Museum of Durham History
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Join Duke University Libraries for a two-part exploration of Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore’s legacy and impact on Durham. Learn more and register 📚⬇️
🗓 Jan 22 (12–1:30pm): Reclaiming Durham’s Narrative
🔗 duke.is/SpiritandService
🗓 Jan 23 (5–7:30pm): The Tower and the Town
🔗 duke.is/TowerandTown
🗓 Jan 22 (12–1:30pm): Reclaiming Durham’s Narrative
🔗 duke.is/SpiritandService
🗓 Jan 23 (5–7:30pm): The Tower and the Town
🔗 duke.is/TowerandTown
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Join Duke University Libraries for a two-part exploration of Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore’s legacy and impact on Durham. Learn more and register 📚⬇️
🗓 Jan 22 (12–1:30pm): Reclaiming Durham’s Narrative
🔗 duke.is/SpiritandService
🗓 Jan 23 (5–7:30pm): The Tower and the Town
🔗 duke.is/TowerandTown
🗓 Jan 22 (12–1:30pm): Reclaiming Durham’s Narrative
🔗 duke.is/SpiritandService
🗓 Jan 23 (5–7:30pm): The Tower and the Town
🔗 duke.is/TowerandTown
Today in History 📅 On Jan. 6, 1965, Gov. Terry Sanford announced NIEHS (formerly HEW) would locate in Research Triangle Park. Soon followed by IBM, this helped shape RTP and transform the region.
Our RTP exhibit is still on display, stop by today!
#durham #innovation #museum
Our RTP exhibit is still on display, stop by today!
#durham #innovation #museum
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Today in History 📅 On Jan. 6, 1965, Gov. Terry Sanford announced NIEHS (formerly HEW) would locate in Research Triangle Park. Soon followed by IBM, this helped shape RTP and transform the region.
Our RTP exhibit is still on display, stop by today!
#durham #innovation #museum
Our RTP exhibit is still on display, stop by today!
#durham #innovation #museum
Come see our outdoor exhibit "Booker T. Spicely: Citizen, Soldier, Martyr, Hero" before it's gone! ⌛ Today (Jan 5th) is the last day to see our outdoor banner exhibit about the life, legacy, and murder of Booker T. Spicely, a black soldier shot by a bus driver in Durham in 1944.
#durham #civilrights
#durham #civilrights
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Come see our outdoor exhibit "Booker T. Spicely: Citizen, Soldier, Martyr, Hero" before it's gone! ⌛ Today (Jan 5th) is the last day to see our outdoor banner exhibit about the life, legacy, and murder of Booker T. Spicely, a black soldier shot by a bus driver in Durham in 1944.
#durham #civilrights
#durham #civilrights
🎉 Happy New Year, Durham! We’re open! Stop by to learn something new, explore our indoor exhibits, or enjoy the sunshine with our outdoor banner displays. Make your New Year’s resolution all about discovering more of our favorite city 🐂📍☀️
#durham #museum #downtown #bullcity
#durham #museum #downtown #bullcity
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
🍾 Happy Holidays Durham! 🥂
This season we are reflecting on why we do what we do, and the amazing people who help us share our city’s history. Board Member Renée Clark, shares her Durham memories and why she chose MoDH. Learn more at the blog post here --> https://loom.ly/JKiSS0Q
#durham #history
This season we are reflecting on why we do what we do, and the amazing people who help us share our city’s history. Board Member Renée Clark, shares her Durham memories and why she chose MoDH. Learn more at the blog post here --> https://loom.ly/JKiSS0Q
#durham #history
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🍾 Happy Holidays Durham! 🥂
This season we are reflecting on why we do what we do, and the amazing people who help us share our city’s history. Board Member Renée Clark, shares her Durham memories and why she chose MoDH. Learn more at the blog post here --> https://loom.ly/JKiSS0Q
#durham #history
This season we are reflecting on why we do what we do, and the amazing people who help us share our city’s history. Board Member Renée Clark, shares her Durham memories and why she chose MoDH. Learn more at the blog post here --> https://loom.ly/JKiSS0Q
#durham #history
