GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC

LISTED BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING FOR 2024 BY MONTH:JANUARY 20TH WAS OUR ONGOING MONTHLY LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY PROGRAM. CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF QUILTS. ALMOST 40 ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS RECEIVED A $25,000 GRANT TO FUND THE MUSEUM'S VOICES OF A CITY EXHIBITION INCLUSION PROJECT, BEYOND O. HENRY: GRAY JOHNSON, MCADOO, FALKENER AND RAGSDALE. FEBRUARY 24TH - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - INTERPRETERS IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES SHARED STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GREENSBORO. THIS YEAR'S PORTRAYALS INCLUDED: BUSINESS LEADER EUNICE MOSELY DUDLEY, NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI RONALD MCNAIR, AN ASTRONAUT AND PHYSICIST, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AGENT LAVINA "VINA" CURRY, A FREE WOMAN OF COLOR IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND GREENSBORO-BORN ARTIST MALVIN GRAY JOHNSON, WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I AND WAS PART OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT. GREENSBORO'S NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROVIDED SIGNED INTERPRETATION FOR SELECT TOURS. THE DAY ALSO INCLUDED GHM'S LITTLE LIONS, WHERE PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT ASTRONAUT RONALD MCNAIR. 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DAY. MARCH 23RD - LITTLE LION'S PROGRAM FEATURED SNACKS, SELFIES AND LEADING WOMEN, AS OVER 50 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES - WITH THE COSTUMED INTERPRETERS FROM THE LIFTED VOICES WOMEN PROGRAM. PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPERIENCE GREENSBORO FOR A MUSEUM AND BUS TOUR FOR 20 PARTICIPANTS AND AN OFFSITE COLLABORATION WITH WHITE OAK LEGACY FOUNDATION THAT BROUGHT MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE TO REVOLUTION MILL TO HEAR LEVI'S HISTORIAN TRACEY PANEK. AN INSTAGRAM POST NOTING FIRST STUDENTS AT GREENSBORO (FEMALE) COLLEGE IN 1846 WAS BIGGEST FACEBOOK POST OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH 408 ENGAGEMENTS AND REACHING MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE. APRIL 27 - LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK HEALTHY HISTORY ACTIVITY FOR PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND FAMILIES AT THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE. PART OF YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. IN MAY - OVER THREE DAYS, 166 STUDENTS VISITED THE MUSEUM. FOR TWO DAYS, THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS TRIP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC MARY LYNN RICHARDSON PARK, WITH VISITS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND GAMES AT MCNAIRY HOUSE, BLACKSMITH AND CARPENTRY SHOPS AND THE KITCHEN BUILDING. THE LAST DAY WAS A TRIP IN OUR WELCOME TO THE GATE CITY EXHIBITION AREA ON OUR TOP FLOOR WHERE STUDENTS VISIT A PERIOD PHARMACY, SCHOOL ROOM, ANTIQUE CARS, THEATER AND ENGAGE THE SPACE WITH HANDS ON ACTIVITIES. MAY 14TH AND 18TH, GHM PARTNERED WITH THE GREENSBORO BOUND LITERARY FESTIVAL. ON MAY 14TH AT 6 PM WITH 28 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, JIMMY CARTER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY JOSEPH CRESPINO, AUTHOR OF ATTICUS FINCH: THE BIOGRAPHY. GHM HOSTED A RANGE OF AUTHORS AND DISCUSSIONS IN MARY NORRIS PREYER HALL INCLUDING AN AFTERNOON SESSION ON MIXTAPE MUSINGS: HOW THE POP CULTURE OF THE 80S AND MUSIC SCENE OF 90S SHAPED OUR LIVES MODERATED BY CURATOR GLENN PERKINS. 183 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM. JUNE 22ND WAS OUR ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, GHM'S FOURTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH BIKE TOUR: GREEN BOOK ALONG THE GREENWAY BETWEEN 1933 AND 1966, "THE NEGRO MOTORIST GREEN BOOK" OFFERED AFRICAN AMERICAN TRAVELERS A GUIDE TO SAFE SPACES ACROSS THE US, INCLUDING MORE THAN A DOZEN IN GREENSBORO. IN COLLABORATION WITH BICYCLING IN GREENSBORO, 55 PEOPLE JOINED US TO EXPLORE HISTORICAL LOCATIONS AND CURRENTLY OPERATING GREEN BOOK SITES IN THE GATE CITY ON THIS GUIDED, FAMILY FRIENDLY 3-MILE RIDE. THEN, IN THE AFTERNOON, THE FOCUS WAS ON CIVIC SEASON---THE TIME BETWEEN JUNETEENTH AND JULY 4TH THAT UNITES OUR OLDEST FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH OUR NEWEST, MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT TO UNDERSTAND OUR PAST AND SHAPE OUR FUTURE. THE MUSEUM HAD COSTUMED INTERPRETERS PRESENT LIFTED VOICES. WALKING THROUGH THE MUSEUM, GUESTS EXPLORED THE GALLERIES AND THE NC DEMOCRACY: ELEVEN ELECTIONS EXHIBITION TO MEET LIVING HISTORY ACTORS PORTRAYING PEOPLE SUCH AS FREEMAN AND 1868 CONVENTION DELEGATE WILSON CAREY, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST PAULI MURRAY, HISTORIAN AND ANTI-SUFFRAGIST MARY HILLIARD HINTON, AND JUDGE ELRETA ALEXANDER-RALSTON. PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAD FUN LEARNING ABOUT JUDGE AND WRITER ALBION TOURGE WITH A FREE NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY AT LITTLE LIONS. 