As the Museum of Durham History winds down another fiscal year, we want to take the time to recognize our board of directors for volunteering their service to govern our organization. We appreciate their passion about Durham and its history that they dedicate their time and expertise to share with… Read More
The Museum of Durham History is pleased to announce that it has been certified by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, as a Service Enterprise! A Service Enterprise is an organization that strategically engages volunteers to improve the performance of their organization and achieve… Read More
We believe history is the context that informs the present and guides the future. The Museum of Durham History plays a unique civic and cultural role as a resource for discovering our collective history and as a teller of Durham’s stories, especially those traditionally overlooked and unheard– whether comfortable or controversial. We’re proud of Durham’s resolve to protest peacefully… Read More
As part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) initiative to provide work for millions of job seekers following the Great Depression, the Federal Writers’ Project produced hundreds of publications, including local histories and oral histories. One of the projects, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, was… Read More