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Celebrating Black History Month 2025, Mandarin Museum is pleased to present Exhibit Come to Life: The Untold Story of Black Mandarin on Saturday, February 22nd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm throughout the Museum and Walter Jones Historical Park. Admission is FREE.The public is invited to:
🍊 View Mandarin Museum’s newest exhibits, including "The Untold Story of Black Mandarin."
🍊 Visit our historic buildings, including the 1898 St. Joseph’s Mission Schoolhouse for African American Children.
🍊 At 12:00 pm, Michael A. Allen, National Park Service (Retired), will present “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Building of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor” in the 1898 Schoolhouse.
🍊 Visit our community partners on the Museum’s front lawn including the Jacksonville Public Library Special Collections and Memory Lab, Gullah Historian Elaine Jackson Ford, Greg Estevez, author of "Edisto: Migration to Florida," and the Duval County Master Gardeners who will share information with the public.
🍊 At 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, the Duval County Master Gardeners will lead a Black horticulture-centric tour of Walter Jones Historical Park (meet at the Butterfly Garden alongside Mandarin Museum).
🍊 Stroll along the park’s boardwalk, taking in the beauty of the St. Johns River.
🍊 Museum docents will be available throughout the exhibits and the park's historic buildings, welcoming visitors and providing historical interpretation.
For more information, visit www.mandarinmuseum.org.
Mandarin Museum is funded, in part, through a grant from the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville and the City of Jacksonville.
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Mandarin Museum & Historical Society, Mandarin Museum & Historical Soc, 11964 Mandarin Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32223, United States,Jacksonville, Florida, Orange Park
