The newest member of the Museum team is oral historian and writer Nora Weatherby. Nora is heading up the newly formed Story Squad and leading the McMannen Project, which celebrates Durham’s entrepreneurial spirit by connecting established business leaders and young business innovators. Nora studied writing, documentary methods and oral history… Read More
The Museum will host a tasty event, limited to 60 participants, on Friday, May 1, to open the F is for Food exhibit, the newest installment in the Hub’s Durham A-Z series. The evening will begin at Mateo Bar de Tapas as these 60 participant sponsors celebrate “food… Read More
Coach K gets his hair cut in an old church. John Loudermilk, of “Tobacco Road” fame, was born near the present-day Monut’s. Rich, poor, black and white lend their stories to West Durham neighborhoods that are chock-full of history. Join John Schelp, West Durham’s unofficial historian, on Saturday, March 28,… Read More
Coach K gets his hair cut in an old church — between an old grocery store and an old mill pond. The grocery is now a tire store on Hillsborough Road and the mill pond is now Station Nine apartments. Hillsboro Road was Highway 10, the first highway to cross… Read More
Note: Feb. 15 Pop-Up is at North Regional Library located at 221 Milton Road… Read More
Durham History Hub Exhibit on Legendary Coach Re-Opens February 3 Museum spotlights NCCU architect of modern basketball The story of a life dedicated to basketball returns to the Museum of Durham History this winter. The exhibition “Coach Mac: Innovator and Integrator” re-opens February 3 at the Durham History Hub. Read More
Photo credit: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. A very personal look at the early-20th-century American South receives an encore at the Museum of Durham History. The exhibition “Hugh Mangum on Main Street: Portraits from the Early 20th Century” re-opens December 2 at the… Read More
Susan Cranford Ross’ interview with her father-in-law Bobby Ross is featured in the MoDH 2014 Holiday card. You can read their story below. This is Susan Ross and I’m here with Bobby Ross; we’re going to talk about his memories of the tobacco business… Tell me how the sales went. Read More
