Sat. 8/10 11 am- 2 pm Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=C2579670-BBBD-EFC3-3B86BBAF260F5A1D

Thurs. 8/15 10 am-1 pm Free, hands-on fun for the whole family. * Try your hand at activity stations from the 2024 History Mysteries Summer Program. * Dive into local colonial history with a tour of the 18th century Francis McNairy House. * Explore Historic First Presbyterian Cemetery to learn more about prominent people from […]

Sat. 8/17 12 pm- 1 pm 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.

Sat. 8/28 6 pm-7:30 pm Join us for a special evening with Martha S. Jones, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. The book explores how Black […]

Learn about the work of Greensboro religious leader and civil rights activist Bishop Frank McDaniel Williams (1940-1998). Founder of Greensboro’s OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center) and local organizer for Dr. King’s 1968 Poor People’s March on Washington, Williams was pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church and New Jerusalem Cathedral and a tireless fighter for justice in […]

Accepting nominations through October 15 Nominations are being accepted now through October 15 for the Greensboro History Museum’s prestigious Voices of a City Award for 2024. The award recognizes significant and original contributions to local history. Nominations for both individuals and organizations will be accepted and self-nominations are welcome. Submissions by or for high school […]

On Saturday and Sunday come play with GHM at the North Carolina Folk Festival Family Area in the Mary Lynn Richardson Historic Park! You will find all kinds of hands-on activities from the museum and other local cultural partners both days 11 am-5 pm.  Click here to learn more about NC Folk Fest! 

Sat. 9/14 1 pm-3 pm 7th-12th graders! Learn about leadership & voting while earning service hours. Part of the Smithsonian National Youth Summit. Interested teens and their families can drop by the Youth Summit Open House at the museum to pick up Youth Summit passports and get stamps with onsite activities, including Social Media & […]

Thur. 9/19 5:30 pm- 8 pm Thursday, Sept. 19. Head down the rabbit hole into the wild history of political campaigning across the decades with games, drinks and fun activities. Jon Grinspan, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, is the special guest at Campaign Madness. This GHM After Hours event also features […]

Sat. 9/21 Learn more at https://www.guilfordnative.com/annual-pow-wow