Africville Museum - North End

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Hours of Operation: High Season (May thru Labour Day), Tue - Sun, 10:00am to 4:00pm. Low Season (Sept. thru May), Tue - Fri, 10:00am - 4:00pm.

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The Africville Museum is the first phase of the Africville Project. The Africville Heritage Trust is currently planning for the development of an Interpretive Centre, which will provide expanded space for exhibits and programming.

HOW TO FIND US:

The Museum is located on the site of Africville, close to where the original Church stood.

From Downtown Halifax: Take Barrington Street North toward the A. Murray MacKay Bridge. Turn right onto Africville Road. The Museum will be on your right.

From Dartmouth: Take the A. Murray MacKay Bridge to Halifax and follow directions to Africville Road. At the stop sign, turn left and follow Bayne Street to the railway track before the Container Terminal. Cross the railway track, and turn right onto Africville Road. The Museum will be on your left.

From Bedford: Follow directions to Lady Hammond Road. After passing the turn-off to the A. Murray MacKay Bridge, turn left at MacIntosh Street. Turn left again at Bayne Street, and follow Bayne Street to the railway track before the Container Terminal. Cross the railway track, and turn right onto Africville Road. The Museum will be on your left.

Address: 5795 Africville Rd, Halifax, NS B3K 2R9, Canada

Phone: (902) 455-6558

Website

gro.thellivcirfa@nimda

State: Nova Scotia

County: Halifax Regional Municipality

City: North End

Zip Code: B3K 2R9

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Never forget Africville. This small, but intimately curated museum and park is a loving testimony to the terrible tragedy in Halifax where a community of Black Canadians was dismantled and destroyed and eventually given recognition by the government. It was heartbreaking, but also inspiring from the point of view that the people from that tight knit community fought for their legacy and at least got the church rebuilt and the area renamed. 

Totally worth a visit.

 7 years ago (16-08-2017)

Such a sad but rich history of people of African descent in Canada.  Time for a truth and reconciliation effort for black canadians. The time has past. Canada needs to recognize it checkered history in this regard.
This museum makes the experiences of the community real. A must see for every Canadian! 

 7 years ago (17-07-2017)

I loved learning about the history of Africville, especially from the two ladies who worked there and were the children/grandchildren of Africville residents. They took the time to speak to my wife and I and teach us a lot about the dark history of Nova Scotia not many people speak about or acknowledge.

 7 years ago (07-09-2017)

The staff working there know so much and are able to give you a crash course in the history of Africville. This museum uncovers an important part of Nova Scotian and Canadian history that has largely been forgotten/ignored/ gone on taught to the larger public, which is a real shame. I learned a lot here.

 7 years ago (20-07-2017)

I think everyone needs to visit this museum and listen to the story of what happened to Africville from the perspectives of those who were affected.  It's also located at a very lovely spot right on the Bedford basin, with picnic tables and a playground nearby.

 7 years ago (07-07-2017)

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