History at Home

Explore our exhibits, search our collections, watch videos and complete children’s activities. Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube

Experience the High Point Museum digitally

• Past exhibit - Bills of Sale: Slave Deeds of Guilford County
• Virtual exhibits
• Haley House
• Hoggatt House
• Online collections

High Point Museum Audio Tour
Call 336-289-4072 to learn more about our historic buildings. A furniture driving tour also is available here.

High Point Museum Videos

• Are You Smarter Than a High Point 5th Grader
• Bread & Butter Making 
• Natural Egg Dyeing
• Meredith Miniatures - virtual exhibit tour
• Medicinal Plants in the Historic Garden
• Table Setting with Flat Charlotte

Genealogy research

Working on your family history? Check out the resources available through the Heritage Research Center

Genealogy Activities For Kids

How to Make a Time Capsule

High Point Historic Resources 

• Historic Resources 
• Historic Districts & Properties
• Historic Markers
• Historic Preservation

History Around the World

• Smithsonian Open Access
• Smithsonian Podcasts
• Library of Congress
• National Gallery of Art
• North Carolina Museum of History - History at Home!
• North Carolina Museum of History - Bits of History Podcast
• Tour North Carolina Historic Sites
• History Channel - History at Home
• History and Preservation

Science Resources

• High Point University’s Mobile Lab 
  • Summer Garden Plant Coloring Sheets
• High Point University’s Culp Planetarium
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
• North Carolina Science Festival
  • Learn about Natural Dye
  • North Carolina Gold
    • Reed Gold Mine Gold Panning 101
• Jazz Up Your Recyclables
• Let’s Learn About Recycling

Women's Suffrage

• Library of Congress
• National Archives 
• National Museum of American History
• National Portrait Gallery
• Smithsonian
• Women's Vote Centennial
  • Kid's Corner
    • Flat Susan B. - decorate and take a photo
    • Puzzles
• North Carolina Museum of History
• NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
  • Biographies of Women
  • Women in North Carolina Library Guide
  • Educational Activity Guide

Black History Month

• Black History Month
• Black History Month Founders
• National Museum of African American History & Culture
• Underground Railroad
• Kids Corner
  • National Geographic Kids
  • African American Heroes
  • Movies for kids of all ages
  • Top Children's Books