Building Understanding Through Historical Perspective GHM Education Professional Development Series This two-part, online professional development workshop offers educators sensitive, informative, and professional methods to teach a difficult subject, the 1979 Greensboro Massacre. Part one provides a foundation for understanding the events that led up to and culminated in the violence on November 3, 1979, while […]

The new Library of America anthology O. Henry: 101 Stories seeks to capture the genius and the extraordinary range of a gifted humorist and Greensboro native. Best-selling author and editor of the collection Ben Yagoda is joined by another best-selling author, and O. Henry Magazine founder, Jim Dodson for a conversation about William Sidney Porter’s […]

Help the Greensboro History Museum understand and improve our social impact! We are seeking participants in a national survey project, Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI). Anyone can participate. All you have to do is apply at https://museumsocialimpact.org/apply. Then plan to visit the museum three times November 2021-May 2022. After your final visit, you will […]

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. The first program in the series looks at Experimentation in Moravian Ceramics, 1793-1831. Join Geoffrey Hughes, Archaeology lecturer at UNCG, as he discusses […]

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Spokes & Votes cycling tours planned for 10am-12pm is postponed until October 23 due to weather. 🌧 Our Spokes & Votes festival will take place as planned from 12-3 pm.   For information go to: Information Have fun at our Spokes & Votes festival outside museum, 12-3 pm: Bike safety rodeo for […]

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. Join Dr. Linda Stine, a professor of archaeology at UNCG, for this informative presentation about Guilford County archaeology and what we can learn […]

Greensboro’s Industries of the Blind (IOB) has been providing work opportunities for people who are visually impaired since the Great Depression. Since 2020, a UNCG community art project has been calling attention to the voices of IOB workers with multi-sensorial installations on the IOB building on Gate City Boulevard. Richard Oliver, IOB’s Director of Community […]

Evidence from our region's history and prehistory can be found across Piedmont NC. Learn about what archaeology can teach us from experts in the field in the latest GHM Education Webinar Series. Historical archaeologist Mary Beth Fitts from the Office of State Archaeology, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, discusses sites associated with the […]

Join Greensboro History Museum, Elsewhere and Greensboro Pride for LGBTQ+ Talks to take part in conversations about identity, equality and civic engagement and learn more about friends, neighbors and community members. This event features conversations about identity, community, and LGBTQIA+ rights. The goal is to have fun and learn more about ourselves, friends, and community […]

RESCHEDULED bike tour from 10/9 Register for a cycling tour to discover local legacies of women’s struggle for voting rights: 10 am - Part 1 to UNCG and Greensboro College departs from museum 11:15 am - Part 2 to NC A&T and Bennett departs from museum Registration required through Bicycling in Greensboro. Register