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A Conversation with Joseph Crespino, author of Atticus Finch: The Biography

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tues. 5/14 6 pm-7 pm Join Greensboro Bound and The Steven Tanger Center for Performing Arts in a pre-performance book talk with JOSEPH CRESPINO (Atticus Finch: The Biography—Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon) at the Greensboro History Museum. Who was the real Atticus Finch? Prize-winning historian Joseph Crespino reveals the […]

Museum Closed

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

The Museum is closed in observance of the City of Greensboro Juneteenth holiday.

History Lunch Break: Japanese Americans in Wartime North Carolina

Friday, June 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Fri. 6/21 12 pm-1 pm Join us for a conversation with UNC Chapel Hill professor Heidi Kim exploring Japanese American experiences in North Carolina during World War II, a time when the government incarcerated more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry across the United States. Free Program. Register to join on Zoom Register Or watch […]

Juneteenth Bike Tour: Green Book Along the Greenway

Saturday, June 22, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Between 1933 and 1966, “The Negro Motorist Green Book” offered African American travelers a guide to safe spaces across the US, including more than a dozen in Greensboro.  Join us to explore historical locations and currently operating Green Book sites in the Gate City on this guided, family friendly 3 mile ride Tour departs 10:30 […]

Little Lions Saturdays

Saturday, June 22, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Sat. 6/22 12 pm-1 pm Celebrate the season of civic engagement between Juneteenth and July Fourth at the museum. Discover North Carolina history through fun activities for pre-K and elementary age children and families! Stay for our Lifted Voices: Civic Season program to meet costumed interpreters in the museum galleries sharing stories from the NC Democracy: Eleven […]

By the Book: Home Front Battles with Charles C. Bolton

Thursday, June 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Thurs. 6/27 6 pm-7 pm Join us for a conversation with historian Charles C. Bolton. His new book, Home Front Battles, explores the role of race in World War II mobilization in the Deep South, where the needs of wartime industries and bases inflamed tensions around labor, land, and military service. Charles C. Bolton is […]

Museum Closed

Thursday, July 4, 2024 - Friday, July 5, 2024

Sat. 7/4 The Museum is closed in observance of the July 4th holiday.

Forties Flashback Family Fun Day

Saturday, July 6, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sat. 7/6 11 am-4 pm Did you know that the Gate City was home to the largest urban military base in the country during World War II? Enjoy an afternoon of family fun exploring life in Greensboro in the 1940s with reenactors, music, games, activities, vintage vehicles, ration book bake-off contest, and more. Free! Don’t miss… […]

1940s Flashback Free Swing Dance Lessons in LeBauer Park

Saturday, July 6, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Sat. 7/6 4 pm- 5:30 pm After the 1940s Flashback Fun, swing on over to LeBauer Park for free swing dance lessons from instructors at the Cat's Pajamas! You'll be ready to jump and jive at GHM After Hours: Swing Dance at the Service Club back at the museum, 6-9 pm. Learn more at https://ghmforties.eventbrite.com/