Please join The Burwell School Historic Site online to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with three locally elected women. In this program, you will hear from Jenn Weaver, the first female mayor of Hillsborough; Hillary MacKenzie, elected to the Orange County School Board and now its chair; and Renee Price, Vice-Chair of the … Continued
Join the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Regulator Movement, born right here in Hillsborough, NC.
Join the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Regulator Movement, born right here in Hillsborough, NC.
Explore Haunted Hillsborough as our guide, Enoch Pugh, walks us through the many sights, sounds and ghosts of Hillsborough's past.
Explore Haunted Hillsborough as our guide, Enoch Pugh, walks us through the many sights, sounds and ghosts of Hillsborough's past.
Please join the Burwell School Historic Site on February 21st at 3pm for the online program History Spotlight: The Lives of Job Berry and Henry Evans. This program will examine the lives of these two significant 19th century African Americans in Hillsborough, NC. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4516122854455/WN_AsHYFnfeQfWMxgrEX7-pJg
Join us for ‘Date Night’ at the OCHM! Curator Courtney Smith will provide a virtual tour, give behind the scene insights, and celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit, ‘Date Night: Fashion, Food, Music, and Fun’, which will explore individual adventures and overall experiences that showcase what it was like to date in Orange County … Continued
Join us for a LIVE Poetry Reading on April 25th! Celebrate spring and poetry month with Florence Nash and Paul Jones. These two poets have a number of things in common – their wit, their ability to delight, and a direct connection to their readers and listeners that can pierce your heart. “A poem is … Continued
The Orange County Historical Museum and Tom Magnuson present ‘The Networks of Early North Carolina History’ as a four-part series. In this series, Tom Magnuson will present some of his findings from his thirty years of studying the earliest commercial transportation networks in the Southeast of North America. Part 2 takes place on Thursday, May … Continued
Author and historian, Chris Holaday, will discuss the various restaurants around Orange County that generations of couples have enjoyed as date night locations. As well as providing historical information about many of Orange County’s eateries, he will also discuss how going out to eat became a social staple of dating as we know it today. … Continued