🎅🎄Happy Holidays Durham! ☃️🎁 We at the Museum are looking forward to an amazing holiday, and wish you and your family the same! From December 24-25, we are going to be closed for the but we'll be back open with another weekend of hot cider and cookies on the 26th! #christmas #holiday #durhamnc
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🎅🎄Happy Holidays Durham! ☃️🎁 We at the Museum are looking forward to an amazing holiday, and wish you and your family the same! From December 24-25, we are going to be closed for the but we'll be back open with another weekend of hot cider and cookies on the 26th! #christmas #holiday #durhamnc
❄️🎄 Happy Holidays! 🕎 ☃️
’Tis the season of giving—and of looking ahead. As we plan for 2026, the Museum of Durham History believes that everyone deserves to know the stories that shaped this place we call home.💙❤️💛
Help us preserve Durham’s histories! https://loom.ly/r4m5ZmI
#durhamnc #bullcity
’Tis the season of giving—and of looking ahead. As we plan for 2026, the Museum of Durham History believes that everyone deserves to know the stories that shaped this place we call home.💙❤️💛
Help us preserve Durham’s histories! https://loom.ly/r4m5ZmI
#durhamnc #bullcity
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
❄️🎄 Happy Holidays! 🕎 ☃️
’Tis the season of giving—and of looking ahead. As we plan for 2026, the Museum of Durham History believes that everyone deserves to know the stories that shaped this place we call home.💙❤️💛
Help us preserve Durham’s histories! https://loom.ly/r4m5ZmI
#durhamnc #bullcity
’Tis the season of giving—and of looking ahead. As we plan for 2026, the Museum of Durham History believes that everyone deserves to know the stories that shaped this place we call home.💙❤️💛
Help us preserve Durham’s histories! https://loom.ly/r4m5ZmI
#durhamnc #bullcity
🎄 Merry Christmas! A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by for cider and cookies! Seeing so many of you come through has made these cold winter days so much more tolerable. We’re going to keep it going for one more weekend, so bring your friends and family and stop by! 🍎🍪
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎄 Merry Christmas! A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by for cider and cookies! Seeing so many of you come through has made these cold winter days so much more tolerable. We’re going to keep it going for one more weekend, so bring your friends and family and stop by! 🍎🍪
🥶 🧊Cold days making you long for warmer weather? ❄️☃️
We're daydreaming about what we have going on this coming year! 🗓️ As we close out 2025, we’re asking for your support.
👉 Read the full story & make your year-end gift on our blog: https://loom.ly/T3hlMhg
#durhamnc #durm #donate #giving
We're daydreaming about what we have going on this coming year! 🗓️ As we close out 2025, we’re asking for your support.
👉 Read the full story & make your year-end gift on our blog: https://loom.ly/T3hlMhg
#durhamnc #durm #donate #giving
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🥶 🧊Cold days making you long for warmer weather? ❄️☃️
We're daydreaming about what we have going on this coming year! 🗓️ As we close out 2025, we’re asking for your support.
👉 Read the full story & make your year-end gift on our blog: https://loom.ly/T3hlMhg
#durhamnc #durm #donate #giving
We're daydreaming about what we have going on this coming year! 🗓️ As we close out 2025, we’re asking for your support.
👉 Read the full story & make your year-end gift on our blog: https://loom.ly/T3hlMhg
#durhamnc #durm #donate #giving
Come visit us after hours for 3rd Friday! 🎉 We'll have free cider and cookies all day. If you'll be downtown, stop in and say hey! 👋
We'd love to see you! ☃️🎄
#3rdfriday #cookies #cider #downtowndurham #bullcity
We'd love to see you! ☃️🎄
#3rdfriday #cookies #cider #downtowndurham #bullcity
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Come visit us after hours for 3rd Friday! 🎉 We'll have free cider and cookies all day. If you'll be downtown, stop in and say hey! 👋
We'd love to see you! ☃️🎄
#3rdfriday #cookies #cider #downtowndurham #bullcity
We'd love to see you! ☃️🎄
#3rdfriday #cookies #cider #downtowndurham #bullcity
Even if you missed Booker T. Spicely: A Family Conversation, you can still learn about his story at the Museum. Our banner exhibit is on display until Jan 2026.
