Family Game Night

Do you love games? Free events? Free pizza and popcorn? Then this is a night for you! Join the High Point Museum Friday, February 21 for our fourth annual Family Game Night. This free event is open to people of all ages and lasts from 5 to 7 p.m.

Play all different types of games including two board games created about our own city - “The Challenge High Point” and “Executive Market Game.” The Challenge High Point game is from the 1980s. It is a Monopoly style game where players buy and sell property to gain wealth. It features local businesses and attractions. The Executive Market Game was made by employees of Drexel Heritage Distinctive Home Furnishings in the 1960s about the High Point Furniture Market.

This fun evening will be full of all sorts of games featuring classic card and board games along with scavenger hunts and Pokémon Go. Lots of activities for this event including photo booth, music and prizes. Uncle Maddio’s Pizza is donating pizza and BabyCakes Gourmet is donating mini-cupcakes for this event.

Theatre Performances

Saturday, February 29
Bright Star Touring Theatre will be performing twice on this date in High Point.
11 a.m. in the Little Red Schoolhouse at the High Point Museum - Freedom Songs - This musical revue provides an energetic and engaging approach to learning about Black History.
1 p.m. at the High Point Public Library – African Folktales is a 45-minute production that brings to life the vastness of the African landscape and a variety of clever animals.

Saturday, Feb. 15
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Pie-making and midwinter sewing are featured in this program. Dried cherries will be used to make 2 cherry pies in the hearth kitchen. Meanwhile in the Back Room, sewing a new wool 'short gown' for the young ladies of the family will be taking place. FREE

Blacksmith Demonstration
Saturdays, Feb. 8 & 22
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Come watch our costumed blacksmith in action as he crafts various iron pieces.
All ages welcome.
FREE. Drop-in

Little Red Schoolhouse Open

10 a.m. to Noon
Free
Ages 0 to 12

Wednesday, Feb. 5
Time to Craft! Make Valentines

Thursday, Feb. 20
Time to Read!

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Lunch and Jazz - Black, Brown & Beige
The High Point Public Library and High Point Museum in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center will be streaming Jazz concerts from the Lincoln Center for the public's listening pleasure. The audience is encouraged to bring their own lunch as lunch will not be provided. Come listen, network, collaborate, and celebrate.
Two of music’s most legendary names are the bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie. In this show, we highlight some of their most extraordinary repertoire. We delve into the beloved swinging classics of Count Basie’s bands, and then move into Duke Ellington’s magnum opus: Black, Brown, and Beige, a concert work that challenged America’s notions of what Jazz composition could be and what it could represent.

Monday, Feb. 10, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau Records
High Point Public Library – Morgan Room
The Freedmen’s Bureau was set up to assist with postwar recovery in the defeated Southern states. It provided relief but also assisted newly manumitted slaves with labor, legal, educational, and family matters. A comprehensive indexing project has just been completed. Marcellaus Joiner will demonstrate the value of the records and explain how to search, interpret, and apply them to your research.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m.
High Point Historical Society Guild Series
Phil Miller, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, for Thayer Coggin will be the featured speaker.

Preserving High Point’s history is a big job, and the Museum relies upon volunteers for help.

We are currently recruiting new volunteers and will be holding information sessions Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m., Monday, March 16 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Stop by one of these sessions to learn more about volunteering.

A number of opportunities are available, which are suited to meet a variety of interests and personalities. All approved Museum volunteers go through a free general orientation to the Museum and volunteer program. Additional training will then take place based on a volunteer’s interest area; the length of this specialized training varies.

Opportunities and descriptions are available on VolunteerMatch.