Initiatives

Gate City Arrivals

Working with new immigrants and their advocates, the museum is developing activities to convey and grow our understanding of Greensboro’s shared history of immigration, from the arrivals of the region’s earliest peoples up to today.

Young Montagnard women with woven baskets getting ready for dance performance at the museum

Overview

As part of the Fostering Critical Conversations with Our Communities pilot initiative with Smithsonian Affiliations and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, this program explores the history of Greensboro, the “Gate City,” through over three centuries of migration stories.

By developing this narrative in collaboration with immigrants and descendants, the newest arrival stories can be understood as part of our city’s shared history.

We aspire to design components that can present the story of Greensboro’s immigration history in different languages at