Join us at the Museum of Durham History at 6:00 pm for the opening of "Playhouses and Picture Palaces: The Historical Theaters of Downtown Durham," our new exhibit on the theaters of Durham. The exhibit traces the evolution of Durham’s entertainment landscape from its earliest opera houses and playhouses to the elaborate “picture palaces” that […]
Experience the history of downtown Durham, strolling between the city's historic sites. Learn of Durham's pivotal role in the industrialization of the American South, how a Durham banking magnate transformed the lives of millions of rural farmers, the tobacco factories that powered the city's future, and much more.
Durham: the mecca of black capitalism and the center of North Carolina's African American business community. Join a local historian on this guided walking tour of Durham's Black Wall Street, hearing the stories of how a humble sharecropper became the owner of the largest black-ned company in American history, and seeing some of the sites […]
From mayoral candidates turned murder suspects, to terrifying cult leaders, to dramatic gangster dramas. Join us on the guided Durham True Crime Tour, hosted by a local historian, and explore the dark side of Durham's history.
Join the Museum of Durham History and the Ghost Guild at 7:00 p.m. in the Fullsteam Theater at the American Tobacco Campus for Aloreing Destinations: Tickets Please! a spooky evening where we will explore some of North Carolina’s most historic and reportedly haunted performance venues, including Durham’s Carolina Theatre. Drawing on The Ghost Guild’s research […]
Explore the spooky side of Durham's history on this tour of the city's most haunted locations. From the disgraced sons of tobacco giants who continue to roam their old factories, to tales of tragic accidents whose victims still haunt the site of their end, and murder victims who stubbornly cling to their possessions, Durham, NC, […]
