After leading the Museum for two decades, Emily Zimmern retires as President & CEO. Following 16 years of service as the Museum’s first Staff Historian, Dr. Tom Hanchett also announces his retirement.

The Museum introduces former intern Brenda Tindal as the institution’s second Staff Historian.

¡NUEVOlution! Latinos and the New South, created in collaboration with Atlanta History Center and Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, aims to engage Latinos of many backgrounds together with non-Latinos, serving as a catalyst for personal reflection, cross-cultural interaction, and community engagement.

The Museum also opens Cedars in the Pines: The Lebanese in North Carolina, 130 Years of History, commemorating the history of Lebanese immigrants who have made North Carolina their home since the 1880s.