Current Programs and Exhibits
On view April – September 2024
The History of Hope Part II: 1930’s – 1950’s at the Seymour Center’s Pop-Up Exhibit
If you missed our History of Hope Part II Exhibit at the Orange County Historical Museum, you can see selected items from the exhibit in our pop-up display at the Seymour Center.
The Robert & Pearl Seymour Center
2551 Homestead Road,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-968-2070
on view APRIL10 – **
SCORE: 100 Years of Chapel Hill Youth Sports 1925 – 2025
Our twin “SCORE” exhibits – “Youth Sports in Orange County History,” and “100 Years of Chapel Hill Youth Sports 1925-2025,” opened on April 10 at the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. These exhibits explore the importance of youth sports and how they have changed over time in Orange County. If you visit, you’ll learn about 11 core sports that young people in Orange County and Chapel Hill have participated in over the years, both as members of school teams and as members of teams sponsored by local sports clubs. High school sports, such as baseball, basketball, and tennis are included, as well as figure skating, archery, ice hockey, and many others. The exhibits highlight how social changes, like integration and the inclusion of women’s sports, have influenced local sports activities. You may recognize the names of local athletes who displayed outstanding sportsmanship and citizenship and went on to demonstrate leadership in many fields – from professional sports to state government!
Orange County Historical Museum
201 N. Churton Street,
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-732-2201
Upcoming Programs
May 10, 2025
Join us on May 10, 2025, at 2 PM at the Carrboro ArtsCenter Auditorium for “Carrboro Goes to War!” – a presentation by Richard Ellington, President of the Chapel Hill Historical Society. Did you know that Carrboro had its own group of “Rosie (and Robert) the Riveters” who contributed to the WWII effort by making munitions for the US Navy? Well, they did. A cotton mill that once sat on the current ArtsCenter location was transformed into a munitions factory in Carrboro. Starting in early 1942, that factory made anti-aircraft ammo for use by the US Navy against the Axis forces of Germany and Japan. We will see how this happened in the small town of Carrboro. We will see where the workers came from and how well they performed. This is a story that made the munitions’ workers proud of their efforts. There will be opportunities to ask questions and make comments during the presentation and afterward, also. There will be LOTS of photos showing places and people that are long gone from Carrboro!
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