Greensboro History Museum

Find us at Guilford Native American Association's 47th Annual POW WOW
2024-09-21 - 2024-09-22 | Country Park, 3905 Nathanael Greene Dr., Greensboro, NC, 27455, United States
Sat. 9/21
Learn more at https://www.guilfordnative.com/annual-pow-wow

Find us at Greensboro Pride
2024-09-22 11:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Sun. 9/22 11 am- 6 pm
Learn more at https://greensboropride.org/

Greensboro Youth Summit Day
2024-09-28 10:30 - 15:30 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sat. 9/28 10:30 am- 3:30 pm
Saturday, September 28, 10:30 am-3 pm. Join us at the Greensboro History Museum for for a day of connection and engagement. Attendees get service hours, plus free snacks and lunch at Parkside Pull-Up.
Our day starts with a keynote talk by Lily Oatis whose “Not Just Headlines Podcast” focuses on local news and politics with a fresh perspective tailored specifically for Gen Z. See her featured on Spectrum News here.
Plus programming from the National Youth Summit, small group activities with fellow participants, a panel with student government representatives from Guilford College, NC A&T State University and UNC Greensboro, passport prizes and more.
Open to 7th-12th graders. Free registration but spots are limited so act now.
Click here to register
Learn more about Greensboro Youth Summit

Little Lions Saturday in LeBauer Park
2024-09-28 13:00 - 14:00 | LeBauer Park, 208 N. Davie St, Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Discover Greensboro’s History through fun activities for Preschool and elementary age children and families in the LeBauer Park Children’s Garden!
Little Lions Saturday in LeBauer Park is a partner program with Greensboro Downtown Parks.

Relocated: Little Lions Saturday
2024-09-28 13:00 - 14:00
Sat. 9/28 1 pm- 2 pm
Discover Greensboro’s History through fun activities for Preschool and elementary age children and families in the museum lobby! Explore 1920s Greensboro with a fun fascinator headband and bowtie craft.
Little Lions Saturday in LeBauer Park is a partner program with Greensboro Downtown Parks.

Belle Meade Society Fall Dinner
2024-09-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Mon. 9/30 5:30 pm- 7 pm
The Greensboro History Museum’s Belle Meade Society will have its annual Fall Dinner at the museum on Monday, September 30th. The evening starts at 5:30 pm and includes dinner, wine and a presentation by former museum director, Bill Moore. As the museum turns 100 this fall, Bill will recount some of the highlights of his long forty-year tenure as director.
Tickets are $45 per person for Belle Meade members. Please rsvp by Monday, September 16 at
Purchase Your Tickets Online
Or contact Carol Ghiorsi Hart at 336-373-2306.
It isn’t too late to become a Belle Meade member, by upgrading your current membership or joining anew. We hope to see you!

Advanced Documentary Screening of "Our Blue Makes Us Gold"
2024-10-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sun. 10/13 2 pm-5 pm
Preview the upcoming Comcast Xfinity documentary, “Our Blue Makes Us Gold,” which highlights the global impact of North Carolina A&T State University, the largest historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the United States.
Learn more and watch the trailer at https://www.ncat.edu/news/2024/08/our-blues-make-us-gold.php
This program is in partnership with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Gate City Alumni Chapter.

Archaeology Day
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Drop by the museum to dig into Archaeology Day with the Greensboro History Museum, UNC Greensboro Department of Archaeology and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. There will be fun activities and demonstrations for the whole family.

Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul
2024-10-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Mon. 10/21 6 pm- 7:30 pm
Greensboro History Museum and Greensboro Public Library presents author Aran Shetterly and Executive Director of Human Rights at City of Greensboro, Dr. Love Jones, for a conversation about his new book, MORNINGSIDE: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul. The book compiles years of research and is an intimate and heart-stopping account that draws upon survivor interviews, court documents, and the files from one of the largest investigations in FBI history. It explores some of the persistent mysteries of the case and the contradictions about race and class.
Many in Greensboro remember the 1979 tragedy that divided our city, as well as its impact on the nation. On November 3, 1979, as activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes, gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis sped from the scene, leaving behind five dead. Known as the “Greensboro Massacre,” the event and its aftermath encapsulate the racial conflict, economic anxiety, clash of ideologies, and toxic mix of corruption and conspiracy that roiled American democracy then—and threaten it today.
When the shooters are acquitted in the courts, Reverend Johnson, his wife Joyce, and their allies, at odds with the police and the Greensboro establishment, sought alternative forms of justice. As the Johnsons rebuilt their lives after 1979, they found inspiration in Nelson Mandela’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Martin Luther King Jr’s concept of Beloved Community and insist that only by facing history’s hardest truths can healing come to the city they refuse to give up on.
A quintessentially American story, Morningside explores the courage required to make change and the evolving pursuit of a more inclusive and equal future.
Free program. Book signing to follow, with copies for sale from Scuppernong Books.

