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Museum Guild Holiday Luncheon

December 19, 2017 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Mark your calendar for this annual festive gathering at the Greensboro Country Club! Guild Member Carmen Redding will share her Christmas Collection. Reservations required!

Museum Guild Holiday Luncheon

December 19, 2017 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Mark your calendar for this annual festive gathering at the Greensboro Country Club! Guild Member Carmen Redding will share her Christmas Collection. Reservations required!

Museum Guild Holiday Luncheon

December 19, 2017 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Mark your calendar for this annual festive gathering at the Greensboro Country Club! Guild Member Carmen Redding will share her Christmas Collection. Reservations required!

Teachers on the Front Line of School Desegregation: Opening Program

February 3, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

The lives and work of African American educators in the decades following school desegregation are the focus of Teachers on the Frontline of School Desegregation, a community display developed by Greensboro's Ever Achieving Retired Teachers Club. Join us for the opening program, a free event for all ages. Teachers will be on hand to share their […]

Singing Telegram Valentines

February 9, 2018 - February 14, 2018

Surprise your Valentine this year with a special treat: your message in song delivered in period dress with violin accompaniment. The $50 telegram fee includes a song and a card and goes to support museum programs. You can also add vintage candy and Red Velvet Tea to make things extra special. When? February 9-February 14. […]

Forgotten History: Rediscovering the Old Polio Hospital Site

February 10, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Learn about and discuss the history of the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital site. This forgotten place was also part of the World War II Overseas Replacement Depot and a detention center for civil rights protests in 1963. Visitors are encouraged to bring stories, photographs or artifacts related to the hospital. This is a partner program […]

Museum Guild Meeting: The (Arti)Facts of Life

February 19, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Curator of Education Dean MacLeod will discuss the power of artifact contemplation. Using meaningful questions, the museum can help visitors view objects and see history in new ways. Social time begins at 10, with the program at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble

March 17, 2018 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

This critically acclaimed group performs as part of Lifted Voices: Greensboro Women Making Herstory. The Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble's latest project, The Other Side of My Heart, documents journeys of Latina immigrants to the Triad in image and song. Guillen conducted oral histories with six women who shared and reflected about their dreams and fears while evaluating […]

Museum Guild Meeting: The Journey of the Cap of Colonel Arthur Forbis

March 19, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Susan Webster, Museum Registrar and Curator of Textiles, is our guide for the extraordinary story of one of the museum’s oldest objects. We will look at its origins and ownership and explore the many facets of this tangible piece of history including its recently completed conservation treatment. Social time begins at 10, with the program […]

Happy 210th, Greensboro!

March 25, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Gate City turns 210 this year. We're celebrating the date the first city lots were were sold with a casual, family-fun afternoon of storytelling, crafts and celebrations.