Learn about and discuss the history of the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital site. This forgotten place was also part of the World War II Overseas Replacement Depot and a detention center for civil rights protests in 1963. Visitors are encouraged to bring stories, photographs or artifacts related to the hospital. This is a partner program […]

Curator of Education Dean MacLeod will discuss the power of artifact contemplation. Using meaningful questions, the museum can help visitors view objects and see history in new ways. Social time begins at 10, with the program at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

This critically acclaimed group performs as part of Lifted Voices: Greensboro Women Making Herstory. The Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble's latest project, The Other Side of My Heart, documents journeys of Latina immigrants to the Triad in image and song. Guillen conducted oral histories with six women who shared and reflected about their dreams and fears while evaluating […]

Susan Webster, Museum Registrar and Curator of Textiles, is our guide for the extraordinary story of one of the museum’s oldest objects. We will look at its origins and ownership and explore the many facets of this tangible piece of history including its recently completed conservation treatment. Social time begins at 10, with the program […]

The Gate City turns 210 this year. We're celebrating the date the first city lots were were sold with a casual, family-fun afternoon of storytelling, crafts and celebrations.

Appealing for Freedom: Freedom Suits in the South, his forthcoming book, is the product of years spent traveling to courthouses and archives throughout the South collecting freedom petitions and other legal documents filed by slaves. Dr. Schweninger, Professor emeritus of History at UNCG, is best known for his research on slavery, including collaborations with John Hope […]

Featuring the Guilford Courthouse Fife & Drum Corps. Join us at 10 for coffee and refreshments. Program begins 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

Kathelene Smith, archivist at UNCG’s Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives, talks about the amazing Harriet Elliott. Professor Elliott’s work mobilizing students during WWI helped shape her fight to get those students – and all women – the vote. Tracy Nash, President of the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad, shares her organization’s […]

Click here for information about the 2nd Annual Dolley & Me Tea at the O.Henry Hotel on June 29, 2019! This exciting multi-generational event is supported by the prestigious O.Henry Hotel and will be held in their beautiful Caldwell Room. The tea is perfect for adults and children of all ages, along with their favorite […]

Reserve your tickets now for one of the most unique parties in town. Sip literary-inspired cocktails (and nibble on delicious hors d'oeuvres) donated by GIA, plus wine and other tipples donated by Raffaldini Vineyards and Fainting Goat Spirits. Enjoy jazz from Steve Haines, Will England and Aaron Matson. Play with a selection of vintage typewriters. […]