Hear curator Jerry Gershenhorn share more in this interview: https://loom.ly/Y92i7l4
#civilrights #durham #museum #blackhistory
Hear curator Jerry Gershenhorn share more in this interview: https://loom.ly/Y92i7l4
#civilrights #durham #museum #blackhistory
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Even if you missed Booker T. Spicely: A Family Conversation, you can still learn about his story at the Museum. Our banner exhibit is on display until Jan 2026.
Hear curator Jerry Gershenhorn share more in this interview: https://loom.ly/Y92i7l4
#civilrights #durham #museum #blackhistory
Hear curator Jerry Gershenhorn share more in this interview: https://loom.ly/Y92i7l4
#civilrights #durham #museum #blackhistory
Need an excuse to check out our newest exhibit, or already downtown for some holiday shopping? 🎁✨
Swing by the Museum and warm up with free cookies and hot apple cider every weekend until Christmas! 🍪🍎
We hope to see you soon! 🎄
#freecookies #museum #christmas #applecider #durham #downtown
Swing by the Museum and warm up with free cookies and hot apple cider every weekend until Christmas! 🍪🍎
We hope to see you soon! 🎄
#freecookies #museum #christmas #applecider #durham #downtown
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Need an excuse to check out our newest exhibit, or already downtown for some holiday shopping? 🎁✨
Swing by the Museum and warm up with free cookies and hot apple cider every weekend until Christmas! 🍪🍎
We hope to see you soon! 🎄
#freecookies #museum #christmas #applecider #durham #downtown
Swing by the Museum and warm up with free cookies and hot apple cider every weekend until Christmas! 🍪🍎
We hope to see you soon! 🎄
#freecookies #museum #christmas #applecider #durham #downtown
We wanted to share a little about the wonderful student groups we have had at the Museum recently! 🎓 We welcomed NCCU grad students for a volunteer service day and students from Duke's School of Medicine came to learn about Durham’s Latinx history! We are so thankful! #bullcity #nccu #duke
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Park's arrest, and the 116th birthday of Private Booker T. Spicely. Join us for a free public forum "Honoring Booker T. Spicely: A Family Conversation" held at the Durham County Main Library, TONIGHT 📆 December 1st, at 6:00pm #durhamnc #bookertspicely
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Park's arrest, and the 116th birthday of Private Booker T. Spicely. Join us for a free public forum "Honoring Booker T. Spicely: A Family Conversation" held at the Durham County Main Library, TONIGHT 📆 December 1st, at 6:00pm #durhamnc #bookertspicely
We're so THANKFUL for YOU! 🙏
Each weekend between November 28th, to December 22nd, the museum will be offering FREE cider and cookies to guests who join us at the Museum! Offered on a first come first serve basis, it's just our way to say thank you.
#durhamnc #holiday #nc #nonprofit
Each weekend between November 28th, to December 22nd, the museum will be offering FREE cider and cookies to guests who join us at the Museum! Offered on a first come first serve basis, it's just our way to say thank you.
#durhamnc #holiday #nc #nonprofit
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We're so THANKFUL for YOU! 🙏
Each weekend between November 28th, to December 22nd, the museum will be offering FREE cider and cookies to guests who join us at the Museum! Offered on a first come first serve basis, it's just our way to say thank you.
#durhamnc #holiday #nc #nonprofit
Each weekend between November 28th, to December 22nd, the museum will be offering FREE cider and cookies to guests who join us at the Museum! Offered on a first come first serve basis, it's just our way to say thank you.
#durhamnc #holiday #nc #nonprofit
🦃 Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving! 🍂 We'll be closed on Thursday, November 27th, but come see us Friday for a special treat!
Love,
MoDH
#durham #durhamnc #thanksgiving #holidays
Love,
MoDH
#durham #durhamnc #thanksgiving #holidays
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🦃 Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving! 🍂 We'll be closed on Thursday, November 27th, but come see us Friday for a special treat!
