Museum of Durham History

The Museum will be closed today, 1/31 due to impending weather. ❄️ Stay tuned for updates later in the week, and be sure to check out our website modh.org for info on events and exhibits. Stay safe and warm! #museum #staysafe #downtown #durham #snowday

🚨📢 We are closed today due to inclement weather. Stay safe and stay warm, Durham! We look forward to seeing you soon though! ❄️☃️ #durham #weather #staysafe

🚨 CORRECTION! Sorry we didn't catch our mistake earlier. Our Fireside Chat is *Thursday*, February 5th! 🕕 6 p.m. Thursday, February 5th 🆓 FREE and open to the public 📍 Durham Arts Council PSI Theatre

🚨 The Museum of Durham History is thrilled to announce our upcoming program --- The Early History of RTP: A Fireside Chat 🔥 🗓️ Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM 💲 FREE and open to the public 📍 Durham Arts Council’s PSI Theater, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC #durhamnc

Join Duke University Libraries for a two-part exploration of Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore’s legacy and impact on Durham. 📚 🗓 Jan 22 (12–1:30pm): Reclaiming Durham’s Narrative 🔗 duke.is/SpiritandServi… 🗓 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

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.

🎉 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

🍾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 --> loom.ly/JKiSS0Q

🎅🎄Happy Holidays Durham! ☃️🎁 We at the Museum are looking forward to an amazing holiday, and we wish you and your family the same! From December 24th-25th, 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! #durm

❄️🎄 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! loom.ly/r4m5ZmI

🎄 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: loom.ly/T3hlMhg #durhamnc #durm

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

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: loom.ly/Y92i7l4 #civilrights #durham #museum

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

🚨 Heads up Durham History Lovers! 📣 The MoDH will be OPENING LATE tomorrow, December 3rd for a board meeting. Thank you for your understanding and we'll see you for an afternoon of wonderful histories! #durhamnc #durm #bullcity #museum #history #boardmeeting #openlate

☃️ It's the Holiday Season! ❄️ It's getting chilly outside and we are officially in the Holiday Season! To celebrate this season of giving and community, we are choosing to thank YOU by offering FREE cookies and cider each weekend until December 22nd. 🍎☕🍪 #durm #durhamnc

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 University School of Medicine came to learn about Durham’s Latinx history! We are so thankful!

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 🕧