Past Events & Activities – Africville Museum
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Past Events & Activities – Africville Museum
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Opening Times
Regular Hours (beginning after Labour Day)
Monday – Friday
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Summer Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed
July 1st, Canada Day
August 5th, Natal Day
September 1st & 2nd, Labour Day
September 30th, Truth and Reconciliation Day
October 13, Thanksgiving
November 11, Remembrance Day
Admission Fees (including 14% HST):
5 & Under: Free
Students/Seniors (55+): $9.00
Adults: $10.00
Past Events & Activities
Junior Field Trip: Africville Biodiversity Day
Sep 21, 2025
In this junior fieldtrip, we celebrated Africville’s unique, natural heritage and vibrant history through outdoor exploration and real-world citizen science, investigating different habitats, crafting cyanotype art, making seed bombs, and more!
Africville Christmas Tree Lighting and UNESCO Announcement
Dec 1, 2024
Africville receives historic United Nations designation
Oct 11, 2024
The Black Nova Scotia community of Africville was already a national historic site, but as the CBC’s Gareth Hampshire reports, it is now recognized as Canada’s first UNESCO Place of History and Memory linked to enslavement.
2024 Events & Activities
2024
Here’s what we accomplished together in 2024. A snapshot of events, honors, and powerful moments that shaped the year:
Bernice Arsenault, Beatrice Wilkins, Juanita Peters, and Percy Paris receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal
Judging at our 2024 Africville Museum Scarecrow Contest
Africville receives UNESCO designation
Former residents Bernice Arsenault and Beatrice Wilkins with Executive Director Juanita Peters
2024 Africville Museum Scholarship Recipient
Descendant
screening with Dr. Kern Jackson at the Black Cultural Centre – June 26, 2024
SJAMBOREE – June 2024
Africville Shoreline Cleanup with Halifax Ocean Week, Mind Your Plastic, Torpedo Rays, and Sustainable Oceans Conference – June 9, 2024
Africville’s 40th Reunion
July 2023
Bette Skinner and Beatrice Wilkins talk about the upcoming 40th Africville Reunion on CTV Morning Live Atlantic. This clip aired on February 1, 2023, CTV News.
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Skip to content
Social Media
YouTube
Visit Us!
Opening Times
Regular Hours (beginning after Labour Day)
Monday – Friday
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Summer Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed
July 1st, Canada Day
August 5th, Natal Day
September 1st & 2nd, Labour Day
September 30th, Truth and Reconciliation Day
October 13, Thanksgiving
November 11, Remembrance Day
Admission Fees (including 14% HST):
5 & Under: Free
Students/Seniors (55+): $9.00
Adults: $10.00
Past Events & Activities
Junior Field Trip: Africville Biodiversity Day
Sep 21, 2025
In this junior fieldtrip, we celebrated Africville’s unique, natural heritage and vibrant history through outdoor exploration and real-world citizen science, investigating different habitats, crafting cyanotype art, making seed bombs, and more!
Africville Christmas Tree Lighting and UNESCO Announcement
Dec 1, 2024
Africville receives historic United Nations designation
Oct 11, 2024
The Black Nova Scotia community of Africville was already a national historic site, but as the CBC’s Gareth Hampshire reports, it is now recognized as Canada’s first UNESCO Place of History and Memory linked to enslavement.
2024 Events & Activities
2024
Here’s what we accomplished together in 2024. A snapshot of events, honors, and powerful moments that shaped the year:
Bernice Arsenault, Beatrice Wilkins, Juanita Peters, and Percy Paris receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal
Judging at our 2024 Africville Museum Scarecrow Contest
Africville receives UNESCO designation
Former residents Bernice Arsenault and Beatrice Wilkins with Executive Director Juanita Peters
2024 Africville Museum Scholarship Recipient
Descendant
screening with Dr. Kern Jackson at the Black Cultural Centre – June 26, 2024
SJAMBOREE – June 2024
Africville Shoreline Cleanup with Halifax Ocean Week, Mind Your Plastic, Torpedo Rays, and Sustainable Oceans Conference – June 9, 2024
Africville’s 40th Reunion
July 2023
Bette Skinner and Beatrice Wilkins talk about the upcoming 40th Africville Reunion on CTV Morning Live Atlantic. This clip aired on February 1, 2023, CTV News.
Copyright © 2026 Africville Museum.
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