Country Crooners: Celebrating Female Country Musicians
A new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History on loan from the Grammy Museum highlights the trailblazing women of country music.
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Anchored in Stone: The Sculpture of Edmonia Lewis
A new acquisition at the NCMA — a marble piece called The Old Indian Arrow Maker and His Daughter — offers a fresh perspective on both the subject and the medium.
Meet the Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural Sciences
Some 290 million years ago, giant dragonflies and saber-toothed mammals ruled the earth — then a mass extinction took them out.
Sequins & Lace: A Standout Gown at the Gregg Museum
A Callot Soeurs evening gown from the early 1900s offers studies in history, craft, anthropology, and culture.
Uncovering Osteotheke
How an ancient Roman artifact — used as a planter in a Greensboro garden — found its way to the NCMA
Rx for History: A Reconstructed 1920s Pharmacy
The J.C. Brantley Pharmacy in its entirety offers an immersive look back in time and causes reflections for today.
In Dialogue: Simone Leigh’s Corrugated at the NCMA
This timely acquisition for the North Carolina Art Museum has a surprising link to local history.