As we enter the 3rd year of our 150 Faces of Durham exhibit, we rang in the New Year with another rotation of outdoor banners! This outdoor exhibit is social-distance-friendly and a great way to meet the many people who impacted the Bull City throughout it’s history. Read More
The Museum of Durham History and the Durham Sports Commission are partnering to host an online event on Friday, January 14th at 12PM for a virtual discussion on the experience of athletes at local Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Read More
We want to take a moment and thank everyone who joined us to make the opening of our newest exhibit, More Than Just A Game: The NCCU vs. NC A&T Football Rivalry, a very special event. Read More
Special thanks to the 30 attendees as well as Mark and Twyla Hutchins for hosting a tour of the Hutchins Garage building on August 12th! Attendees enjoyed a slideshow of some historic images of the property from its early construction, time as a Lincoln dealership, and its more recent renovations. Read More
Wow! Our trivia teams proved that they do in fact KNOW Durham! We had fifteen teams join the Museum of Durham for trivia on July 13th at Fullsteam Brewery. Our wonderful host Ernest Dollar entertained our audience with more history and stories. Despite some pretty tricky questions, the Regal Eagles… Read More
We had such a wonderful evening honoring the legacy of the Royal Ice Cream seven who bravely challenged segregation through the 1957 sit-in. We are so grateful to have had sit-in participants Mary Clyburn Hooks and Virginia Williams share their stories as well as to hear from Floyd McKissick, Jr. Read More
The 1960 Greensboro sit-ins helped begin a national civil rights movement, but were not the first in North Carolina. A Durham protest in 1957 led to a court case testing the legality of segregation, cementing its place in history. The Royal Ice Cream Company may be gone, but… Read More
New exhibit to focus on evolution of the city’s Central Park neighborhood The Museum of Durham History will open its doors for the first time since the start of the pandemic on Friday, April 16. As part of the opening, the museum is unveiling a new exhibit called… Read More
Join us on Feb. 16 at 12PM for a discussion about the life of Aaron McDuffie Moore, founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street. The author, Blake Hill-Saya and C. Eileen Watts Welch, President of Durham Colored Library who commissioned the biography. Hill-Saya & Welch are descendants of Moore. They will… Read More
The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been seeking ratification by 38 states, the required three-fourths majority, since 1972. The amendment’s current status and imminent fate are the focus of an online event hosted by the Museum of Durham History on Thursday, January 28th. The program will begin… Read More
