Greensboro History Museum

06/24/2026

Express yourself! And be part of the big picture with the community portrait July 8-10.

Photographer Tom Strykowicz returns to the Greensboro History Museum, ready to turn his lens on you. Drop by July 8-10 anytime 2-6 pm to pose for your unique portrait and take home a free copy. Together the portraits will make up a new photo mosaic of our community.

06/21/2026

Grab your spatulas and dust off your Bundt pans! The Flashback 70s Bake off is back! Try your hand at one of four recipes. In honor of America's Semiquincentennial, bakers will choose from two 1970s AND two 1770s recipes.

Learn more and sign up at https://buff.ly/wxyBYJy

06/20/2026

Looking for ways to explore the Gate City with your day camp, Scout troop or day care this summer?

Summer Program is a free, 2-hour experience for day camps and groups of 10 or more, ages 5-13.

This year, we’re exploring the 18th century North Carolina backcountry with hands-on activities, tours of the museum’s historic buildings, and a look into the American Revolution and Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Learn more and sign up at https://buff.ly/HZ6ast2

06/18/2026

Soccer fans! When you have a break from , swing by the Museum to check out a piece of World Cup history on view now.⚽🥅

Eddie Pope is a native of High Point who played soccer at Southwest Guilford High School. He attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, becoming a two-time first team All-ACC player in 1994 and 1995. He also was first-team All-American in 1994. Pope was the Number 2 overall pick in the 1996 Major League Soccer (MLS) Draft. As a member of DC United, he scored the winning goal in overtime in the first MLS Cup. Pope made three World Cup appearances with the US Men’s National Soccer Team. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame earlier this year.

You can see the #23 jersey worn by Pope during the 2002 FIFA World Cup on display now with the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 display.

📷 courtesy of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

06/13/2026

Join us on Saturday, June 20 from 1 to 3 pm for Lifted Voices: Civic Season. Explore our galleries as costumed interpreters share stories of Guilford County activists, Revolutionary residents and public figures, like Black Patriot Ishmael Titus.

Titus was no stranger to war, serving in the French and Indian War under his enslaver General Edward Braddock for the British Army. After the war, he was eventually sold to Lawrence Ross of Rowan County. Ross sent Titus in his place when he was drafted into the NC Militia. After a year, he was freed and reenlisted. Titus served at numerous battles of the Southern Campaign, including the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Lifted Voices is a free program and fun for the whole family.



(Photo: Lifted Voices Unliving History 2025)

06/12/2026

Museum will be closed Friday, June 19. We reopen Saturday, June 20 with a full day of activities! https://greensborohistory.org/events/

Most City offices are closed on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.

There are no trash or recycling collections that day. Instead, Friday’s collections take place on Thursday, June 18, and Thursday’s collections will take place on Wednesday, June 17. The White Street Landfill and Transfer Station will be closed on June 19. The Ecoflo Household Hazardous Waste site, located at 2750 Patterson St., remains open.

The Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) will offer regular service on June 19.

The Greensboro Public Libraries, Greensboro History Museum, and the Greensboro Cultural Center are closed on June 19.

Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department’s administrative offices, recreation centers, the Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation section, Greensboro Youth Council, Smith and Trotter Active Adult Centers, Xperience @ Caldcleugh, and Simkins Indoor Sports Pavilion are closed on June 19. City parks, gardens, lakes, trails, cemeteries, the Greensboro Sportsplex, and Gillespie Golf Course remain open on their normal operating schedules.

The Melvin Municipal Office Building and J. Edward Kitchen Operations Center are closed to all in-person services on June 19. Alternative payment methods for water bills can be found at greensboro-nc.gov/PayWaterBill. For water and sewer emergencies, including main breaks and sewer stoppages, or changes in the taste, odor, or color of drinking water, call Water Resources 24-hour Dispatch at 336-373-2033.

06/11/2026

Did you know there's a historic cemetery behind the Museum? It will be open this Friday, June 12, 2-4 pm. Drop by for a free tour to learn about its history, people and remarkable funerary art.

https://greensborohistory.org/cemetery

06/03/2026

Lace up your running shoes, it’s !

We jogged through the museum to highlight a few objects celebrating running in Greensboro and NC.

Now on view in our NC Sports Hall of Fame display:

🏆 Trophy presented to track and field and cross-country coach Rollie Geiger on his induction into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The trophy features one of Geiger’s ADIDAS slides that has been gold-plated.

Deeper in :

🥛2018 Brewery 5k participant glass

👕1983 annual Rainbow Run t-shirt

Explore more sports history by visiting the catalog at https://catalog.greensborohistory.org

05/29/2026

Grab your bikes for our sixth annual Juneteenth Bike Tour! 🚲

On Saturday, June 20th at 9 am, join us on a family-friendly guided bicycle tour. Discover twentieth-century Black-owned businesses around downtown Greensboro — from beauty shops to banks, entrepreneurs, an architect & more.

This is a free event and spots are limited. Registration through Bicycling In Greensboro, Inc. (BIG) is now open.

Learn more and register at https://buff.ly/2oz6dnN

📷Felipe Troncoso/Greensboro History Museum