PLACES TO VISIT TO LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate
8 Navy Street, Oakville, ON
https://www.oakville.ca/museum/
Permanent exhibit called, “The Underground Railroad - Next Stop, Freedom!”
Mackenzie House
82 Bond Street, Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/mackenzie-house-school-trips/
Black history exhibits and school programs:
A Glimpse of Black Life in Victorian Toronto: 1850 –1860
The Black Press in Canada West
Walking tours:
In the Footsteps of the Black Victorians
Toronto's Early African-Canadian Women
Montgomery’s Inn
4709 Dundas Street West,Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/montgomerys-inn-school-trips/
Follow the Drinking Gourd School Program
The Market Gallery
92 Front Street East,2nd Floor, Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/market-gallery-school-trips/
Black Political Activism in the 19th Century School Program
The Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON
Galleries of Africa: Egypt and Nubia
Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Gallery of Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific
Ontario Black History Society
10 Adelaide Street East, suite 402, Toronto, ON
Walking and Bus Tours on Black history in downtown Toronto
https://blackhistorysociety.ca/
St. Catharines Museum at the Wellands Canal Centre
1932 Welland Canals Parkway
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6
https://www.stcatharines.ca/en/St-Catharines-Museum.asp
Permanent exhibit called “Follow the North Star”
Salem Chapel, BME Church
92 Geneva Street
St. Catharines, ON L2R 4N2
http://salemchapelbmechurch.ca/church-tours.html
Harriet Tubman’s church when she lived in St. Catharines, location of national and provincial plaques and a bust that recognizes Harriet Tubman
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
277 King Street, Amherstburg, ON
https://amherstburgfreedom.org/
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum
21975 A.D Shadd Road, North Buxton ON
http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Heritage Room, W.I.S.H. Centre
177 King Street East, Chatham, ON
http://www.ckblackhistoricalsociety.org
John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum
932 Conc. 6, R.R.#3 Puce Road
https://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.org/
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History (Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site)
29251 Freedom Road (formerly Uncle Tom's Road), Dresden, ON, N0P 1M0
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/properties/josiah-henson-museum
Heritage Room, W.I.S.H. Centre
177 King Street East, Chatham, ON
http://www.ckblackhistoricalsociety.org
Norval Johnson Heritage Centre
5674 Peer Street
Niagara Falls, ON L2G 1X1
Grey Roots Museum and Archives
102599 Grey Road 18, RR 4
Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N6
https://greyroots.com/
Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum
241 Clark St
Thornbury, ON N0H 2P0
https://www.sheffieldparkblackhistory.com/
Oro African Church
Oro, ON L0L 2X0
https://www.orillialakecountry.ca/item/oro-african-methodist-episcopal-church/
Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate
8 Navy Street, Oakville, ON
https://www.oakville.ca/museum/
Permanent exhibit called, “The Underground Railroad - Next Stop, Freedom!”
Mackenzie House
82 Bond Street, Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/mackenzie-house-school-trips/
Black history exhibits and school programs:
A Glimpse of Black Life in Victorian Toronto: 1850 –1860
The Black Press in Canada West
Walking tours:
In the Footsteps of the Black Victorians
Toronto's Early African-Canadian Women
Montgomery’s Inn
4709 Dundas Street West,Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/montgomerys-inn-school-trips/
Follow the Drinking Gourd School Program
The Market Gallery
92 Front Street East,2nd Floor, Toronto, ON
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/school-trips/market-gallery-school-trips/
Black Political Activism in the 19th Century School Program
The Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON
Galleries of Africa: Egypt and Nubia
Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Gallery of Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific
Ontario Black History Society
10 Adelaide Street East, suite 402, Toronto, ON
Walking and Bus Tours on Black history in downtown Toronto
https://blackhistorysociety.ca/
St. Catharines Museum at the Wellands Canal Centre
1932 Welland Canals Parkway
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6
https://www.stcatharines.ca/en/St-Catharines-Museum.asp
Permanent exhibit called “Follow the North Star”
Salem Chapel, BME Church
92 Geneva Street
St. Catharines, ON L2R 4N2
http://salemchapelbmechurch.ca/church-tours.html
Harriet Tubman’s church when she lived in St. Catharines, location of national and provincial plaques and a bust that recognizes Harriet Tubman
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
277 King Street, Amherstburg, ON
https://amherstburgfreedom.org/
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum
21975 A.D Shadd Road, North Buxton ON
http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Heritage Room, W.I.S.H. Centre
177 King Street East, Chatham, ON
http://www.ckblackhistoricalsociety.org
John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum
932 Conc. 6, R.R.#3 Puce Road
https://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.org/
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History (Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site)
29251 Freedom Road (formerly Uncle Tom's Road), Dresden, ON, N0P 1M0
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/properties/josiah-henson-museum
Heritage Room, W.I.S.H. Centre
177 King Street East, Chatham, ON
http://www.ckblackhistoricalsociety.org
Norval Johnson Heritage Centre
5674 Peer Street
Niagara Falls, ON L2G 1X1
Grey Roots Museum and Archives
102599 Grey Road 18, RR 4
Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N6
https://greyroots.com/
Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum
241 Clark St
Thornbury, ON N0H 2P0
https://www.sheffieldparkblackhistory.com/
Oro African Church
Oro, ON L0L 2X0
https://www.orillialakecountry.ca/item/oro-african-methodist-episcopal-church/
