On Our 250th Wish Wall

Add your wish for the next 50 years to a living archive of shared hopes. From July 8-September 20, the Greensboro History Museum’s Wish Wall will capture our communities’ hopes and dreams for the future. Wish Walls are a national initiative of Made By Us and part of GHM......More

Add your wish for the next 50 years to a living archive of shared hopes. From July 8-September 20, the Greensboro History Museum’s Wish Wall will capture our communities’ hopes and dreams for the future. Wish Walls are a national initiative of Made By Us and part of GHM’s America250 community programming. Learn more at greensborohistory.org/A250

Voices of a City Award Nominations Now Open

Nominations are being accepted now through September 27 for the Greensboro History Museum’s prestigious Voices of a City Award for 2026. The award recognizes significant and original contributions to local history. Nominations for both individuals and organizations will......More

Nominations are being accepted now through September 27 for the Greensboro History Museum’s prestigious Voices of a City Award for 2026. The award recognizes significant and original contributions to local history. Nominations for both individuals and organizations will be accepted and self-nominations are welcome. Submissions by or for high school and college students will be judged in a separate category. Projects can be as varied as our city, including oral history, photography, published articles, books, student research papers, film and electronic media. Collectors of historical documents or artifacts are also eligible. Previous winners include the J.C. Price School Project, historians Gayle Hicks Fripp and Scott Culclasure, journalist Jim Schlosser, the Ever-Achievers Retired Teachers Club, and William Moss (Carolina Field of Honor). The 2025 winners were railroad historian Kevin von der Lippe and the Conversations in Black community history project. Nominations should include a letter and at least one example of work for consideration, provided in either hard copy (articles or book), CD/DVD or digital format. For digital content, please share a website or a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or mail in a USB thumb drive to the address below. Award criteria include project originality and significance innovation quality of research within current academic scholarship sources consulted and accessibility of material to the local community and beyond. The Voices of a City Award will be presented at the GHM Inc. Annual Dinner on November 9. “There are many individuals and organizations working on behalf of local history especially in neighborhood and community projects,” says Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart. “We encourage all to submit nominations for this significant recognition.”   Send submissions to:Voices of a City AwardGreensboro History Museum130 Summit Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401 For questions, contact Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart at [email protected] or call 336-373-2306.

2026 Wicker Endowment Lecture with Kathleen DuVal

Reservations for this program have reached capacity. Add your name to the Waitlist for a chance to claim any seats that may open up. Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kathleen DuVal, discussing “The American Revolution and the Survival of Nati......More

Reservations for this program have reached capacity. Add your name to the Waitlist for a chance to claim any seats that may open up. Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kathleen DuVal, discussing “The American Revolution and the Survival of Native Nations.” Kathleen DuVal is Carl W. Ernst Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History. Her other books include Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution and the U.S. history textbook Give Me Liberty! She has also has written for The Atlantic, Time magazine, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and she appears in the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Revolution. Click here to add your name to the program Waitlist and receive updates about seat availability. This program is part of America 250 Guilford County and the Greensboro History Museum’s America250 community programming. As the country marks its 250th anniversary, the museum invites visitors to explore the past, reflect on our shared history and be part of a picture of our city today. For a complete list of activities visit greensborohistory.org/a250 About the Endowment Ruth Perkins Wicker created the John Floy Wicker Endowment Fund in memory of her husband in 1995. Architect John Wicker helped design and build many of Greensboro’s most memorable structures, from Friendly Shopping Center to Page High School. He also had a lifelong interest in history, and the endowment in his name has supported nearly 20 free public programs at the museum, including talks by award-winning scholars and writers like Malinda Maynor Lowery, John Shelton Reed, Lynn Dumenil, Charles Reagan Wilson, and Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson.

Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States

Find us at Greensboro Pride Festival

Find GHM Education at the Festival’s Kids Zone for some fun history activities. Find full lineup of festival activities and map at https://www.impaqtgso.org/pride

NC Folk Festival

On Saturday and Sunday come play with GHM at the North Carolina Historic Folk Life Area in the Mary Lynn Richardson Historic Park! You will find all kinds of hands-on activities from the museum both days. The museum’s historic buildings will be open to tour. Check back ......More

On Saturday and Sunday come play with GHM at the North Carolina Historic Folk Life Area in the Mary Lynn Richardson Historic Park! You will find all kinds of hands-on activities from the museum both days. The museum’s historic buildings will be open to tour. Check back for more information!   Click here to learn more about NC Folk Fest! 

¡Quinceañera! Celebrating Casa Azul's 15th Anniversary / Celebrando los 15 años de Casa Azul

Join us on Saturday, September 26 for a Quinceañera dress fashion show and a community panel discussing the significance of the Quince in Latino culture. We will also have refreshments to celebrate the history, legacy, and future of Casa Azul of Greensboro! Participe en......More

Join us on Saturday, September 26 for a Quinceañera dress fashion show and a community panel discussing the significance of the Quince in Latino culture. We will also have refreshments to celebrate the history, legacy, and future of Casa Azul of Greensboro! Participe en nuestro evento conmemorando el 15 aniversario de Casa Azul, su legado y su futuro. Habrá desfile de vestidos de quince, un panel comunitario explorando el significado de los quince años en la cultura hispana, y una recepción, en el Museo de Historia de Greensboro. Sábado, 26 de septiembre!

Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States