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Opening times beginning September 30th

Monday – Friday
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5 & Under: FREE

Africville News

Recent news:

“Rally Takes Back Africville Park after Shooting at Annual Reunion” By Luke Ettinger – August 11, 2024

“Africville Family Reunion Organizers Look to Form Safety Committee” By Anjuli Patil – August 7, 2024

“Africville Reunion: Witness Describes Shooting as ‘Warzone,’ Community Groups Unite” By Jacquelyn LeBel – July 29, 2024

“Teen Among Five Hurt as Gunfire Breaks ot at Africville Reunion in Halifax” By Ian Fairclough – July 28, 2024

“Africville Reunion Highlights Importance of Family in the Community” By Luke Ettinger – July 27, 2024

“Movie Night Under the Stars Coming to Africville Reunion”  Amy Smith Interviews Khalilah Brooks – July 26, 2024

“July 26: Free movie night under the stars on Africville Museum Grounds” – July 19, 2024

“Group dives for debris, picks up garbage along shoreline at Africville Park” By Luke Ettinger – June 9, 2024

“Former Residents of Africville Have High Hopes for Community’s Future” – May 23, 2024

“This Haligonian is Asking the City to Right its Historic Wrongs” By Brendyn Creamer – May 22, 2024

“Municipality Transfers Land Near Africville Church Museum to Africville Heritage Trust” By Suzanne Rent – May 8, 2024

“Being Forced to Leave my Home in Africville was Hard. But 60 Years Later, I Feel a Different Loss” By Paula Grant -Smith – December 2, 2023

“Over 50 Years After Their Communities Were Displaced, 2 Residents from Hogans Alley and Africville Connect” By Gurpreet Kambo – August 27, 2023

“Africville church bell comes home after more than 50 years” – February 18, 2020

“A little different, but just as meaningful: couple holds wedding amid COVID-19, commemorates Black Lives Matter” by Nebal Snan

“Africville residents seek changes to proposed lawsuit against Halifax” by Aly Thomson – February 24, 2015

“New tour tells Halifax’s history through Indigenous, Black perspectives” by Marina von Stackelberg

“Africville declared a national historic site” from the CBC Archives

“Senator calls for action from Halifax councillors with presentation on anti-Black racism” by Zane Woodford

Africville: A Spirit That Lives On – A Reflection Project, a collaborative piece hosted by the MSVU Art Gallery

“Take a tour of Africville with Amanda Parris and author Shauntay Grant” by Amanda Parris

“21 Things to Do in Halifax, Nova Scotia (By a Local!)” by Helen Early

  • “A visit to the Africville Museum – housed in a replica of the community’s destroyed church – is one of the most important things to do in Halifax”