930s and 1960s:
PDF Download: Guilford County Green Book Sites
PDF Download: NC Green Book Project Information Session Call to Action
NC Green Book Project Website
Digitized editions of the Green Book from the Schomburg Center of the NY Public Library

Museum & offices closed
2018-12-24 - 2018-12-26
City holiday

Museum Guild Annual Holiday Luncheon
2018-12-17 12:00 - 13:30 | GHM_46-web
Mark your calendar for this annual festive gathering. This year’s luncheon takes place at the O.Henry Hotel! Featuring the Gate City Consort playing early music. Reservations required. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

Museum Store Sunday
2018-11-25 14:00 - 17:00
Shop at the Museum Shop and support all the great programs at the Greensboro History Museum!

Museum Guild Program: How Was Your Veterans Day?
2018-11-19 10:00 - 11:30
Well-known columnist Harry Thetford talks about the meanings behind this annual observance.

Social time begins at 10, with the program commencing at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

Lifted Voices: Greensboro Veterans
2018-11-11 14:00 - 17:00
Costumed interpreters bring to life the stories of service members from the Revolutionary to the Gulf War.

Honoring Greensboro Veterans
2018-11-10 14:00 - 16:00
Commemoration with guest speaker former Greensboro mayor Bill Knight
Photo: Lynn Donovan

Museum Shop Members Sale
2018-11-10 - 2018-11-11
20% off for museum members on all merchandise. Includes new items such as Greenwich Bay Trading Co. fall soaps, soy candles from Greensboro Candle Company, novelty socks from Hot Sox, and all-natural soaps,scrubs and bath bombs made by Salem Essential Apothecary.

Her Great War: Women & WWI
2018-11-08 19:00 - 20:30
Wartime changed life for women in North Carolina and across the nation in the early 20th century. Keynote speaker Lynn Dumenil, professor of history at Occidental College and author of The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, connects “Women, World War I, and the Emergence of Modern America.” Joining her will be UNCG’s Kathelene McCarty Smith to discuss mobilization of women on NC college campuses during WWI.
Part of the John Floy Wicker Endowment Series and the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program. Sponsored by the Women’s Professional Forum Foundation

Polio Hospital 70th Anniversary
2018-11-04 14:00 - 16:00 | People & Paws for Hope, 710 Huffine Mill Road, Greensboro, NC, United States
Rescheduled!
Join UNCG Museum Studies students and Greensboro History Museum staff at the site of the former Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital for talks, stories, and sharing about the history of hospital as a response to the 1948 polio epidemic. Program takes place at People & Paws for Hope, 710 Huffine Mill Road, Greensboro.
Refreshments provided. RSVP at http://go.uncg.edu/poliohospital
Presented with the UNCG Department of History

Unliving History Cemetery Walk & Spooky Stories with Cynthia Moore Brown
2018-10-27 14:00 - 18:00
Stroll through the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery next to the museum and encounter costumed interpreters portraying spirits from Greensboro’s past. Learn the stories of Bennett College professor William Edward Farrison, aviator Mary Nicholson, a Revolutionary War Soldier, Vicks Vapo-Rub creator Lunsford Richardson, Judge Elreta Alexander and other figures from our city’s history.
At 3:30 pm, storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown shares a thrilling set of Ghost Stories in the Graveyard. Brown, who has published several volumes of spooky tales and appeared on TV and radio, has been enchanting and frightening audiences at the museum for more than three decades. Bring your blankets, a lawn chair and prepare to have your spine chilled.
Both the tour and the stories are free, family friendly and open to all.
This unliving history and family fun are part of the Greensboro Youth Council’s Ghoulash! Halloween Festival in Greensboro Downtown Parks. For more on other Ghoulash! activities taking place across LeBauer and Center City Parks, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/teens/greensboro-youth-council/projects-events/ghoulash.

