Africville Museum

Africville Museum is a museum in Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia which is located on Africville Road. Africville Museum is situated nearby to the historic building Africville Protest, as well as near Africville Park.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 5795 Africville Road, Richmond, Halifax, 8, Nova Scotia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include A. Murray MacKay Bridge and Highland Park Junior High School.

A. Murray MacKay Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Matt872000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The A. Murray MacKay Bridge, known locally as "the new bridge", is a suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970. A. Murray MacKay Bridge is situated 1 km northeast of Africville Museum.

Highland Park Junior High School

School

Photo: Coastal Elite, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education is the public school district responsible for 136 elementary, junior high, and high schools located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Highland Park Junior High School is situated 1¼ km southeast of Africville Museum.

Tufts Cove Generating Station

Electrical generator

Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0.

Tufts Cove Generating Station is a Canadian electrical generating station located in the Dartmouth neighbourhood of Tufts Cove in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Tufts Cove Generating Station is situated 2 km east of Africville Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hydrostone and Tufts Cove.

Hydrostone

Neighborhood

Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hydrostone is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east.

Tufts Cove

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Tufts Cove is an urban neighbourhood in the community of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the North End of Dartmouth.

North End

Suburb

Photo: Citobun, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The North End of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of Downtown Halifax. North End is situated 3 km southeast of Africville Museum.

Africville Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

44.67389° or 44° 40′ 26″ north

Longitude

-63.6195° or 63° 37′ 10″ west

Open location code

87PRM9FJ+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 356882801

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Africville Protest and Africville Park.

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