Museum Guild Meeting: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
Monday, April 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join the Museum Guild for a program on Eileen Collins, the first American woman to command a space mission, presented by Jonathan H. Ward, a Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society and a Viking Resident Astronomer. Ward has written four books on the space program in the last eight years. Collins, a retired NASA astronaut and US […]
Conversation with Shirley Simmons, the Black Historian
Thursday, April 21, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Black Historian, Shirley Simmons talks with History Notes podcast host Curator of Education Rodney Dawson about 50 years of Black history in the Gate City.
History Lunch Break: NC Democracy Sneak Peek
Friday, April 22, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Join GHM for a special behind the scenes look at our upcoming exhibition NC Democracy: Eleven Elections! Watch on Facebook Live Learn more about NC Democracy: Eleven Elections! History Lunch Break comes to you live on occasional Fridays with conversations about all kinds of history with all kinds of interesting people. Click here to visit […]
UPDATE — DGI First Friday Night Live Concert Moved, Museum Events Canceled
Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
*INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE: Concert has been moved to One Thirteen Brewhouse and museum after-hours activities will not be taking place Learn more at https://www.downtowngreensboro.org/first-friday/
Activism within the Courts: Judge Elreta Melton Alexander
Thursday, May 12, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dr. Virginia L. Summey discusses her new book, The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander, with Dr. Omar Ali from UNCG. Greensboro's Judge Elreta Melton Alexander was a groundbreaking legal figure in North Carolina: the first an African American woman to graduate from Columbia Law School, to practice law in North Carolina and to be elected […]