Faces of Diversity Greensboro: Artist Talk with Edwin Gil
2018-10-26 18:00 - 20:00
Artist Edwin Gil will lead a community conversation in the Greensboro History Museum to help us see how despite our differences and diversity we are all connected and are special in our own way.
Faces of Diversity: Greensboro Project is a community building and character development public art project – with hopes to open up the hearts and minds of participants. Through experiential activities, project participants are guided by Gil as pieces of their personal stories and color psychology will be joined together to form a large-format piece of artwork using upcycled glass containing the fingerprints of community members. For a full list of project events, visit https://www.greensborodowntownparks.org/faces-of-diversity.
Colombian-born Edwin Gil is an avid social activist and uses his art to bridge cultures and diverse groups living in the U.S. Edwin has overcome numerous obstacles to become one of America’s premier Latino Artists. In his Faces of Diversity Project, Edwin shares his story of triumph and how it helped shape his idea of social awareness through art.
Faces of Diversity: Greensboro Project is made possible in partnership with Weaver Foundation, Spark Grant: Action Greensboro, synerG & Downtown Greensboro, City of Greensboro, City Arts, International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Casa Azul of Greensboro, Greensboro History Museum, Cemala Foundation, Greensboro Cultural Center and Greensboro Downtown Parks.

Annual Dinner featuring Nationally Recognized Appraiser Sebastian Clarke
2018-10-25 18:30 - 20:30 | GHM_46-web
Don’t miss the GHM Inc. Annual Dinner. The event is supported by the prestigious O.Henry Hotel and held in their beautiful Caldwell Room. This year’s very special guest speaker is nationally known antiques appraiser Sebastian Clarke.
Tickets are $75/$65 for GHM members. Get yours today by visiting http://weblink.donorperfect.com/2018AnnualDinner or calling 336-373-2982
Event sponsors

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Lincoln Financial
Miraje Reconstruction & Development
Piedmont Natural Gas
Ralph Lauren

Special thanks to our photographers for the evening: Lynn Donovan Photography and Taylor Elise Photography

Antiques Evaluation with Sebastian Clarke & Katherine Van Dell
2018-10-25 12:00 - 16:00
Have a family treasure you want to know more about? Now’s your chance to get some insight and an opinion of value from some of the top experts in the field, and to support the Greensboro History Museum.
Nationally recognized appraisers Sebastian Clarke and Katherine Van Dell offer opinions on your jewelry, ceramics, silver and glassware. $10 suggested donation. Limited appointments. Call 336-373-2982 to reserve your time with these experts.

Exploring the Past through Archaeology
2018-10-20 11:00 - 15:00
Dig into history with hands-on activities for all ages. Meet archaeologists and discover the tools they use to uncover the past, including remote sensing, fossil casts and more.
Presented with UNCG Archaeology Program

Scanning Session for Greensboro Memories Book
2018-10-20 10:00 - 13:00
The Greensboro News and Record is working with Pediment Publishing to publish a new coffee table book titled Greensboro Memories: A Pictorial History of the mid-1800s through the 1930s. They are seeking photo contributions from the community to include. Do you have original photographs of life in Greensboro from the 1930s or before? If you’d like your photos to be considered for the book, come to one of the publisher’s free scanning sessions in October. Two sessions are taking place at the Greensboro History Museum, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 10 am–noon, and Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 am–1 pm.
Digital files from the scans will also go into the museum archive to help tell our city’s story in a way that represents the diversity of its residents. For more information, go to http://greensboro.pictorialbook.com. If you have questions, contact museum archivist Elise Allison at 373-2976.

Louis Comfort Tiffany: Painting with Glass
2018-10-20 - 2019-03-24
EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 24
“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” –Louis C. Tiffany
The name Louis Tiffany is synonymous with glass. A traveling display in the museum’s Carlson decorative arts gallery highlights the Tiffany Glass Company’s work of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Items on loan from Roswell, Georgia, collector Tom Wester, features three stained-glass windows, blown-glass vases and lamps. Also on view are pieces of Tiffany favrile glass from the museum’s collection.
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Painting with Glass is on display through March 24, 2019
