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“celebrating Greensboro's local culture”
The Greensboro Historical Museum is your source for stories and information on the history of the Piedmont area of North Carolina, particularly of Greensboro and Guilford County. The Greensboro Historical Museum celebrates Greensboro’s local culture and the city’s prominent place in American history. Collections document the many different nationalities and people who impacted the county’s history: Native Americans, Germans, African Americans, Quakers and Scots-Irish. Archives and artifacts relate to the lives of prominent Guilford County residents, such as David Caldwell, First Lady Dolley Madison, Governor John Motley Morehead, author O. Henry and educator Charles Henry Moore. For students, for families, for researchers, for everyone opportunities to study events in colonial Guilford County, the Civil War, the roots of the Civil Rights Movement, and the rise of textile manufacturing in the South.
Free museum, say WHAT?! Not to mention super-cool, with some really fun interactive exhibits. While it's true, several of the exhibits need a bit of updating, overall this is a great... Read more
Tony Vanoy & I went to the Greensboro History Museum to learn about the Greensboro area. The museum was free to enjoy with free parking. It's located inside a historical old church building.... Read more
If you have time to kill before a show at the Tanger Center, I would highly recommend popping into the history museum. It is free and they have very cool permanent exhibits as well as interesting... Read more
Greensboro History Museum
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- Sun: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Tue - Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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