Speakeasy Night at the Museum: Roaring to 100
2024-10-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Fri. 10/25 7 pm-10 pm
Speakeasy Night at the Museum kicks off GHM’s 100th anniversary as a vital community organization. Be part of a swell evening of jazz, cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and razzmatazz. Explore the museum as we evoke the spirit of the Roaring Twenties with dancing, scavenger hunt and prizes.
Tickets $50/person ($45/GHM Inc. members) + taxes & fees. Includes admission and drink ticket.
Tickets on Sale Now!
For more information email info@greensborohistory.org or call 336-373-2043.
Sponsorship opportunities available now!
Be part of the festivities by supporting this event and our GHM 100 celebrations. Your contribution will help fund:

A permanent display about the history of the Museum and its site.
Engaging educational programs across 2025.
A special exhibition arriving on the anniversary of the day the Museum’s doors first opened, November 11, 1925.

Click below to learn more.
See Opportunities Online or Download Sponsorship Packet

Ghoulash! Unliving History and More
2024-10-26 - 2024-10-27
Sat. 10/26
Get spooky with activities at the Museum’s LeBauer Park Terrace!

Ghost tales with storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown, 11 am
Little Lions Saturday craft activity, 12 pm
Lifted Voices: Unliving History Cemetery Tours, 1–5 pm

Ghoulash! is an annual festival featuring fall and Halloween themed activities led by the Greensboro Youth Council (GYC) in partnership with Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc. This is a family friendly event with most activities geared toward children 12 and under. Click here for more information.
This year’s Ghoulash! festival takes place 2:30-5:30 pm

Canceled-North Carolina Museum Council Grant Writing Workshop
2024-11-04 10:30 - 12:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Mon. 11/4
Nov. 4. As leading cultural funder in the state, North Carolina Humanities is pleased to present a grant-writing workshop for the North Carolina Museum Council. Participants will learn how to write a competitive grant proposal, what cultural funders look for, and gain insight into the review process. Participants will also learn about funding opportunities from NC Humanities.
Registration is $20 for North Carolina Museum Council member and $25 for non-members.
Learn more and register at https://www.ncmuseums.org/event-5886560
This workshop is in partnership with North Carolina Humanities and North Carolina Museum Council.

Veterans Day Activities
2024-11-09 - 2024-11-11 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sat. 11/09
Drop by the Greensboro History Museum this weekend to explore the galleries and discover veterans’ stories with a history hunt. There will also be a free poppy flower craft activity in the lobby.
On Saturday, there will be guided tours of the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery between 11 am and 1 pm.

Museum Offices Closed – Veteran's Day
2024-11-11 - 2024-11-12
Mon. 11/11

GHM Inc. Annual Dinner 2024
2024-11-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Proximity Hotel, 704 Green Valley Road, Greensboro, NC, 27408, United States
Thurs. 11/21 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm
Join us at the Proximity Hotel’s White Oak Room to continue the celebration of the Museum’s 100th year.
Special guest speaker Christopher E. Hendricks, Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, will present “The Birth of Southern Cooking: Food, Politics, and Mary Randolph,” including a menu for a traditional Southern Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Hendricks is an expert on Colonial and Early American history, particularly the development of backcountry towns in the Upper South and the Moravian community in North Carolina. Hendricks is the author of several books, including Old Southern Cookery and The Colonial Towns of Piedmont North Carolina.
We will also present the 2024 Voices of a City Awards.
Reservations are $75 for members. Click here to reserve your place by November 14.
Reserve Today
For questions, contact Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart at 336-373-2306.
Special thanks to our Next 100 Years Trailblazer Alpha Sponsor

Out & About: Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony
2024-11-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Windsor Recreation Center, 1601 E. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sat. 11/23 11 am-1 pm
The City of Greensboro invites the community to celebrate the Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex Groundbreaking from 11 am-1 pm, Saturday, November 23 at the Windsor Recreation Center, 1601 E. Gate City Blvd. In addition to a Groundbreaking Ceremony there will be a presentation and overview of the project.
The celebration will include a free food and beverages. The Greensboro Public Library will provide art engagement activities for children and the Greensboro History Museum will be collecting community memories. There will be giveaways and performances by local groups.
WCNCC will be a first-of-its-kind facility that combines all the best features of a library, recreation center and park into a unique destination that will also provide information and services from community partners.
Additional parking for this event is available at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Learn More about the Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex.

