The museum hosts a number of events every month. You can see the full list here. Some are free and some have a fee.

Upcoming Events

History Corner: NC Boats (Ages 6-9)
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
$5 per child; $3 for MOHA/museum members

Learn about the boats that people on our coast built and used to go to work, school, church, and just about everywhere else!

Ages 6–9 (may be accompanied by an adult)

History Hunters: Industrialization (Ages 10-13)
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
$5 per child; $3 for MOHA/museum members

Farm to factory—what turned a mostly rural state into one with so many cities and factories? Come and discover what changes and influences pulled and pushed folks from one to the other.

Ages 10–13

History à la Carte: Amplifying Black Voices of Change: Place-Based Oral History in an Eroding Landscape
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Free, registration required

Panelists : Andre Taylor, Melody Hunter-Pillion, JoCora Moore, Amanda Finn

For years, the tapestry of history on exhibit was remarkably monotone. Today’s public historians, however, now seek to weave vibrancy into the overall tapestry, sharing lessons learned from capturing and translating underrepresented community history: a movement represented by the oral-history projects represented on this panel of students from North Carolina State University.

Bring your own lunch; some beverages provided. For information, call 919-814-7032.

Navigating Jim Crow: The Negro Motorist Green Book and the Power of Black Mobility
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Free

Moderator : Deborah Holt Noel, UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina

Join us for a screening of The Green Book Guide to Freedom (TVPG rating: TV-PG; run time: 60 min.), a Smithsonian Channel documentary, in our Daniels Auditorium. Following the screening, Noel will moderate a panel discussion on black mobility in North Carolina during the Jim Crow era.

Panelists include:
– Aya Shabu, professional dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist.
– Andre Nabors, Partner Relations Manager for Visit North Carolina
– Dr. Blair LM Kelley, author, historian, Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of History at NC State University.
– Tiffany Tolbert, Senior Field Officer for National Trust for Historic Preservation

Light refreshments will be available, and a copy of the Green Book will be on display in the lobby.

Please note: Our Daniels Auditorium can seat 300 people, so this free event will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Made possible, in part, by the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and its Oasis Spaces Project and by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of IMLS.

History Corner: Cotton Pickin’ (Ages 6-9)
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
$5 per child; $3 for MOHA/museum members

It can be planted, carded, woven, worn, and even eaten! Find out more about “King Cotton” and the crop’s place in Tar Heel history.

Ages 6–9 (may be accompanied by an adult)

For information, call 919-814-7046.

History Hunters: 19th Amendment (Ages 10-13)
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
$5 per child; $3 for MOHA/museum members

Good idea? Bad idea? Meet some Tar Heel women, and men, who thought about and fought about the idea of and struggle for (and against) women’s right to vote.

Ages 10–13

For information, call 919-814-7046.

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