Love,
MoDH
#durham #durhamnc #thanksgiving #holidays
Love,
MoDH
#durham #durhamnc #thanksgiving #holidays
Art Walk weekend is here! 🎨 Swing by to learn something new about Durham’s past—and grab a stamp for your passport while you’re at it! 📍✨🎄
#durham #downtown #weekendplans #artwalk
#durham #downtown #weekendplans #artwalk
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Art Walk weekend is here! 🎨 Swing by to learn something new about Durham’s past—and grab a stamp for your passport while you’re at it! 📍✨🎄
#durham #downtown #weekendplans #artwalk
#durham #downtown #weekendplans #artwalk
🎉 Even though the tree lighting got postponed, Downtown Durham's Third Friday is still in full swing tonight! 🥳 Stop by the museum for some after hours history, and check out an amazing performance by Eric Thomas Acoustic Duo! 🎶🎵
#durhamnc #bullcity #thirdfriday
#durhamnc #bullcity #thirdfriday
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎉 Even though the tree lighting got postponed, Downtown Durham's Third Friday is still in full swing tonight! 🥳 Stop by the museum for some after hours history, and check out an amazing performance by Eric Thomas Acoustic Duo! 🎶🎵
#durhamnc #bullcity #thirdfriday
#durhamnc #bullcity #thirdfriday
Join us in honoring the life and legacy of Pfc. Booker T. Spicely
📅 Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
🕕 6PM
📍 Durham Co. Main Library Auditorium
In partnership with the Booker T. Spicely Committee, this special public program will feature a conversation with members of the Spicely family.
#civilrights
📅 Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
🕕 6PM
📍 Durham Co. Main Library Auditorium
In partnership with the Booker T. Spicely Committee, this special public program will feature a conversation with members of the Spicely family.
#civilrights
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join us in honoring the life and legacy of Pfc. Booker T. Spicely
📅 Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
🕕 6PM
📍 Durham Co. Main Library Auditorium
In partnership with the Booker T. Spicely Committee, this special public program will feature a conversation with members of the Spicely family.
#civilrights
📅 Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
🕕 6PM
📍 Durham Co. Main Library Auditorium
In partnership with the Booker T. Spicely Committee, this special public program will feature a conversation with members of the Spicely family.
#civilrights
📣 Heads up Durham history lovers! 🚨
The Museum of Durham History is closing early, TODAY November 19th at 4:00pm for a private event! Come back tomorrow to learn all about Durham's amazing history! 📚
#durhamnc #bullcity #announcement #fyp #history #closingearly #holiday
The Museum of Durham History is closing early, TODAY November 19th at 4:00pm for a private event! Come back tomorrow to learn all about Durham's amazing history! 📚
#durhamnc #bullcity #announcement #fyp #history #closingearly #holiday
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
📣 Heads up Durham history lovers! 🚨
The Museum of Durham History is closing early, TODAY November 19th at 4:00pm for a private event! Come back tomorrow to learn all about Durham's amazing history! 📚
#durhamnc #bullcity #announcement #fyp #history #closingearly #holiday
The Museum of Durham History is closing early, TODAY November 19th at 4:00pm for a private event! Come back tomorrow to learn all about Durham's amazing history! 📚
#durhamnc #bullcity #announcement #fyp #history #closingearly #holiday
Join us at the Durham County Main Library for this special event centering on an intimate conversation with members of the Spicely Family, reflecting on his life, courage, and legacy.
📆 Monday, December 1st, at 6PM
Durham County Main Library Auditorium
300 N. Roxboro St.
📆 Monday, December 1st, at 6PM
Durham County Main Library Auditorium
300 N. Roxboro St.
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Join us at the Durham County Main Library for this special event centering on an intimate conversation with members of the Spicely Family, reflecting on his life, courage, and legacy.
📆 Monday, December 1st, at 6PM
Durham County Main Library Auditorium
300 N. Roxboro St.
📆 Monday, December 1st, at 6PM
Durham County Main Library Auditorium
300 N. Roxboro St.
✨️ Join the Pauli Murray Center for the Pauli Murray Birthday Celebration on November 22nd! 🗓This festival style celebration will have vendors, local community partners, live music, and a performance by Durham's Gay for Play Queer Circus! 🌈
#bullcity #durhamnc #paulimurray
#bullcity #durhamnc #paulimurray
October 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
✨️ Join the Pauli Murray Center for the Pauli Murray Birthday Celebration on November 22nd! 🗓This festival style celebration will have vendors, local community partners, live music, and a performance by Durham's Gay for Play Queer Circus! 🌈
#bullcity #durhamnc #paulimurray
#bullcity #durhamnc #paulimurray