Museum Closed- Thanksgiving
2024-11-28 - 2024-11-29
Thurs. 11/28
City holiday in observance of Thanksgiving

Museum Open- Black Friday
2024-11-29 10:00 - 17:00
Friday, November 29
Museum Hours: 10 am to 5 pm

St. NicholMouse Day with Children's Librarian Miss Brandon
2024-12-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Fri. 12/06 10 am-11:30 am
Meet Miss Brandon in the auditorium of the Greensboro History Museum for a short storytime followed by a fun, holiday activity and a scavenger hunt for mice hiding throughout the exhibits!
Contact Brandon Bensley by email or call 336-373-7540 with any questions.
This program is in partnership with the Greensboro Public Library Benjamin Branch.

Mousetastical Mouse Hunt
2024-12-06 - 2025-01-06 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Fri. 12/06 – Sun. 1/05
Discover mischievous mice throughout the museum all December long! But you’ll have to look closely. These clever critters have hidden themselves all around the galleries. See how many you can find and earn a special mouse treat!

Holiday Kick-Off
2024-12-07
Join us during and after the Downtown Greensboro Holiday Parade to celebrate the winter season and the launch of the Mousetastical Adventure mouse hunt all around the museum.

Holiday Parade Fun
2024-12-07 12:00 - 16:00
Sat. 12/7 12 pm- 4 pm
Join us during and after the Downtown Greensboro Holiday Parade to celebrate the winter season and the launch of the Mousetastical Adventure mouse hunt all around the museum. Plus fun crafts, hot cocoa, and a special visit from Santa!

Homeschool for the Holidays
2024-12-13 11:00 - 15:00
Fri. 12/13 11 am-3 pm
Free, hands-on fun for the whole family.
* Try your hand at STEAM of Snowflakes activity
* Dive into the history of the holidays with a St. NicholMouse Activity
* Explore the museum galleries to discover mischievous mice throughout the museum for our Mousetastical Mouse Hunt
Check in at the front desk to start. Register ahead of time.

Museum Closed- City Winter Break /Christmas Holiday
2024-12-24 - 2024-12-27
Tues. 12/24- Thur. 12/26
City Winter Break / Christmas Holiday
Museum reopens for regular hours Friday, December 27

Museum Closed-New Year’s Day
2025-01-01 - 2025-01-02
Wed. 1/1
Museum is closed New Year’s Day

Cancelled- Traditions of the Triad: Scots-Irish and Presbyterians
2025-01-11 11:00 - 15:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sat. 1/11 11 am-3 pm
Drop by the museum to explore Scots-Irish and Presbyterian traditions in Guilford County with dance demonstrations, fun activities, tours of the Historic First Presbyterian Cemetery and more.
Check back for more details!
This program is in partnership with the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro Bicentennial History Committee.

Museum Closed Saturday, January 11
2025-01-11 - 2025-01-12
Sat. 1/11
The Greensboro History Museum is closed on Saturday, January 11 due to inclement weather.

Museum Offices Closed- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2025-01-20 - 2025-01-21
Mon. 1/20

Lunar New Year Community Celebration
2025-02-08 11:00 - 16:00 | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Sat. 2/8 11 am-4 pm
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with Asian Pacific community groups from Greensboro and beyond.
Demonstrations, performances, hands-on activities, and more from community organizations. Plus, food for sale from the Southern Wok and Astro Dogs food trucks, 11-3.

Greensboro Chinese Association
Cambodian Cultural Center of NC
Montagnard Association of NC
Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors
NC Asian Americans Together
UNC Chapel Hill Asian American Center
and more!

Hands-on activities and information tables in the GHM lobby all afternoon. Performance schedule:
12 pm in Mary Norris Preyer Hall inside the museum
Dance and musical performances organized by Greensboro Chinese Association
1 pm at LeBauer Park Lawn Stage
Dance performances organized by Cambodian Cultural Center of NC and Montagnard Association of NC
2 pm at LeBauer Park Lawn Stage
Yo-yo acrobatics and musical and dance performances, including dragon dance, organized by Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors
Performance schedule and locations are subject to adjustments due to weather and other factors.
Special thanks to Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc. for partnering on this event.
Free parking for Greensboro History Museum weekend events is available across from the museum and at the Church Street Parking Deck, a 5-minute walk.
What is Lunar New Year anyway?
Here’s what our friends at the Smithsonian have to say:
“Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population. While the official dates encompassing the holiday vary by culture, many who celebrate the holiday consider it the time of the year to reunite with loved ones. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the (Wood) Snake. The celebrations begin with New Year’s Eve on January 28 and last for 15 days, concluding with the Lantern Festival on February 12. Different regions across Asia celebrate Lunar New year in many ways and may follow a different zodiac. ” Find out more…
