The Greensboro History Museum sits in a converted 1892 Presbyterian church and the adjoining Smith Memorial Building. Permanent galleries cover the founding of the city, the textile industry that shaped its 19th and 20th centuries, the role of Greensboro in the civil rights movement, and the lives of locals like O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) and Dolley Madison, both born nearby.
Free admission, and a good way to get the broader context before or after the civil rights museum. Closed Mondays.