Events

Special Opportunity for Museum Members Join a talk by Caste author Isabel Wilkerson. This virtual event is part of Wake Forest University’s Face to Face Speaker Forum. Learn more at facetoface.wfu.edu. Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers The […]

Ernest Hooker from the North Carolina A&T State University Department of History and Political Science talks with Jon Zachman about experiences of African American men and women during the war years and what had changed for them since the end of the Great War. Free program. Register to join on Zoom Register Or watch live on […]

Greensboro is home to many diverse communities who have faced different historical challenges. This webinar series explores four sometimes overlooked groups and shares some of the resources and support available to them. Series co-sponsored by the City of Greensboro Human Rights Department and the Greensboro History Museum. In part 3, hear about the need for […]

Greensboro is home to many diverse communities who have faced different historical challenges. This webinar series explores four sometimes overlooked groups and shares some of the resources and support available to them. Series co-sponsored by the City of Greensboro Human Rights Department and the Greensboro History Museum. In part 4, find out about the need […]

As North Carolina crossed into the 20th century, the state's medical establishment was tested by a harmful and contagious disease: tuberculosis. UNCG Museum Studies Master’s student Summer Crews talks about her research into how Dr. Simon Powell Sebastian, Dr. John Wesley Long, Nurse Clara Peck and others worked to protect Greensboro from the “white plague.” […]

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and a chance to explore the contributions and diversity of AAPI families and individuals locally. Tina Firesheets and Christie Soper join us to talk about Pan Asian Voices and Experiences in North Carolina (PAVE NC), a new online project highlighting Asian American stories and communities across our […]

Susan Webster considers three items in the museum's Dolley Madison Collection -- a fish hook, silk gown, and Harmony Breakfast snuff box -- to explore questions of why we keep mementos and what they can mean for understanding parts of history. Guests welcome. To join this Zoom meeting, contact tfripp@triad.rr.com

What are the challenges to engaging with belonging and exclusion within cities and across countries? And how does migration connect with and illuminate issues like climate, Covid and (de)colonization? With Omar Ali, Professor and Dean of Lloyd International Honors College, UNC Greensboro; Andréa Delaplace, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Emily Miller, Head of Learning and Partnerships, […]

In 2019-2020, on a residency at UNCG, artist Shoshana Gugenheim conceived of a new contemporary Jewish museum for Greensboro. The inaugural exhibition at Greensboro Project Space drew on a collaboration with over 150 Greensboro residents, students, faculty and community institutions. She joins us to talk about the GCJM and how it helps push at the […]

It’s been a year since the protests and demands for justice that inspired Pieces of Now: Murals, Masks, Community Stories and Conversations. “Reflections on Pieces of Now: A History Happening” in Mary Lynn Richardson Park at the corner of Lindsay and Church Streets in Downtown Greensboro, will celebrate artists, teachers and activists while reflecting on […]