115 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE GALLERIES, AND 59 CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE LITTLE LIONS PROGRAM. JULY 20TH - GHM'S LITTLE LIONS MONTHLY PROGRAM FOR PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE FOCUSED ON EXPLORATION OF THE MURALS FEATURED IN OUR PIECES OF NOW ONLINE EXHIBIT WITH A FUN CRAFT ACTIVITY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. 15 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. AUGUST 29TH REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE & LEGACY OF BISHOP FRANK M. WILLIAMS PROGRAM PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF GREENSBORO RELIGIOUS LEADER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BISHOP FRANK MCDANIEL WILLIAMS (1940-1998). FOUNDER OF GREENSBORO'S OIC (OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER) AND LOCAL ORGANIZER FOR DR. KING'S 1968 POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, WILLIAMS WAS PASTOR AT MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AND NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL AND A TIRELESS FIGHTER FOR JUSTICE IN GREENSBORO. PANELISTS INCLUDED FLORENCE WILLIAMS, DR. KEVIN A. WILLIAMS, AND HISTORIAN EUTHENIA NEWMAN, WHO REFLECTED ON HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS CONGREGATIONS AND TO HIS CITY. 154 PEOPLE FILLED THE AUDITORIUM FOR THAT EVENT. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTED A NEW COMMUNITY VOICES DISPLAY ORGANIZED BY NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL IN THE MUSEUM LOBBY. THE DISPLAY WILL BE ON VIEW FROM AUGUST 27 THROUGH SEPTEMBER. ITS RIBBON-CUTTING ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 26TH WAS A VERY MOVING COMMUNITY EVENT.NC FOLK FEST FAMILY AREA RETURNED TO MARY LYNN RICHARDSON PARK WITH GREAT SUCCESS. GHM EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT TEAM WORKED WITH NCFF STAFF TO FACILITATE ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA AND ORGANIZED GHM ACTIVITIES IN MAIN TENT & HISTORIC BUILDINGS. WE COUNTED 817 VISITORS INSIDE THE MUSEUM AND 3,846 VISITORS IN THE PARK 9/7 THROUGH 9/8.EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT OUT AND ABOUT PROGRAMS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDED INTERACTIVE TABLES AT GUILFORD NATIVE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION POW WOW (9/21 - 250 VISITORS) AND GREENSBORO PRIDE FESTIVAL ON S.ELM STREET (9/22 -550 VISITORS) AND PRESENTING A HISTORY BUS TOUR FOR LEADERSHIP GREENSBORO (9/18 - 54 ATTENDEES). SEPTEMBER 28TH - GHM PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT, WITH 18 7-12TH GRADERS PARTICIPATING IN WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES AROUND HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SAY IN ELECTIONS AND LEADERSHIP. THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM KICKED OFF A YEARLONG CELEBRATION OF ITS FIRST 100 YEARS WITH SPEAKEASY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, 130 SUMMIT AVE, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, FROM 7 TO 10 PM. SPEAKEASY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM WAS A SWELL EVENING OF LIVE JAZZ, CLASSICAL COCKTAILS BY MUDDLE, HEAVY HORS D'OEUVRES, FUN, GAMES, AND RAZZMATAZZ. ATTENDEES DRESSED IN THEIR BEST ROARING TWENTIES ATTIRE TO TAKE PART IN A COSTUME CONTEST, PLAYED CARD GAMES OR TOOK PART IN AN ELABORATE SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES, WHILE TAKING DANCE LESSONS WITH THE CAT'S PAJAMAS, AND MORE. 140 PEOPLE CAME FOR A GREAT TIME.ON OCTOBER 26TH, THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM PARTICIPATED AS A PARTNER ON THE GREENSBORO YOUTH COUNCIL'S GHOULASH PROGRAM. STARTING WITH OUR SPOOKY STORYTELLER CYNTHIA BROWN AT 11:00 AM, HOSTING HER 48TH SPOOKY STORIES IN THE MUSEUM WITH AN ATTENDANCE OF 40 PEOPLE. THEN OUR SPOOKY LITTLE LIONS CELEBRATED HALLOWEEN AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS COLORING LUMINARIES WITH 33 PEOPLE. THE LITTLE LIONS ACTIVITY CONTINUED THROUGH THE NEXT EVENT, RUNNING OUT OF 125 LUMINARIES BY THE END. THE LIFTED VOICES: UNLIVING HISTORY PROGRAM 1:00 - 5:00 PM DREW A CROWD OF 658 PEOPLE, A POST PANDEMIC RECORD.GHM INC.'S ANNUAL DINNER WAS HELD AT THE PROXIMITY HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 21ST. 90 PEOPLE HEARD A CHRISTOPHER HENDRIKS DISCUSS SOUTHERN COOKING AND CELEBRATE THE 2024 RECIPIENTS OF THE VOICES OF A CITY AWARD: CHAVIS LIBRARY HERITAGE QUILTERS IN CREATING THE VANCE CHAVIS LIBRARY HISTORY QUILT; AND ERIC WOODARD FOR HIS WORK EXTENSIVE WORK IN RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GREENSBORO'S POST WWII AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS.ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD, MUSEUM STAFF SET UP A SMALL DISPLAY OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN. THE MUSEUM WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. 81 PEOPLE VISITED.PENN GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL TOURED NC DEMOCRACY, ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2024, WITH 65 STUDENTS. WE HOSTED "HOMESCHOOLS FOR THE HOLIDAYS", ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2024, WITH 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE HOMESCHOOL GROUPS WERE ABLE TO TOUR MCNAIRY HOUSE, GO ON THE MOUSEHUNT, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ST. NICHOLMOUSE STOCKING ACTIVITY.